Out Standing in their Fields has now been to Kerikeri with local chefs Colin Ashton and Rolf Simons cooking up a storm on Sunday 16th October.
The live and free cooking demonstration was part of a nationwide series of cooking shows designed to showcase food-excellence during the time of the Rugby World Cup. Kerikeri was the second last stop on this tour, inspiring flair of cooking with locally sourced, seasonal ingredients.
Award-winning chef Colin Ashton and top-chef Rolf Simons showed us just how it is done, combining expertise with produce-availability to create unique fusions of flavour and texture.

Preparing Organic Ricotta and Beetroot-Gnocchi with Herb&Macademia-pesto, Colin Ashton used the eye-catching contrasts of maroon-red and lime-green to draw awareness to the importance of colour in food-presentation.
Whilst Rolf Simons focused on complexities of flavour with his starter of Pork dumplings with sweet and sour cucumber-salad and coriander-chilli-tamarind sauce; followed by Brioche en croute with sauteed, exotic mushrooms.
If you enjoyed the tastings and would like to reproduce the results, please click on the recipe names to view the recipes as provided by the chefs.