Food from Friends

Mohammed (Simo) Abbari, chef and owner of Simo's restaurant, Christchurch.

Jane Adams, the Australian contributor to Cuisine magazine.

Andrew Bain, executive chef at Le Bon Bolli restaurant Christchurch.

Nicola Bain, Christchurch Nicola bakes for the weekend kitchen crew at Le Bon Bolli

Stephanie Alexander, Melbourne. A former restaurateur and now food writer and food activist. Stephanie works full-time in her not-for-profit Kitchen Garden Foundation, which supports 24 Kitchen Garden projects offering pleasurable food education to more than 2000 young children in primary schools. www.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au.

Catherine Bell, Auckland. Publisher/editor of Dish magazine.

Angela Clifford, fig grower of Waipara, and the instigator of the Waipara Farmer's Market.

Julie Biuso, Auckland.food writer and author.

Tom Parker Bowles, London. Food columnist for Tatler and The Mail on Sunday magazines and author of A Year of Eating Dangerously.

Jill Brewis, Auckland. Food writer and author of eight books, the latest being In a Pickle.

Mary Carnegie, Christchurch. Dip.Cordon.Bleu, caterer.

Pat Churchill, a New Zealand food writer living in Melbourne, and owner of www.cookingdownunder.com.

Lois Daish, Wellington. Cook and food writer.

Rosie Davidson, Christchurch. Food developer.

Tina Duncan, Christchurch. Food editor of Simply You Living magazine. Tina and her husband Grant own White Tie Catering.

Judy Elworthy, Christchurch. A trustee for the Matthew Fraser MND Charitable Trust.

Adele Frost, Athol. Cook and food stylist

Allyson Gofton, Auckland. Food editor of Next and Taste magazines.

Peter Gordon, London. Chef and restaurateur www.peter-gordon.net.

Annabel Graham. Dunsandel. Annabel kills two pigs each August after fattening them on apples from Camla Farm and the piggy bucket from the Graham's Dunsandel Store.

Ginny Grant, Auckland. Food writer for Cuisine magazine.

Helen Jackson, Auckland. www.foodlovers.co.nz

Anne Hunter, Twizel. Cook and ex-restaurateur ..

Lauraine Jacobs, Auckland. Food editor Cuisine magazine.

Phillip Kraal, Christchurch. Chef patron of Le Bon Bolli restaurants.

David Killick, Christchurch. Editor of At Home in The Press.

Lizzie de Lambert, Christchurch. Owner of Lizzie's Cuisine catering company

Annabel Langbein, Auckland and Wanaka. Food writer and award-winning author.

Elisabeth Luard, Wales. Award winning UK food-writer and author of European Peasant Cookery.

Peta Mathias, Auckland. Chef, author and broadcaster.

Ray McVinnie, Auckland. Chef and food writer.

Nick Nairn, celebrity chef and cook school proprietor (Scotland).

Ruth Pretty, of Te Horo, chef, food writer for the Dominion Post and with her husband Paul owner of Ruth Pretty Catering.

Michael Lee Richards, chef, caterer and owner of The Small Kitchen School, Hillside, Governor's Bay.

Jo Seagar, food writer and owner of Seagars at Oxford Café, Cook School & Kitchen Store.

Fiona Smith, Auckland. Food stylist, author and food writer.

Patricia Soper, Athol. Food writer and columnist for the Southland Times.

Fleur Sullivan, Moeraki. Owner of Fleur's Place, restaurant, Moeraki.

Judith Sutton, Christchurch. Vegetarian cook and columnist for Zest, in The Press.

Anna Tait-Jamieson, Wellington. Journalist and food writer.

Richard Till, Christchurch. Home cook, barbecue cook, banquet cook, TV cook and restaurateur (in remission).

Patricia Wells, Paris. Food writer for the International Herald Tribune newspaper. And cook school proprietor, Provence.

Annabelle White, Auckland. Writer, and food enthusiast.