Wgtn Fisher & Paykel MasterClass to Serve Delicious Line-up

Wellington Fisher & Paykel MasterClass to Serve Delicious Line-up

Award-winning talent revealed for Visa Wellington On a Plate’s premier event

A New Zealand-born chef hailed among the Top 20 Rising Stars offering the “planet’s most exciting dining experiences” will join his birthplace’s best for the second serve of Wellington Fisher & Paykel MasterClass in August.

Tickets for Wellington Fisher & Paykel MasterClass – which runs over the opening weekend of Visa Wellington On a Plate on Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 August – which are due to go on sale via Ticketek today.

Wellington Fisher & Paykel MasterClass Event Manager Melanie Walker says rising international star Ben Shewry will be joined by a line-up of New Zealand’s most successful and well-loved chefs, covering off a variety of culinary styles and disciplines.

Born and raised in North Taranaki, Shewry apprenticed at Wellington’s Roxburgh Bistro under Mark Limacher, before making his way across the ditch where he now heads the kitchen at Attica, one of Australia’s most acclaimed restaurants.

Recently hailed Victoria’s Restaurant of the Year for the second time at The Age Good Food Guide Awards, Attica has twice made Restaurant magazine’s list of the world’s top 100 places to dine and was voted 53rd Best Restaurant in the World in the San Pellegrino World’s Best Restaurants List last year. In listing Attica on its Top 20 Rising Food Stars in 2009, Food and Wine magazine described Shewry as “both high-tech and primal” due to his combination of molecular techniques and fondness for foraging.

“Ben Shewry is widely regarded in culinary circles as Australia’s most promising young talent – he’s definitely one to watch …and to ensure our friends across the ditch are kindly reminded on occasion where he comes from of course,” Ms Walker says.

Shewry will be joined by a multiple award-winning line-up, including Christchurch restaurateur Jonny Schwass, former Metro Audi Restaurant Award and Cuisine NZ Restaurant of the Year supreme award-winner Michael Meredith, Cervena international ambassador Graham Brown, Masterchef New Zealand 2011 winner Nadia Lim and Wellington favourites Shaun Clouston, Ruth Pretty and Rex Morgan.

“Wellington Fisher & Paykel MasterClass 2012 is the ultimate Visa Wellington On a Plate experience for epicureans. We’re absolutely delighted with this year’s line-up, which has a fantastic mix of talent to suit a range of tastes,” Ms Walker says.

WHAT: Wellington Fisher & Paykel MasterClass
WHERE: Renouf Foyer, Michael Fowler Centre, Positively Wellington Venues, Wellington
WHEN: Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 August, 9am-4.30pm
COST: 1 Day Pass $220 per person | 2 Day Pass $399 per person*
BOOKINGS: 0800 TICKETEK (84253836) or 04 384 3840 from a mobile

For further information email MasterClass@WellingtonOnaPlate.com

* Tickets include chef demonstrations, coffee on arrival, morning and afternoon tea, an artisan lunch showcasing some of the best Wellington regional ingredients and wines, recipe book and a goodie bag.

ABOUT THE CHEFS

SATURDAY 11 AUGUST LINE-UP

Ben Shewry
New Zealand born Ben Shewry is Head Chef of Melbourne restaurant Attica. Named Best New Talent by Australian Gourmet Traveller in 2008, Top 20 Rising Stars 2010 by Food & Wine Magazine, he is one of the most innovative chefs in the world.

Graham Brown
International ambassador for Cervena, Graham Brown is one of New Zealand’s most internationally respected chefs. Travelling the world, teaching, competing and creating for the past two decades, Chef Brown has worked alongside some of the great culinary luminaries.

Ruth Pretty
Leading New Zealand chef, caterer, teacher and food writer Ruth Pretty is known for fresh, delicious, imaginative New Zealand cuisine, whether it is served for an event in New Zealand or in an international setting.

Shaun Clouston
Shaun Clouston is Head Chef and founding member of iconic Wellington restaurant, Logan Brown. Chef Clouston started at Logan Brown as sous chef in 1996 then worked for six years in Sydney restaurants before returning to Logan Brown in 2006.

Nadia Lim
Twenty-five year old Nadia Lim is the winner of Masterchef NZ 2011. She has published a cookbook called Nadia’s Kitchen that borrows from her Masterchef experience as well as her background as a dietician and nutritionist.

SUNDAY 12 AUGUST LINE-UP

Michael Meredith
Samoan-born Michael Meredith has won multiple awards including the 2009 Supreme Winner of the Metro Audio Restaurant Award and the 2011 Cuisine NZ Restaurant of the Year. He is the owner of Auckland’s Meredith’s restaurant.

Rex Morgan
Rex Morgan is Head Chef of Wellington’s Boulcott Street Bistro. New Zealand Beef & Lamb Ambassador, culinary judge, TV personality and menu designer for Air New Zealand Business Premier. Chef Morgan also won Best Restaurant of the Year at his former restaurant – Citron.

Jonny Schwass
Owner of Christchurch’s Restaurant Schwass, Chef Schwass has received local, national and international recognition and was a three time finalist in Cuisine Restaurant of the Year. Although his restaurant was destroyed in the Christchurch earthquake he continues to work tirelessly to rebuild his restaurant’s future.

Julie Le Clerc
Julie Le Clerc is an imaginative chef, cookbook author, food and travel writer and food stylist. Julie works internationally from her base in Auckland. Chef Le Clerc’s cookbooks introduce her style of colourful, uncomplicated food, vibrant with flavour and originality.

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