CHEFS’ VIEW ON N.Z. FOOD

Press, Volume C, Issue 29555, 3 July 1961, Page 12

CHEFS’ VIEW ON N.Z. FOOD

Reply To R.N2A.F. Caterer “We note with amusement the statement regarding the New Zealand attitude to food and drink made by Flight Lieutenant G. V. Kerr chief catering officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force,” says a supplied statement from the Christchurch branch of the New Zea'and Chefs’ Academv •’Flight 'Kerr says he cenM understand why a cu't :m-g wnnts clronsnd supgxiis he has eaten in gjriy Fr« _ ch rcs'-u--ranis an", ‘'■as had excellent mea'-s If h- likes dirt the averoge New Zeai-nder. although barbaric (ass he suggests) likes cleanliness. “We agree a tot can be done regarding food in New Zealand, but a statement coming from a responsible catering officer in the Air Force, we cannot understand How can he hold such a position. if this is his view on cleanliness? Does the Air Force endorse his remarks? “Regarding a waiter as a servile slave is a sweeping statement and can be dismissed as a lot of hot air. “Flight Lieutenant Kerr savs the food in the United States is so damn clean it reeks of tasteless frozen food®. We suggest he spends another week-end in the United States, as some of the best food in the world is obtained there, and that includes the dirtv French restaurants of which he is so fond.”