Hāngī Pit Masters

Nestled in the heart of Auckland city former Al Brown protege’s Kyle Street and Jordan MacDonald’s restaurant Culprit has been delivering their trolley service since 2016.

Meet Culprit owners, Kyle Street and Jordan MacDonald who deal with bad weather, 800 plates of kai and only 4 hours to make it happen, will they succeed at Taste of Auckland?

Hangi Master Rewi Spraggon visits Italian native Sergio Maglione's Ponsonby Restaurant, Farina. Rewi sits down to dinner with Sergio's whanau and finds out what he plans to cook in the hangi at Taste of Auckland.

This week, Italian native and "Dish of the Festival" winner, Sergio Maglione cooks squid in the hāngi pit at Taste of Auckland. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern turns up to try his dish.

This week Rewi is in Ponsonby to meet with Augustus head chef Juan Balsami. Juan tells us about his upbringing in Argentina and his influences. He provides Rewi with his toughest hāngi challenge yet.

Chef Juan provides Rewi with his biggest challenge to date. They will need to cook 4 cow legs weighing in at 120kgs for up to 800 people. With this amount of meat, timing is everything.

This week Rewi meets with Ben Bayly, head chef at The Grove. Ben tells us about his international cooking career and we find out what he has planned for Taste of Auckland.

This week, it’s Chef Ben Bayly’s turn at Taste of Auckland and he’s brought some famous friends. Masterchef Australia judge George Calombaris joins Ben and Rewi to create a beautiful pork cheek.

Rewi meets with celebrity chefs Kasey and Karena Bird. We find out how the girls run their empire from the small town of Maketu and what they have planned for Taste of Auckland.

play_arrow Episode 10 • 25mins Hāngī Pit Masters, Series 1 Episode 10 Kasey and Karena are cooking lamb and mussles for Taste of Auckland; but things aren’t going to plan. Join Rewi and his team as they are under pressure to provide up to 800 dishes in 4 hours.