Celebrity cook to share her business tips

Annabel Langbein will share her business tips at a breakfast in Napier.

Celebrity cook Annabel Langbein will speak at a business breakfast in Napier next month.

The popular TV personality and cookbook will share her story in the first of a series of Business Breakfast at the newly refurbished Napier Conference Centre.

Ms Langbein has written 25 books, with more than two million sales and won numerous international awards.

She has recently cracked the US market - her TV shows are airing there currently and her books have sold out on Amazon.

She said she shaped her career by embracing opportunity and new technologies and brokering deals on her own terms.

The breakfast is a chance to hear her full story. The former Kapiti Cheese director had a successful marketing company prior to deciding to self-publish her range of books, and co-produce her own TV series. But one of her first jobs was possum trapping on the East Cape. And she once worked at KFC.

She said Hawke's Bay had an amazing centre of artisan food producers, stunning wine, generous hospitality and innovative entrepreneurs.

"I love to visit and hear about what the incredible locals are achieving that put the Bay and New Zealand on the map."

Her business advice is to: "dream big - aiming small won't get you far."

Tickets are now on sale for $20 for the Friday March 24 event. Bookings are essential. Register by Tuesday 21 March: www.napier.govt.nz search keyword #businessbreakfast