Robert Nicol - Kitchen Manager - Ashburton

Robert originates from Ashburton and began his cooking career as a baker and pastry chef back in 1993. He then went on to complete his professional chef qualifications at Hotel Ashburton working there for five years eventually becoming Executive Chef.

In 2002 he ventured around the world and worked as head chef for L'Oreal in the UK before returning to New Zealand for a couple of years in 2004. Robert headed off again to Adelaide, Australia where he has been for the past 10 years, mostly working for Great Southern Rail as an onboard chef, development chef and also later on as the Warehouse and Food Safety Manager.

Robert is warmly welcomed as Kitchen Manager for the newly built facility of Radius Millstream in Ashburton.