Cooking your way through lockdown
Sarah Downs takes a peek into the kitchens of several top New Zealand chefs who are lending their expertise to home cooks during the Covid10 lockdown.
THE hospitality industry can't work from home, but many top New Zealand chefs whose restaurants have temporarily closed due to the coronavirus outbreak are serving up the next best thing: free homecooking videos on Instagram.
The selfmade cooking demonstrations match those of global chef stars using this lockdown period for creativity in the kitchen and to stay connected with fans of their restaurant and the food community. Here are some of the best to get you started.
Hello Beasty
If you're craving bold Asian flavours, Hello Beasty's head chef Stu Rogan is sharing recipes with lots of spice on the Viaduct restaurant's Instagram. Check the ‘‘Beasty In Iso’’ stories for dishes such as Korean spiced chicken skewers (warning: these look very addictive), with the full recipe posted on their website. If you like some beats to cook to, Beasty is also sharing daily playlists from their chefs, and regulars, that are feelgood and will suit a range of tastes. Follow @eatupbeasty
Sid Sahrawat
Attempt to imitate the culinary excellence of Sid Sahrawat at home using his videoled cooking tutorials. The recipes are ruled by what his 8yearold daughter Zoya likes to eat and include sticky pork ribs with kimchi, and feijoa crumble with mascarpone. The recipes are posted weekly, noon each Wednesday on Instagram. Follow @hospobaby
Everybody Eats
Payasyoufeel restaurant Everybody Eats dishes up nightly demos from chefs from around the country using supermarketbought ingredients. The easytofollow videos have so far featured chefs from restaurants Cazador, Apero, Lilius, and Wellington's Floriditas. Follow @everybodyeatsnz
Josh Emett
Culinary influencer Josh Emett continues to share more of his popular cookalongs for quick and easy supper ideas. He's kicked off lockdown with a Thai chicken to (almost) cure takeaway cravings. Follow @joshemett
Al Brown
If isolation is not an excuse for baking, nothing is. Make it count with tried and true recipes shared weekly by chef and afternoon tea advocate Al
Brown on his Instagram. His ginger crunch and marshmallow caramel slice will have you gooey with nostalgia. Follow @albrownche
Riverstone Kitchen
Oamaru’s Bevan Smith is doing some cooking demonstrations to give people a little inspiration using his signature gardenfresh style. Follow: @riverstone_kitchen
And more cooking from around the globe . . .
Jamie Oliver: ‘Keep Cooking And Carry On’
Leave it to Jamie Oliver to turn around a fully produced quarantine cooking show in a matter of days. Direct from his Essex household, the episodes are on TVNZ One on Wednesdays and you can find the bundle of new recipes on his website. Most dishes are simple and sensible for the state of affairs right now. Oliver is also hosting daily livestreamed videos on his Facebook page. Follow @jamieoliver
Antoni Porowski's ‘Quar Eye: Cooking Lessons In Quarantine’
Queer Eye’s resident chef
Antoni Porowski is lending his kitchen skills — or, at the very least, keeping you entertained — with his new video series on Instagram, appropriately titled Quar Eye: Cooking Lessons in Quarantine. Like all of us, Porowski is struggling to find all the ingredients he wants at the supermarket and is using these 10minutes videos to teach viewers how to cook with what's on hand. From anythingyoucanfind pizza to creating a sauce for panfried chicken using a can of coconut cream and peanut butter. His recipes may not be culinary magic but are commendable for using a useeverything approach. If you make it through the halfway mark, there's also ‘‘Happy Hour’’ where he and his partner Kevin Harrington read happy news from the US paper with a glass of wine. Follow @antoni
Julia Ostro
Lift your bubble's spirits with delicious recipes from the kitchen of Australian food writer Julia Busuttil Nishimura. Videos are posted on Instagram and include decadent chocolate chip cookies (she says the dough freezes like a dream) that you will want to bake immediately. Follow @juliaostro — The New Zealand Herald