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Events

2008

24th September bullet Café Spice Namasté, London, UK.
I'll be cooking a dinner alongside Cyrus Todiwala at his restaurant to celebrate the wines of C.J. Pask. Winemaker Kate Radburnd will also be present at this ticketed event. For details contact binay@cafespice.co.uk

15th August bullet The Providores Restaurant, 109 Marylebone High Street, London, UK
The Providores turns seven today!
www.theprovidores.co.uk

31st July and 2nd August bullet The Food Show, Auckland, New Zealand
I'll be giving two cooking demonstrations at this fantastic foodie event.
http://www.foodshow.co.nz/index.cfm/visit/auckland/auckland_food_show.html

22nd July – 1st August bullet dine by Peter Gordon and Bellota restaurants, SKYCITY Grand Hotel, Auckland, New Zealand
I'll be implementing new winter menus at both restaurants with my management and chef teams.
www.skycitygrand.co.nz
www.bellota.co.nz

14th July bullet Leuka Mini Masters Golf Fundraiser, Dukes Meadows, Chiswick, UK
I'm creating and cooking a gourmet BBQ for the various teams taking part in this fundraiser for Leuka, the charity for which I initiated the annual Who's Cooking Dinner? event. Hosted by my fellow Leuka patron, the actor Dougray Scott, the event will no doubt raise the profile of Leuka, as well as raising much needed funds.
www.leuka.org.uk

1st May bullet Borough Market, London, UK
I'll be at Borough Market all day with a team from Optomen Television filming six cooking segments for Market Kitchen, to be shown later in the month. Look out for the asparagus I cook with Etsuko's home made country style miso (see below).
www.optomen.com

12th – 23rd April bullet Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan
I've really just put this in here to show off. Michael and I are taking a holiday to Japan, the country that has inspired my culinary creations for years, and to celebrate 20 years together. Our hosts are our friends Akiko and Yoshi who own the most wonderful restaurant in Tokyo – with only two tables it's the smallest restaurant we've been to. Akiko used to cook with me at The Sugar Club restaurant more than ten years ago, and Akiko's mother Etsuko makes the best miso in the world – I know because she sends it to me in London.
www.aroniadetakazawa.com

28th March – 12th April bullet dine by Peter Gordon and Bellota restaurants, SKYCITY Grand Hotel, Auckland, New Zealand
I'll be implementing new autumn menus at both restaurants with my management and chef teams. dine turns 3 on April 6th, and we're celebrating that with a hugely glamorous cocktail party in the restaurant.
www.skycitygrand.co.nz
www.bellota.co.nz

21st March bullet The Ideal Home Show, Earls Court, London, UK
I'll be giving a cooking demonstration at this annual show, now in its 100th year. After that I'll be at Waterstone's signing copies of my various cookbooks.
www.idealhomeshow.co.uk

20th March bullet National Radio Stations, UK
Today I'm on National Radio talking about New Zealand lamb – a favourite of mine. With Easter almost upon us, what could be better than a roast leg of New Zealand lamb!
www.nzlambrecipes.info

19th March bullet National Radio stations, UK
This year is International Year of the Potato – as decreed by the United Nations. I'll be talking on Nationwide radio promoting this fantastically versatile and tasty vegetable.
www.potato2008.org

17th March bullet Leiths School of Food and Wine, London, UK
Every year I give a few cooking demonstrations at this iconic catering school. The school teaches courses for people with varying degrees of skill and their training is excellent.
www.leiths.com

14th March bullet Café Spice Namaste, London, UK
I'll be giving a cooking demonstration at Café Spice Namaste for Adventure Gourmet. This is a wonderful cookery demonstration business set up by Peter Hazzard, and Cyrus and Pervin Todiwala. One of the best parts of the day though is lunchtime – when I actually get to sit down and eat some of Cyrus's delicious food.
www.adventuregourmet.com

11th March bullet Residence of the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Mayfair, London, UK
Today was one of the highlights of my culinary career. I cooked a lunch for four people, two of whom were the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. You can read about it, and the annual leukaemia dinner below, at the link below for Firstlight Foods, for whom I write a monthly blog.
http://www.firstlightfoods.co.nz/peter_gordon.php

8th March bullet The Financial Times, FT, Worldwide
In February my partner Michael and I travelled to Escatron in Aragon, Spain, to take part in an ancient culinary tradition – the Matanza. You can read how we learnt to make chorizo, and also how we fed the group of 40 my West Hampstead lime leaf coconut laksa!
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/...

March 3rd bullet Four Seasons Hotel at Hyde Park Corner, London, UK
The 10th annual 'Who's cooking dinner?' leukaemia fund-raising event is held. I inaugurated this event to raise funds for Leukaemia based research after donating my own bone marrow to my sister Tracey in 1995. The event, held on the first Monday in March, has been running since 1999 and has raised almost £3 million!
www.leuka.org.uk

19th February bullet The Skillery, Hotelympia, Excel Docklands, UK
I'll be giving a cooking demonstration at Hotelympia – one of the best chef's events on the annual calendar. I'll be at the Skillery, run by The Craft Guild of Chefs, showcasing New Zealand venison.
http://craftguildofchefs.org/

5th February bullet Galvin at Wndows Restaurant, Hilton Hotel, London, UK
I kick off the New Zealand Lamb PR Campaign 2007/2008 over breakfast here at the Galvin brothers' restaurant. Growing up in New Zealand, and having a pet lamb as a child which we called Lamb Chops, I have a real enthusiasm for the flavour and versatility of NZ lamb.
www.lambsandwich.com
www.nzlambrecipes.info

20th – 26th January bullet dine by Peter Gordon and Bellota restaurants, SKYCITY Grand Hotel, Auckland, New Zealand
I'll be implementing new summer menus at both restaurants with my chefs and restaurant managers.
www.skycitygrand.co.nz
www.bellota.co.nz

15th and 17th January bullet Lords Cricket Ground and Olympia, London, UK
I'm appearing at two events run by NZ Winegrowers. The first is an annual tasting at Lords Cricket Ground, open to the public with tickets bought in advance. The second is a trade event at Olympia called Wine+. At this event I'll be serving canapés to be matched with a selection of premium New Zealand wines.
www.nzwine.com

7th – 11th January bullet Market Kitchen tv, UK
I am guest chef for all five episodes shown this week. I'll be showing Tom Parker Bowles how delicious New Zealand wagyu beef is, and teaching Matt Tebbutt how to make smoked mackerel eggy bread.
www.optomen.com

Late December and early January bullet changa and müzedechanga restaurants, Istanbul, Turkey
I'll be in Istanbul working on new menu ideas with Tarik and Savas, who own and run both of these award winning restaurants – see my restaurant page.
www.changa-istanbul.com

23rd December 2007 – 3rd January 2008 bullet The Providores Restaurant, London, UK
The restaurant will close for the Christmas and New Year period to give all of us a well earned break. See you in 2008.
www.theprovidores.co.uk