New Zealand's Culinary Olympics team Corey Hume, Richard Hingston, Ganesh Khedekar, Steve Le Corre (back), Neil MacInnes (front), Darren Wright, Mark Sycamore and John Kelleher. Photos supplied. : Culinary gold medallist assembles new team

Invercargill chef Graham Hawkes at the Culinary Olympics in Germany in 1984. Photo supplied. : Culinary gold medallist assembles new team

NZChefs national president and Culinary Olympics 2016 chef d'mission Graham Hawkes at work in his Invercargill restaurant Paddington Arms. Photo by Petrina Wright. : Culinary gold medallist assembles new team