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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.

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

Reference: 1/2-224784-F

by K. E. Niven

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David Burton, Cooking – Who cooks?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/38553/male-chef-wairakei-hotel-1972 (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by David Burton, published 18 June 2012.