Route 72 Café Bar Emporium

Foodies’ Culinary route: Route 72 Café Bar Emporium

Route 72 Café Bar Emporium, in beautiful Cust, needs to be experienced to be believed! A relaxing 40-minute drive from Christchurch to this charming North Canterbury village is a pleasure – and the food served up here is legendary. Owned by Steve and Annette since 2006, the award-winning café just keeps getting better. […]

Lawrence Harvey,

Delicious Offerings: Q&A with Kitchen Manager of Louis Champagne and Oyster Bar, Lawrence Harvey

Louis Champagne and Oyster Bar is one of the city’s most delicious offerings. Metropol talks to Kitchen Manager, Lawrence Harvey, about his culinary passion and what’s cooking at this hospitality hotspot. Where did your passion for cuisine come from? I was fortunate enough to have a mother who was very creative and who […]

Culinary Collab

Culinary Collab: A line-up of iconic chefs collaborate to support a range of charities

Having too many chefs in the kitchen suddenly isn’t such a bad thing, at least when it comes to the latest charitable collaboration. A project that will support a range of New Zealand charities, ‘Chefs for Good’ will see a line-up of iconic Kiwi chefs collaborate with The Collective to create their own […]

Simon Gault

Simon Says: Q&A with Simon Gault

Metropol catches up with popular Kiwi chef Simon Gault to discuss his healthy new passion and his go-to comfort meals for winter. Where did your passion for food come from? From a young age, my parents both cooked; we always ended up with interesting stuff in our school lunches. They had friends in […]

Total Food Equipment

The craft of cookware: local culinary experts Total Food Equipment share their passions

The season for hygge is well and truly here and, if you’re a foodie, or just someone who likes to get cosy with the family and a bowl of homemade soup, then a visit Total Food Equipment is a must-do before you hunker down. The store is a gorgeous trove of all things […]

The International Culinary Studio

A culinary crusade: cooking up your future with the International Culinary Studio

The International Culinary Studio recognises the number of people that love their jobs working with food and wish they could get qualified; the many enthusiastic amateurs, aspiring to a professional finish on their creations, if only fulltime work, family and other responsibilities didn’t take up all their time. The culinary studio can solve […]