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Korey trained at Rotorua’s Waiariki Institute of Technology, and as a young chef he worked for hotels, including the Sheraton Rotorua Hotel and the THC Rotorua International Hotel.

Prior to that, Korey was pastry chef at Huka Lodge, starting at the boutique riverside accommodation shortly before the Queen and Prince Philip were welcomed for a short stay on their New Zealand royal tour.

Most recently based at The Farm at Cape Kidnappers, as group executive pastry chef overseeing Te Awa Winery, Kauri Cliffs Lodge in Northland and Queenstown’s recently-opened Matakauri Lodge.

Korey Field brings a wealth of experience and skills to his teaching role at the Eastern Institute of Technology.    As he points out:  “I have been an active competition chef, winning most things I have entered.”