NZ WelTec student selected for Young Chef Olympiad –
Wellingtonian Michelle Burling-Claridge, a Level 5 Diploma in Hospitality Management student at Whitireia and WelTec (Te Pūkenga), has been selected to represent New Zealand at the IIHM Young Chef Olympiad 2023 on January 29. Following two years of hosting the International Institute of Hotel Management’s Young Chef Olympiad event online, the global culinary competition is now back to being judged in person in India. Michelle represents New Zealand in the section of Group E heat to be held in Hyderabad, with competitors from Jordan, Sweden, Namibia, Spain, USA, South Africa, Uzbekistan and Portugal. Young chefs from over 50 countries will…
Largest food price rise in 32 years –
Food prices were 11.3 percent higher in December 2022 than they were in December 2021, Stats NZ has announced. This is the biggest annual increase since April 1990, when food prices increased by 11.4 percent. In December 2022, the annual increase was due to rises across all the broad food categories Stats NZ measures. Compared with December 2021: *grocery food prices increased by 11 percent*fruit and vegetable prices increased by 23%.*restaurant meals and ready-to-eat food increased by 7.8 percent*meat, poultry, and fish prices increased by 11 percent*non-alcoholic beverage prices increased by 7.3 percent. Grocery food was the largest contributor to…