Right before the pandemic, Jordan Rondel moved to America to expand The Caker, her cakery and cake-kit business.
"It was a big challenge to pivot quickly and intelligently," she says, of the curveball Covid presented. "It was extra hard not being able to go home to New Zealand on top of that, but I'm thrilled to say my New Zealand business has come out the other end really well, and while I'm still finding my footing with my US business, it's going from strength to strength."
She's currently excited about a new cake-kit flavour in the works and while visiting New Zealand took time out to talk about her kitchen at home.
My kitchen at home is . . . spacious and well laid out for cooking.
The changes I'd make to turn it into a dream kitchen are . . . I would love more natural light and more flow through to the living area to make entertaining more seamless.
Some things you'd always find in my fridge are . . . cucumber and pickles.
Some of my household's pantry staples are . . . almond butter because I put it on everything, tinned sardines because sometimes I just absolutely crave them, an excessive amount of spices so that I can always add flavour to what I'm cooking, and obviously extra virgin olive oil and good unfiltered vinegar for my dressings and sauces.