Rock on up to pop-up

L-R Kirstin Hinds, Nici Wickes, Jacqui Taylor, and Fraser Holland busy in the kitchen

Pop in to a Pop Up Nourish Me Brunch with the wonderful Nici Wickes.

The celebrity chef will knock out three courses brimming with goodness for you: greens, small plates and desserts to die for using her simple style: source the best ingredients you can afford, choose flavour over technique and don't stress.

The pop-up is part of Hawke's Bay's Food and Wine Classic [F.A.W.C!] and will take place at Napier's Art Deco Masonic Hotel on Sunday, November 8 - the first of four mouth-watering events.

You'll leave with a list of tips on healthy eating for added energy, weight loss, getting through menopause, adrenal fatigue and other ailments.

Making the television travel-food series, World Kitchen, resulted in Wickes travelling the globe for more than five years.

"My way of travelling is not to spend time doing galleries and museums - instead, I do food. It's a delicious way to access a culture, experiencing a place through tasting the flavours, watching who and what's cooking, and picking up ideas and tips so I can recreate and relive the experience back home," she said.

"When I return from a trip I don't have many photos to show, but I do have loads of food ideas to share and there's nothing I enjoy more than making a dish that I've picked up overseas but using New Zealand's produce because, frankly, you can't beat it for freshness and flavour."

There will be three other pop-up kitchen delights to savour: Paolo Pancotti of Molto Italian Kitchen steps back into the spotlight with an authentic risotto evening; Ray McVinnie pairs up with Hawke's Bay's Jennifer Le Comte - of Opera Kitchen, F G Smith and Albion Canteen fame - for a high-end dinner, while Alexandra Tylee is travelling from Havelock North to recreate recipes from her beloved Pipi cookbook.
Tickets go on sale today from 8am.

"We are very excited to be adding a new element with the F.A.W.C! Electrolux Pop Up Kitchen - it will allow people to enjoy a unique dining experience in a truly unique and intimate environment," Hawke's Bay Tourism communications manager Vicky Roebuck said.

"Housed in the at Art Deco Masonic, it will test chefs' skills as they prepare menus on two mobile kitchens shipped in especially."
Tune into Good Morning from 9am today to hear Nici Wickes speaking about her Nourish Me Brunch.

?Tickets start at $65 for three courses, with wine matches for an extra $20 per person.