Fail File: Peter Gordon, ONZM, chef and restaurateur

Fail File: Peter Gordon, ONZM, chef and restaurateur
Peter Gordon: In a crisis, he stays calm, even when confronted by a menacing chimp in Nepal. (Image: Liz Clarkson)
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Each fortnight, Victoria Carter speaks to someone about failure and disappointment and what they learned. This week, she talks to Peter Gordon, ONZM, a chef, restaurateur, writer and food consultant looking for the next way to bring community, good food and food producers together. I was really disappointed when I was turned down for an apprenticeship with Air New Zealand in 1978. I wanted to be a chef. I grew up in Whanganui, and we never ate at the few restaurants there, just a fried-food place called Big Tex, so I’m not sure why c...

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