Lauraine Jacobs

Lauraine Jacobs, author of several award-winning cookbooks and a former food editor of Cuisine magazine, currently writes The New Zealand Listener s weekly food column. Passionate about the food, wine and artisan producers of New Zealand, she divides her time between Auckland and Matakana, shopping daily for fresh, seasonal food. There are few food writers more experienced or more expert than Lauraine. She trained at the London Cordon Bleu cookery school, and for almost 40 years since she has...See more

Lauraine Jacobs, author of several award-winning cookbooks and a former food editor of Cuisine magazine, currently writes The New Zealand Listener s weekly food column. Passionate about the food, wine and artisan producers of New Zealand, she divides her time between Auckland and Matakana, shopping daily for fresh, seasonal food. There are few food writers more experienced or more expert than Lauraine. She trained at the London Cordon Bleu cookery school, and for almost 40 years since she has travelled widely, championed New Zealand food and wine producers, judged restaurant awards, been president of the International Association of Culinary Professionals and the New Zealand Guild of Food Writers, sat on the government advisory panel the Food and Beverage Taskforce, and mentored many young food professionals. She became a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2009, for services to the food industry. Her very popular blog is ... See less