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<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>13</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
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Chefsdebut at summer school<br />
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They are keen to pass on some<br />
knowledge and inspire others,<br />
especially if it leads to roles in<br />
the hospitality industry, which<br />
has ashortage of chefs.<br />
Ken says prior to lockdown<br />
the restaurant was having<br />
monthly integration evenings of<br />
South African braai and New<br />
Zealand barbecue on the menu.<br />
It introduced the smoked<br />
option which proved very<br />
popular, sold out quickly and<br />
ended up being requested for<br />
wedding breakfasts and<br />
functions.<br />
“For us it was great, we<br />
couldn’t keep up with the<br />
barbecue,” Ken says.<br />
The restaurant invested in a<br />
massive smoker custommade<br />
New group<br />
unites CBD<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>retailersand business owners are<br />
beingurgedtojoin anew group aimed at reenergising<br />
and galvanisinginnertown<br />
businesses.<br />
Health 2000 ownerBob McDonald said<br />
thosedoing businessinthe CBD neededa<br />
united front on things like business shopping<br />
hours, parking and dealing with the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>District Council.<br />
Retailers, business and building owners<br />
are being encouraged to comealongtoa<br />
meeting at Somerset Grocer on <strong>August</strong> 18.<br />
Mr McDonald said the meeting would start<br />
at 5.45pmand go for an hour.‘‘We want to be<br />
an advocate group for aresurgenceof<br />
business in the CBD.’’<br />
Therewere several pressingissues for<br />
businesses, who are negotiating life in the<br />
covid environment and atwoyear<br />
programme of council works thatinvolves<br />
digging up andrelaying streets and footpaths.<br />
Mr McDonald said businesses were hoping<br />
councilcontractors might work at nightor<br />
easeoff some of the work beforethe<br />
traditionally busyChristmas period so<br />
customers would have easieraccesstoshops.<br />
Other things to be discussed includedasking<br />
councilfor atownsman to do small jobs in the<br />
CBD and keep it tidy,and ashop local<br />
campaign.<br />
Social distance<br />
rules back on<br />
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Masks were available for council staff with<br />
customerfacing jobs.<br />
‘‘From acommunity pointofview, we<br />
again urgeeveryone to follow the official<br />
advice and rules –there is great information<br />
on the official websitecovid19.govt.nz .Itis<br />
hugely disappointing to be here again, but<br />
we sawit off lasttime andbyworking<br />
together Ihave no doubtwecan do it again.’’<br />
Mount Hutt College said theball had to be<br />
postponed andanew date wouldbe<br />
confirmedwhenthere was greater certainty.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College saiditwas school as<br />
usual for students and staff, with physical<br />
distancing to be practised as perits<br />
pandemic plan.<br />
Medical centres were taking extra<br />
precautionsand all aged care facilities were<br />
backinlockdown andsupermarkets were<br />
controlling shopper numbers.<br />
Mid Canterbury Netball,with premier<br />
competition tonight, wasyesterday awaiting<br />
advice from its national body but preparing<br />
to play with a100 people limit. The<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> GolfClub advised club play would<br />
continuewith social distancing.<br />
by SmokeDogg Smokers in<br />
Kaiapoi.<br />
Weighing awhopping 1.2<br />
tonne, the doubledoor reverse<br />
smoker was the biggest the<br />
company had ever built.<br />
Each door weighs 50kg, with a<br />
counter lever, so is like amini<br />
workout each time it’s opened.<br />
And it’s opened alot with<br />
meat constantly being checked<br />
and the temperature kept at an<br />
even 150 degrees Celsius.<br />
The barbecue bistro, aptly<br />
named Smoke, has had rave<br />
reviews, including from afew<br />
expat Americans living in Mid<br />
Canterbury.<br />
It’s atestament to the long<br />
hours the duo put into cooking<br />
cuts of meat such as brisket<br />
(breast section), Boston butt<br />
(pork shoulder), pork ribs and<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s<br />
DISHWASHER<br />
HALF LOAD OPTION<br />
FRIDGE FREEZER<br />
chicken; the meats need up to<br />
10 hours cooking time, using<br />
meat rubs as authentic as<br />
possible.<br />
The slow cooked meats are<br />
also used to make the<br />
restaurant’s own sausages,<br />
mince and meat patties.<br />
At full capacity the Lake<br />
House smoker could feed 100 to<br />
200 people, depending on the<br />
cuts of meat being smoked.<br />
One of the secrets to cooking<br />
American barbecue is cooking<br />
meat slowly and at alow<br />
constant temperature, and Ken<br />
says there’s areal science to it.<br />
It’s one he has perfected over<br />
time, dabbling with barbecue<br />
techniques while working in a<br />
fine dining restaurant in South<br />
Africa.<br />
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And every Friday night they<br />
would create abarbecue menu<br />
using specially cooked brisket<br />
and sweetbread meats.<br />
It was away to take cheaper<br />
cuts of meat and create a<br />
special meal, he said.<br />
There are other secrets to<br />
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can include the type of wood<br />
used in the burner; either kiln<br />
dried or naturally dried beech<br />
woods, specialty cherry and<br />
apricot woods sourced from<br />
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smoke.<br />
But it’s abalancing act.<br />
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photography courses,<br />
printmaking and two knitting<br />
courses,aswell aspainting,<br />
basketweaving and the<br />
opportunity to make an eyecatching<br />
garden seatand<br />
barbarysheep.<br />
There aremorecourses in<br />
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