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Importance of a team and new challenges

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Chambord Red velvet cake                    As the new year arrives new and exciting prospects arrive with it . 2012 was an eventful year with lots of challenges in running the kitchen in a exciting and eventful theatre. 80,000 people came through our doors.At the end of last year just as we were setting up shop we jumped in head first catering events including cooking for The All Blacks and Japanese rugby teams around 'The World Cup'. There was bustling music theatre and burlesque all with their demands small and large catering events from 20 to 450 .The little kitchen, and I really do mean little, had my supportive and talented staff pumping out food which many commercial kitchens would find a challenge all to great response.The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra  came into their Green Room to find in addition to their complimentary catering a Ukulele carved out of a watermelon. A travel trip to africa was catered with Chaka Chat hot pork pies and Nigeri