Culinary Inspiration by Otao Kitchen

Many of us know how important is to participate in informal networking because they can give work and career advantages with hidden insights. We can think of informal networking is good-to-have? These informal networks are increasing popular in our business today because they have a major impact on business effectiveness. For example, engaging participants to informal networking in a well organised cooking event often open up the hidden informal networks to share insights and resources that could help you and your team member better with their job and career.

Be inspired by our young people who’ve discovered their ability to take action to change the world. This home booked goodness program supported by Otao Kitchen in partnership with KiP has discovered the magic of volunteering. These young people learn to volunteer and help less fortunate people to have a home cooked meals.  

It has been almost 20 years since I finished Chef school in Wellington. I have worked in restaurant kitchen, catering company, my own cafe, luxury hiking lodge and now with Otao Kitchen. Quite often, people invest a lot of time, money and efforts into cooking and then when you taste the food you start to wonder how to make your cooking easier. I have few tips i can share with you:

Key Tips On Finding Healthy Snack Options For Your Daily Life

Finding snack options for your daily life is actually very easy. Regardless of where you live or what your preferences are, there will always be a food establishment that suits your needs. You can even find nearby food establishments at your fingertips by using different websites such as HeyYou. But if you’re looking for snacks which have nutritional content, you might be having some problems. Food establishments today have limited to zero healthy snack options; most of them offer junk or fast foods. 

Aside from paying attention to what you eat during your meals, you should also do the same when it comes to your snacks. What you eat throughout the day can drastically affect your well-being in the long run. So if you want to experience optimal health all the time, follow these tips on finding healthy snack options for your daily life:

It doesn’t matter if you are a professional chef or a home cook, we all have bad days in the kitchen where you accidentally put too much salt in your stew or overcook your pasta. In this blogpost, we would like to share some cooking tips that will save your dinner on one of those bad days!

Healthy eating goes beyond just consuming nutritious food. The way you prepare your food is equally important. If you had been eating out lesser and cooking at home more often, kudos to you!! That’s a great start to healthy eating! Now, let’s take a step further by using these tips to cook healthier meals at home!

It's always good to be a little saucy, especially when it comes to food! Sauces play an important role in maximising flavours, adding juiciness and improving the mouth feel of a dish. For instance, if you’re having a BBQ party at home, having a delicious sauce to slather over your BBQ meat will make a world of difference.

There is only couple of weeks to go until Christmas and while you are working you head might be planning for a Christmas lunch or dinner ideas. Whether you are guests or hosting, here are some tips to make things run as smoothly as possible.