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Dale Bowie: Chef behind the developmental test kitchen in Wellington that aims to shake up the flavour profile of kiwi cuisine

Published: March 6, 2024, 9:06 p.m.

The appetite for interesting and odd food combinations seems to be growing.\xa0

A developmental test kitchen in Wellington is playing with ingredients, dishes like offal ice cream and blood-sauced steak on offer.\xa0

Chefs Elliot Shepherd and Dale Bowie are pushing boundaries, combining science with cooking and aiming to add to the \u201clacking\u201d line-up of kiwi cuisine.\xa0

Bowie told Mike Hosking that they key is understanding food at its molecular level, and once you\u2019ve got that, the sky is the limit.\xa0

The kitchen sells their products commercially, aiming to change the flavour profile of the country\u2019s cuisine.\xa0

He said that they want to make sure the world knows that we\u2019re not just a footnote in global cuisine, and that New Zealand has some of the best produce in the world.\xa0

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