{"id":2985,"date":"2017-08-03T11:43:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T01:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moffat.com.au\/blog\/?p=2985"},"modified":"2017-08-03T11:43:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T01:43:27","slug":"to-once-more-make-the-dock-a-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moffat.com.au\/blog\/working-kitchen\/new-zealand\/to-once-more-make-the-dock-a-home\/","title":{"rendered":"An Open Kitchen with Waldorf at The Wharf Bar & Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a restaurant that makes the most of a stunning location !<\/h2>\n

Perched on the easternmost point of the North Island coast, Gisborne is a charming New Zealand town with enviable sunshine hours and fertile clay loam soil. High quality fresh produce and world-class wines are the rule rather than the exception \u2018out east\u2019. Add this to expansive views of a pretty marina and it\u2019s easy to see how\u00a0The Wharf Bar & Restaurant<\/span><\/a> become somewhat of a local icon over its 18-year tenure.<\/p>\n

One fateful day last January, a fire broke out in the kitchen and travelled up the flue into the office above. While the bar was fortunately closed at the time, the mezzanine floor quickly swelled with smoke. The onlookers described \u2018wall to wall flames\u2019 as the fire engulfed the building.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Eleven months on, the restaurant has reopened its doors. Now, with a sleek new design and a renewed focus, it\u2019s going from strength to strength.\u201cLocal families have a lot of history at The Wharf,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s an iconic location for birthdays, weddings and other celebrations. So we wanted the new premises to deliver both a celebratory space and more personal areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

IN THE KITCHEN<\/h3>\n

Afforded the rare opportunity of a completely new fit-out, Wharf Bar owners, brothers Grant and Scott Fussell, went for an open kitchen layout. Grant wanted to include the chefs in the dining experience, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s important for the process to be visible. We want our customers to see it, hear it and smell it.\u201d From their famous sticky pork ribs to the catch of the day, it\u2019s all on show.<\/p>\n

\"Commercial<\/a><\/p>\n

The new commercial kitchen equipment<\/span><\/a>\u00a0needed to appeal to the eye as well as taste buds, and the sharp lines of the Waldorf<\/span><\/a> range here complement the new front of house fit-out. The Waldorf 800 Series<\/span><\/a> gas oven range<\/span><\/a> and gas griddle<\/span><\/a> form the nucleus of the commercial kitchen while a chargrill<\/span> <\/a>and twin fryer<\/span><\/a> got the new menu sizzling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s a restaurant that makes the most of a stunning location ! Perched on the easternmost point of the North Island coast, Gisborne is a charming New Zealand town with enviable sunshine hours and fertile clay loam soil. High quality fresh produce and world-class wines are the rule rather than the exception \u2018out east\u2019. Add this to expansive views of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,171],"tags":[222,64,194,96,201,290,183,113],"class_list":["post-2985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-zealand","category-working-kitchen","tag-chargrill","tag-commercial-cooking-equipment","tag-commercial-kitchen","tag-commercial-kitchen-equipment","tag-fryer","tag-gas-griddles","tag-kitchen-equipment","tag-waldorf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moffat.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moffat.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moffat.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moffat.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moffat.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2985"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.moffat.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2998,"href":"https:\/\/www.moffat.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2985\/revisions\/2998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moffat.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moffat.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moffat.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moffat.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}