Moeraki New Zealand

Restaurateur to appear on 'Masterchef'

She joined Masterchef New Zealand judge and Auckland celebrity chef Simon Gault for filming in May of a special 90-minute MasterChef Australia episode, both showing off their expertise, along with New Zealand's extensive food and wine experiences.

The episode will screen in Australia on July 1, on a programme that attracts the largest audience next to major sporting events.

Scenes were shot in Moeraki and Fleur's Place and the Oamaru historic precinct and her Loan and Mercantile restaurant before she went to Australia, to complete the segment.

Ms Sullivan said the segment was part of the master class for contestants.

She wanted to prepare her groper and green lipped mussels dish but, because it was winter, the show's organisers decided on her seafood chowder.

"We prepare 125 litres of fish stock a week [at Fleur's Place], so I wanted something else. But they loved the seafood chowder - it all went," she said on Friday.

Ms Sullivan wanted to take fresh New Zealand shellfish, including mussels, for the dish and vacuum-packed it.

"I declared it at Customs, but the Australians took it off me. I had to use the ingredients provided by the show," she said.

Ms Sullivan said she had never watched MasterChef - "I see that in my kitchen seven days a week" - so she does not know what to expect when her part screens on July 1.

However, she hoped she had enough time to promote Otago, its beauty, food and wine.

Tourism New Zealand helped bring the show to New Zealand by hosting the MasterChef contestants and crew in May for almost a week. Tourism Waitaki hosted the film crew in Waitaki for two days.

Tourism Waitaki general manager Annabel Berry said having Masterchef in Waitaki would provide major benefits for the whole of the Otago region, through showcasing its food, wine and landscapes to the Australian market.

"Fleur is a real icon within our cuisine industry, by providing fresh produce that she finds right on her doorstep. That is a great New Zealand story," she said.

Tourism New Zealand general manager brand and international public relations Catherine Bates said having the hit Channel 10 show film an episode in New Zealand would boost New Zealand's profile as a destination for great food and wine in Australia.

Casland Games Releases Moeraki Games | Casual Connect

This game is a sliding puzzle composed of colored playing pieces. The aim is to mix and shift the pieces from their color-coded starting positions into the designated paths and bring them back to their base position. Depending on the number of paths, the number of intersections and the differing numbers of pieces belonging to the individual color segments, the game’s level of difficulty can vary from simple to complex.

The game requires some concentration and patience, but it is worth it!

The creation of Moeraki Games

What does the arrangement of the playing balls resemble? While surfing the net in the summer of 2010, Kasimir Landowski, quite by chance, came across website dealing with natural phenomena, where he stumbled upon a photo of the Moeraki Boulders: round rocks found in New Zealand, near the village of Moeraki on the east coast of the country’s South Island. The rocks’ unique shape with a diameter of up to two meters can be traced to their developmental history. Unlike most other rocks, their round shape was not created by erosion from wind and water but rather developed like pearls more than 60 million years ago. The arrangement and shape of these rocks is truly unique and so the name Moeraki Games® suits Kasimir Landowski’s sliding puzzle to a tee.

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