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Kōrero: Cooking

Male chef, Wairākei Hotel, 1972

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Male chef, Wairākei Hotel, 1972

Chefs in restaurants and hotels have usually been men. Here, the chef at the Wairākei Hotel in Taupō watches a waiter serve two couples at dinner. No doubt the women were enjoying a well-deserved break from cooking at home.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, K. E. Niven and Co Collection

Reference: 1/2-224784-F

by K. E. Niven

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

David Burton, Cooking – Who cooks?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/38553/male-chef-wairakei-hotel-1972 (accessed 2 July 2026).

He kōrero nā David Burton, i tāngia i te 18 June 2012.