NZ's Finest Food and Wine Professionals Found

NZ's Finest Food and Wine Professionals Found
or 2006

The big winners at the 14th annual NZ Culinary Fare have been named.

New Zealand Restaurant of the Year 2006 (Sponsor:Restaurant Association of New Zealand & Framingham Wines) Partingtons at the Langham

New Zealand Chef of the Year 2006 (Sponsor: Southern Hospitality and Moffat Ltd) Mark Sycamore Blanket Bay Lodge, Queenstown

NZ Sommelier of the Year 2006 (Sponsor:Pernod Ricard) Matt Judd Terroir Restaurant at Craggy Range, Hawke's Bay

New Zealand Professional Waiter of the Year 2006 (Sponsor :Hospitality Standards Institute and Sofitel) Campbell Coulton NZ Army – Joint Services Caterign School, Waiouru

New Zealand Pastry Chef of the Year 2006 (Sponsor: NZ Bakels Ltd) Pauline Nunns Wellington Institute of Technology

New Zealand Commis Chef of the Year 2006 (Sponsor: New Zealand Chefs Association and Hospitality Recruitment) Daniel Collis Ascot Park Hotel Auckland

New Zealand Junior Food & Beverage Person of the Year 2006 (Sponsor:Kim Crawford Wines) Dharnee Dharan Gandi Swami NZMA - Auckland

Outstanding Chef Newcomer 2006 (Sponsor:SKYCITY Auckland) Michael Kennedy Wharekauhau Country Estate, Featherston

Hot Kitchen Excellence Award 2006 (Sponsor:Visa International) Sam Flaws Otago Polytechnic

Training Excellence Award 2006 (Sponsor:SKOPE Refrigeration) North Shore International Academy

Secondary Schools Excellence Award 2006 (Sponsor: Hospitality Standards Institute) Southland Boys College, Invercargill

Toque d'Or (Organised by Nestle FoodServices in association with Hereford Prime, Akaroa Salmon, Vegetables.co.nz, Perrier and The House of Knives & Perrier) Southern Institute of Technology, Invercargill

Junior Team Skills (Sponsor: Hospitality Standards Institute (HSI)) AUT, Auckland University of Technology

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