Jean Teng and Alice NevilleJean Teng and Alice Neville

Jean Teng writes about food and sometimes other stuff, most recently for Metro magazine (RIP). Alice Neville is The Spinoff's food editor and co-deputy editor.

‘Constant rule changes’ make for a tough start to alert level two for hospitality

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Restaurants, cafes and bars have been allowed to reopen, with a whole lot of ever-evolving caveats. We check in on how the first few days have been. Inconsistent messaging and last-minute rule changes made the first weekend of alert level two “incredibly challenging” for hospitality businesses, says the Restaurant Association. The organisation worked with the … Read more

Our pick of the great NZ restaurants pivoting to takeaway for alert level three

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After these five long weeks without the joy of having a professional whip up dinner for you (unless you have a chef in your bubble), you deserve only the best. Here are our top tips for level three takeaways. As of Tuesday, takeaways are BACK, baby. Yes, that means the usual suspects – KFC and … Read more