Hello Everyone out there, AYUBOWAN! KI ORA!
It is great news to be able to bring to you this exciting, new blog site.
We have longed planned for & hope to some day be a Pioneer in setting up a Sri Lankan Cooking school in New Zealand. We have lived in New Zealand for 24 years and I have always set a standard for Sri Lankan cusine in New zealand. I have been featured on live TV & Radio talking about Sri Lankan Cuisine & running cooking demonstrations for the New Zealand Public.
I have also been featured in several prestigious NZ magazines on Sri Lankan cuisine namely the NEXT magazine & the FOOD SERVICE magazine and the NEW ZEALAND HERALD.
Me & my wife Jacqueline owned & operated the only Sri Lankan licensed Restaurant in Auckland at the time in 1998-2000 We were priviledged to host Mr. Merrill Fernando founder of Dilmah Tea at our Restaurant when he hosted about 60 New Zealand Food writers to his special evening Banquet.
I have also been very fortunate to assist Mary Taylor from FOOD MATTERS a well known food writer with her Charity work for Sri Lanka's Tsunami Victims. Mary Taylors ORU 200 project was a great success , she organised several private Sri Lankan charuity events at famous NZ celebrities personal venues & homes and this gave the charity the needed funds to help these unfortunate victims of the Tsunami.
The Sri Lankan food was loving prepared by me & my Team & was well received by all the New Zealand Supporters.
As a result of this exposure I have had several future opportunities to show case Sri Lankan cuisine & the response is always great with more requests of " Rohan when can we try your food again? "
Another great opportunity was catering for the Team at the Auckland Zoo at the 1st year death memorial for KASHIM the Elephant. Plans are underway for a new Elephant companion to come from Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan food is so diverse & varied as it has been influenced throughout the centuries by the Indigineous People of the land and those who have traded with the country & visted the country & left a lasting mark on the cuisine of the land.
Over the next few months I will update this blog on the Cuisine of Sri Lanka the different cultural & regional differences & I will share with you recipes & most of all keep you informed on the up coming Sri Lankan Master cooking classes in Auckland. Until then have a great Week
Chef Rohan
This site has been set up with the view to share Sri Lankan cuisine in a professional environment to a new generation of Foodies who want to discover the unique character of Sri Lankan cuisine. In the months to come it is planned that for a series of Professional cooking demonstrations/mastercooking classes to be run in Auckland for the General public.
About Me
- Sri lankan cook school NZ
- Qualified Chef with 30 years work experience in New Zealand & overseas. Devoted Husband & Father to 4 children a son in his twenties & Triplet Daughters aged 12 years. Originally from Sri Lanka, Qualified as a Chef in Sri Lanka & The Culinary Institute of America. Worked as Executive Chef for several 5 Star class Hotels in Sri Lanka,Europe , Australia & New Zealand. I have lived in New Zealand for the last 24 years. Sri Lankan Cuisine is still my favourite cuisine & I enjoy cooking & teaching a new generation of Students to cook this cuisine . I Specialised in French cuisine & with my creative flair I have excelled in the field of Butter carving, Ice Carving & Vegetable Carving. I now run & operate Fresco Foods Ltd in Auckland. We manufacture a range of products from Occasion cakes to wholesale cakes for the catering Industry & also produce a range of Artisan Chocolates.
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