Posts from 2017

Read More One of our food heros - Gabrielle Hamilton

Posted on Fri, 06/10/2017

We have a number of food hero's. When we started out at Somerset, our focus was pretty much influenced by Pierre Meyer, who Rick worked for at Pierres restaurant in Wellington prior to us moving up to Tauranga and opening...>>>

Read More Watch!!!

Posted on Thu, 26/10/2017

Some of the best reading I get to do during the week is in my avidly awaited weekly hard copy of The New Yorker.  Always a good day when that arrives in the letterbox. The writing is almost without exception exquisite...>>>

Read More Dinner Parties

Posted on Sat, 28/10/2017

W're about to head out for brunch with Hannah, an occasional event that I look forward too, because even though we live in the same house, our respective weekly routines mean that we don't often get to catch up, so...>>>