Peta Mathias is a respected and
prolific New Zealand chef, author and broadcaster, who
now builds on the culinary travel experience with her
gastronomic adventures in the South of France and
Marrakesh.
Having started off her culinary love
affair in Paris with her restaurant 'Rose Blues' in
the 5th arrondissement, she returned to New Zealand
ten years later to teach, cook and write. 'Fête
Accomplie', the first book about life in Paris with
recipes, is also the first of her eight gastronomic
travel books written about North Africa, France, New
Zealand, Ireland and Vietnam. In 2005 A Cook's
Tour of NZ came out and the most recent book is 'French
Toast'.
Since 1995 Peta has been presenting the prime time travel/food shows 'Taste New Zealand', 'Taste Takes off' and 'A Taste of Home'. In 2006 she presented the food segment on TV One's 'House & Garden'.
The NZ Guild of Writers voted
Peta as the Supreme Award winner at the New Zealand
Guild of Food Writers Culinary Quill Awards held
on Oct 17, 2003. The Supreme Award is a new category
in the Culinary Quills biennial awards, which
recognises the most outstanding entry of the fourteen
category winners. Mavis Airey, President of the
Guild said the judges found it difficult selecting
an overall winner and it was Peta's passion for
the craft of food communications that made the
final decision.
Peta was born and bred in Auckland,
a stunningly sparkling port city where she still
lives but travels extensively researching books
and filming her series.
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She is a member and judge of Slow Food
and is proud of the fact that she lives in one of the
cleanest, most beautiful countries in the world. |
