ABOUT culinary journeys

Jennifer Yee is a food design and nutrition consultant with over 15 years food industry experience. Since the completion of her Otago degree in food science and nutrition, she has held a number of key industry positions in research and development. She is a respected public health dietitian and an industry specialist in nutrition marketing. In 1997, she established her own company Food Concepts & Design Ltd.

One of the fastest growing aspects of the business is culinary journeys - unique gourmet food and wine tours that are personalised for small groups. These tours have featured in various magazine and newspaper articles and the Asian Flavours journey has been profiled on television's Taste NZ and Asia Down Under programmes.

An award winning food features writer, Jennifer contributes to NZ House & Garden's entertaining section, Divine - an Australian food and wine magazine, as well as industry publications. She shares her expert knowledge of Asian ingredients and cuisines at cooking school and is a regular guest on national television and radio programmes Nine to Noon and Saturday Morning. Her venture Culinary Journeys offers gourmet tours of regional New Zealand and Vietnam to local and international guests.

Jenny currently lives in Auckland, having grown up in Gisborne on New Zealand's remote and beautiful East Coast. Jennifer spends two to three months a year on projects in Asia and Australia