For almost three decades, Beef + Lamb New Zealand has been recognising and highlighting the immense talent within the New Zealand culinary scene. Check out the gallery below to see which chefs have graced the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Hall of Fame.
1997 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Martin Bosley; Bruce Griffiths; Paul Jobin; Chris Green; Michael Coughlin; Tony Astle; Tony Smith
1998 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Trent Warren; Matthew Tingey, Lothar Greiner; Bruce Griffits; Judy Taylor, Martin Bosley, David Griffiths
1999 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Michael Coughlin; Michael van de Wiel; Kate Fay; Paul Hoather; Terry Lowe; Alistair Parker
2000 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Phillip Kraal; Alister Brown; Tony Smith; Brent Cameron; Michael Coughlin
2001-2002 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Hamish Brown; Sean Arstrong; Phillip Kraal; Craig Searle; Rex Morgan; Alistair Parker
2003 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Jason Blackie; Michael Coughlin; Kylie Howard; Rex Morgan; Hamish Brown
2004 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Brenton Low; Prue Campbell; Rex Morgan; Malcolm Grant; Michael Meredith
2005 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Tony Smith; Kate Fay; Gerald Brown; Damon McGinniss; Andrew Brown
2006 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Geoff Scott; Stephen Barry; Rex Morgan; Peter Gordon; Jeremy Griffiths
2008 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Maree Connolly; Andrew Brown; Shona Jane; Peter Jackson; Mat McLean; Stephen Bary
2007 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Paul Jobin; Shona Jane; Rex Morgan; Peter Gordon; Damon McGinnis; Brenton Low
2011 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Brenton Low; Jeremy Griffiths; Logan McPherson; Ben Bayly; Grant Dicker
2013 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Grant Dicker; Kate Fay; Shaun Clouston; Scott Kennedy; Darren Wright
2010 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Jonny Schwass; Darren Wright; Stephen Barry; Logan McPherson; Lovemore Kambasha; Mat McLean
2014 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Mikey Newlands; Scott Kennedy; Darren Wright; Ben Batterbury; Ryan Tattersall
2015 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Marc Soper; Ken O’Connell; Ryan Tattersall; Brad King; Reon Hobson
2016 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
L to R: Shaun Clouston; Scott Kennedy; Reon Hobson; Andrew Clark; Andi Bozhiqi
2017 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Alistair Forster; Scott Kennedy; Steve Beere; Shaun Clouston
2018 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Harry Williams; Freddie Ponder; Kate Fay; Alistair Forster; Damon McGinniss
2019 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Freddie Ponder; Pablo Tacchinni; Jarrod McGregor; Andrew May;
2020 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Tejas Nikam; Phil Clark; Norka Mella Munoz; Jack Crosti
2022/2023 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Chefs
Andrew May; Cameron Davies; BJ Sebastian; MacLean Fraser
2021 Young Ambassador Chef
Sam Heaven
2021 - Inaugural Beef + Lamb Young Ambassador Chef Competition
Phil Clark; Norka Mella Munoz; Sam Heaven; Tejas Nikam; Jack Crosti
2021 - Inaugural Beef + Lamb Young Ambassador Chef Competition (Finalists)
Lyall Minhinnick; Sam Heaven; Ashley Knudsen
2021 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Series Dinner at Phil's Kitchen
Phil Clark; Sam Heaven
2022 Dine Dunedin
Michael Coughlin; Lyall Minhinnick
2023 Ambassador Series at The Fat Duck, Te Anau
Darren Wright; Cameron Davies
2022 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Series Dinner at Artisan at Bolton Hotel
MacLean Fraser; Rex Morgan
2021 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Series Dinner at Mangapapa, Hawkes Bay
Norka Mella Munoz; Kate Fay
2023 Beef + Lamb Ambassador Series Dinner, Amayjen The Restaurant, Palmerston North
Mat McLean; Nic Kearney; Andrew May
2023 Young Ambassador Chef Competition
Max Loh; Nic Kearney; Jacob Aomerere-Poole
2023 Beef + Lamb Young Ambassador Chef
Andrew May; Cameron Davies; Nic Kearney; BJ Sebastian; MacLean Fraser
