Showing posts with label Jeanine van Kradenburg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jeanine van Kradenburg. Show all posts

Monday, 25 March 2013

Wedding Season Buzz and Rush

Wedding Season Buzz and Rush



PartyPerfect has been just plain flat out this whole year!

Wedding after wedding, event after event. 

Tomorrow a Movie Premiere, 400 cocktail items to be made...

South African themed Degustation Dinner on Sunday for the Kapiti Beefsteak and Burgundy Club
(50+ people)
Judging at the Preserves section of the Sustainable Homes and Gardens Show
A Kiwi - Scottish Themed Wedding (with a connection to South Africa there too) last week
(100-odd people)

Check back for more photos later


Tai, Jackie, Jeanine and the girls in action


Beefsteak and Burgundy Club Memebers Tucking in



Brie, Blue and Biltong...
a revelation to some, old favorites for others

Friday, 7 December 2012

Masterchef NZ 2011: Cooking with Nadia

Masterchef NZ 2011: Cooking with Nadia


The PartyPerfect Team was lucky enough to cook a 5-course meal for 24 with Nadia Lim, Winner of the 2011 Masterchef New Zealand competition at Vista del Sol, a Luxury B&B in Te Horo, North of Waikanae, Wellington, New Zealand.


Nadia in Action: Blackened Pork Belly




Tai and Jeanine of PartyPerfect Catering with Lynette (Vista del Sol) and Nadia 

Nadia prepping the salmon





Canapes





Plating the Mains




Sorbet coming up, with Soprano Limoncello


Owners of Kapiti Free Range Pork


Chefs indulging in desert

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

PartyPerfect Cooks for the PM of NZ


A PartyPerfect Day:

A PartyPerfect Meal and PartyPerfect Table Service

for The Hon. John Keys, Prime Minister of New Zealand

10 October 2012


                                      
Interior of the Milk Station with the PM near the white pillars


Venue: The Old Milk Station, Otaki

The Tuscan Style development of the Old Milk Station in Otaki



Menu (Chef's brief was to use only local produce )

Marinated zucchini with La Casa Romana sheep’s milk feta cheese 
served on porcelain spoons

Harrington chorizo on Kapiti Artisan Bakehouse bread topped with 
Genoese tomato pesto

Kapiti Artisan Bakehouse bread with extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar
Thinly sliced Kowhai Grove (Fielding) ostrich eye fillet 
Cherry and Sherry Dressing and Parsnip Puree

Papardelle with Turks Corn fed chicken
Elephant beans, artichoke hearts, olives, capers and roast capsicum


PartyPerfect Cassata
PartyPerfect Zabaglione

KapiTea Coastal Breakfast blend
Streetwise Filter Coffee




The PartyPerfect Brigade in Action


Table service with Maddie and Maddie 



Upper level

A well oiled machine!

Lower level

The PM posing for photos (the closest our (unofficial) photographer got)


Vicky and the Balcony


Elegant Dining: Could have been in Italy!


Norbert and Vicky serving the PMs table

Jeanine starting on dessert

Tai slicing the Cassata


This one's for the PM!


Connor and Tyler




The Unique Milk Bottle Chandelier