DINING EVENTS TO INDULGE IN

Melbourne-based chef Tony Tan is adding a culinary flavour to this month’s Auckland

Writers Festival. Tony will serve dishes from his book Hong Kong Food City at Masu (above), with a complimentary glass of wine on May 14, 12pm-2.15pm. Tickets $120. He then joins Kasey & Karena Bird, and Ima Cuisine’s Yael Shochat for food-filled conversation on May 17, 11.30am-12.30pm, at the Hunua Room at Aotea Centre. $25. Tickets at Writersfestival.co.nz

Chef William Mordido of pop-up restaurant Buko will serve Mother’s Day High Tea at Alberton House. Choose from two sittings (11am or 2.30pm) with sparkling rosé on arrival and a guided tour of Alberton House to finish, with a take-home gift. $70 with 10 per cent of the profits donated to the Women’s Refuge. May 12, 100 Mt Albert Rd, Mt Albert. Book at Willmordido.com

Book in for a champagne-filled weekend at The Farm at Cape Kidnappers with Dom Perignon, Moet & Chandon and Cloudy Bay Pelorus. Guests will be treated to three days of fine dining, drinking and indulgence, including a round of golf or spa services, and the 6000-acre farm to explore. June 14-16, from $1700 pp for a two night stay based on double occupancy. Book at Capekidnappers.com or (06) 875 1900.

Chefs Nic Watt of Masu and Jonathan Granada of Otium in Los Angeles will "cook for a cause" in the annual Skycity Variety of Chefs (left) to raise money for disadvantaged Kiwi kids. The degustation evening includes entertainment and an auction, with proceeds going to Variety’s Beds for Kids programme which provides Kiwi kids with their own bed and bedding. June 21, 7pm, Skycity Convention Centre. Book at Variety.org.nz