Meet the Master Chef
Profile
Graham Brown has over forty years experience in the restaurant and hospitality industries and has received numerous awards and appointments from professional organisations worldwide. He has proudly served as Team New Zealand’s captain in the 1997 Culinary Olympics in Vancouver, where the team distinguished itself by winning both a gold and silver medal, and the 1988 Culinary Olympics in Frankfurt with a Gold award.
Prior to joining Cervena and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise as their executive chef/ ambassador for New Zealand food and he was the chef-owner of the critically acclaimed Scarborough Fare, which he operated in Christchurch from 1983 to 1991.
In Grahams current role he travels the world promoting the virtues and superior quality of the premium New Zealand farmed venison to chefs and consumers through educational demonstrations at the top culinary schools, participation in top food shows and events worldwide, and demonstrating his favourite preparations of the distinctive meat on television for the home cook.
When Chef Brown is not travelling the world promoting Cervena, he enjoys the quiet of country life, where he works his 25-acre deer farm on the outskirts of Christchurch and races his collection of vintage motorcycles. There he also operates a distinguished cooking school, The Cookhouse, which caters to small groups for cooking classes with wine and food tours highlighting the local produce.
Graham is recognised internationally as a leading chef and culinary arts innovator, an executive chef and international ambassador. Go to cookhouse enquiry page to book your Cookschool with Graham
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