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![Please explain: NZ's top chefs' advice for dining out and the restaurant trends to look out for](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Please explain: NZ's top chefs' advice for dining out and the restaurant trends to look out for
Pricey drinks, vexing vegans and other burning hospo issues explained.
![Felt 'like a slave': Ex-restaurateurs to pay $423k for exploiting migrant workers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Felt 'like a slave': Ex-restaurateurs to pay $423k for exploiting migrant workers
Seven migrants were exploited by the couple in two restaurants over a 12-month period.
!['Really tough': This restaurant used to seat 130. Now it's lucky to get 30](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Really tough': This restaurant used to seat 130. Now it's lucky to get 30
Cost of rice has doubled: 'We can’t afford to give even a single grain for free anymore'.
![Failed Newmarket restaurant Inca owes creditors $1.1m: Who wants money?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Failed Newmarket restaurant Inca owes creditors $1.1m: Who wants money?
The restaurant had 'exhausted all other financial options available'.
!['Incredibly emotional': Restaurant owner considers walking as others fold](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Incredibly emotional': Restaurant owner considers walking as others fold
Asher Boote speaks out about the mental toll of running a restaurant in recent months.
![Two Wellington restaurants announce closures in less than a fortnight](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Two Wellington restaurants announce closures in less than a fortnight
Field & Green is the latest restaurant to announce it's shutting its doors.
![Use it or lose it: Restaurant legend issues drastic SOS to downtown Auckland diners](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Use it or lose it: Restaurant legend issues drastic SOS to downtown Auckland diners
'I'm sure I'm not the only one pacing the house at 3am.'
![The hottest spots in town: Three A-list chefs opening new eateries](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The hottest spots in town: Three A-list chefs opening new eateries
Chef Josh Emett and wife Helen have been hard at work with their team this week.
![‘I fell in love’: Zennon Wijlens on his 20-year rise to becoming NZ’s top chef](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
‘I fell in love’: Zennon Wijlens on his 20-year rise to becoming NZ’s top chef
He needed a job after high school - so he went into a cafe and asked for one.
![Ram raiders target upmarket Remuera eatery - 'What the hell's going on?'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ram raiders target upmarket Remuera eatery - 'What the hell's going on?'
Upmarket eatery newest target of window-smashing burglars.
![Exclusive: Josh Emett to open new restaurant - master chef on food, love and Gordon Ramsay](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Exclusive: Josh Emett to open new restaurant - master chef on food, love and Gordon Ramsay
As Josh Emett turns 50, he reveals a new eatery for central Auckland.
![Wellington restaurant unfazed by backlash after mayor’s tipsy evening out](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Wellington restaurant unfazed by backlash after mayor’s tipsy evening out
The Old Quarter's general manager said the eatery was still busy 'so who cares?'
![High-end restaurant changed ownership and business name before closure](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
High-end restaurant changed ownership and business name before closure
Pasture's restaurant group changed its name and majority shareholdings in May.
![Yala habibi: Yala brings African bites and shisha to Dominion Rd](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Yala habibi: Yala brings African bites and shisha to Dominion Rd
Yala means "let's go" in Arabic, says Mohammed Alawad of Yala Lounge.
!['Expect to see higher menu prices': Minimum wage increases $1.50 per hour](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Expect to see higher menu prices': Minimum wage increases $1.50 per hour
The adult minimum wage will be rising to $22.70 per hour from April 1
![Focus: What’s on the Christmas menu for NZ’s top chefs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Focus: What’s on the Christmas menu for NZ’s top chefs
Indulge festival chefs Sean Connolly, Nic Watt, Michael Dearth, Aki Nakamura, Croydon Cole, Jess Granada and Richard Highnam reveal what their Christmas Day plans are, and more importantly what’s on the menu. Video / NZ Herald
![Focus: Indulge Festival 2023 - Top chefs reveal what they will be bringing to the competition](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Focus: Indulge Festival 2023 - Top chefs reveal what they will be bringing to the competition
Indulge festival chefs Sean Connolly, Nic Watt, Michael Dearth, Aki Nakamura, Croydon Cole, Jess Granada and Richard Highnam reveal some clues as to what they will be bringing to wow guests from the 2nd - 5th of March 2023. Video / NZ Herald
![Chef Sean Connolly: 'My career is about constant reinvention'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Chef Sean Connolly: 'My career is about constant reinvention'
Connolly is executive chef of Esther at QT Hotel in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour precinct.