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Auckland Schools Cook for Cancer
A group of Auckland high schools have teamed up with a top cookery school to raise money for Kiwi kids with cancer.

Tantalus Estate Head Chef wins Australasian Tapas Comp
Tino Passano, head chef at Waiheke Island’s Tantalus Estate Vineyard, has been named the Australasian Tapas Champion for 2019, earning a spot at the World Tapas competition in Spain later this year.

Auckland Fires up for 2019 Australasian Tapas Competition
Leading chefs from both sides of the Tasman are sharpening their knives as they prepare for battle in the 2019 Australasian Tapas Competition. Read full article here

Kiwi chefs, Spanish flair
Opportunities to intern in Spain are one of the benefits Ignite Colleges offers its cookery students. Angela Scrivener has just returned from a three month stint at a Michelin star restaurant there. Find out more about her experience in Hospitality...

Ignite the Chef in You
Some of New Zealand’s best chefs will showcase their favorite recipes in a new web series ‘Ignite the Chef in You’, just launched at Ignite Colleges cookery school in Manukau. Filming for episode one kicked off with Clooney Head Chef...

NZ Chefs Unite at Ignite
Talented chefs from the past, present and future joined forces last night in a special culinary event showcasing New Zealand’s finest.

Ignite Student laps up gastronomy tour of Spain
She’s just a few weeks into her Spanish gastronomic adventure, but Ignite Colleges cookery student Angela Scrivener has already gained more than a taste of the country’s best offerings.

Ignite Colleges Cookery student heads to Spain
This week, Ignite Colleges Level 5 Cookery student Angela Scrivener touched down in the Spanish town of Valladolid to take up an internship at Michelin starred restaurant Trigo.

Auckland Chef Takes Kiwi Cuisine to the World
NZ Chefs Auckland president Jasbir Kaur is helping put New Zealand cuisine on the map, teaching budding chefs across America and Canada how to inject Kiwi flavour into their dishes.

New Zealand Tapas Champ heads to Spain
SKYCITY chef de partie Sheyun Chun has just been named the first-ever Australasian tapas champion, earning the honour of representing New Zealand at the World Tapas Competition in Spain next month. And a special shout out to our very own...
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