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    For the love of bread

    After travelling the world, Auckland born-and-bred chef Andrea Dudding settled in the small Otago town of Owaka about 10 years ago.

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    Home kitchen where it all begins

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    Reet enough, the Yorkshireman and I are off to the north, the far north and Scotland in a couple of months to meet his mum.
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