Description
GENERAL INFO
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- Capacity 16 guests (if we do not reach the minimum amount and we have to postpone, we will offer you the next available date)
- Duration approx 5 hours
- 10am Start – 3pm Finish
Please arrive at 9:45am to get settled in ready for the 10am start.
MENU
Breakfast
- Bacon, BLAK FIRE, butter, soft roll
- Spiced ginger tea, condensed milk
Koha (the gift)
- Curried Paua, lime, poppadom’s
- (Kutai) Mussels, saffron, tomato, mint
- Lobster tails, yuzu, horopito and garlic butter
Tina (lunch)
- Coconut cream making
- Sour orange curry
- Palusami wrapped chicken and coconut
- Slow cooked lamb shoulders, horopito, kawa kawa green dressing
- Rewena flat breads, onion dip butter
Purini (Pudding)
- Banana pecan pudding, smoked caramel sauce
About Mat:
A proud New Zealand Maori, Matt started his career in Wellington, cutting his teeth in some of the city’s most iconic restaurants; Dockside, Cafe Laffare and the legendary Matterhorn. He moved to London in 1998 starting at the newly opened Soho House in Greek Street. He went on to work as a Senior Chef at Bluebird in Chelsea, Gordon Ramsey’s Maze Grill and Jamie Oliver’s Threadneedle Street. In 2015, he was snapped up as the Group Executive Chef at Caravan and Vardo Restaurants, where he was part of the team growing the brand from two to seven sites.
With over 30 years’ experience, Matt Burgess, often known at @matblak on Instagram, began his next move in 2022 with a step into his own food consultancy business, Kaiwhenua. At Kaiwhenua, which means food from the land in his native Maori, Matt now creates innovative recipes for companies including Goodman Steak House Group, Beast restaurant, London shuffle club, Busaba Ethai and premium ceramic BBQ brand Big Green Egg, to name a few.Live fire and BBQ aficionado, Matt is a content creator and Ambassador for some of the largest global BBQ brands including OFYR and Big Green Egg. He runs a seasonal sell out supperclubs called kaiwhenua, held at various locations like the prestigious Fortnum and Mason, YETI ambassador hunter gather cook in East Sussex and Caravan coffee roasters. Mat has also created and launched a range of award winning condiments under the brand “Kai by Matblak” now being stocked in London’s premium retailers Selfridges and Fortnum’s and mason .
