Carlo Buenaventura is an evergreen Auckland hospitality personality who’s worked both in kitchens and front of house at a range of fantastic spots since moving to New Zealand from the Philippines in 2010. His latest venture is Bar Magda on Cross Street in the central city, where he’s back on the tools in the kitchen. He joined Dietary Requirements to talk about why it’s so important to work on both sides of a restaurant, Bar Magda’s Filipino flavours and what he’s getting up to with Cinderella at this year’s Visa Wellington on a Plate.

Dietary Requirements will also be making an official appearance at WOAP 2021, on August 15 at the Parrotdog brewery in Lyall Bay. Plan your 2021 experience at visawoap.com.

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