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Waiheke Marketplace : May 16th 2012
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15 Years Serving Waiheke Pentacticle Filtration Ministry of Health Certified Quality Assured 1500 gallons & 2200 gallons available WAIHEKE ISLAND A GRADE Waihekes only "fully Tank Level Indicators, Tank Cleaning, Filtration, Euro Cloths, Tank Water Sanitiser, Pool Salt filtered" water supplier 40c per litre Fill your own containers 18L & 15L Cooler bottle refils $5.00 2.5kg and 4kg ice $2.00 $3.00 & Shop: 30 Tahi Rd Ph: 372 3077 Bulk Deliveries Ph: 372 8977 Waiheke's own credit card Apply online at: www.flexipay.co.nz Susan Crow yan Gartrell ARTATWORK MIA MI 5646AF2 Waiheke Island's Established Chartered Accountants LOCAL - PROFESSIONAL EASY TO GET TO - EASY TO WORK WITH Ph: 09 372 8996 Gulf Accountants Ltd Scan > Read > View or call: 09 372 7509 TheArtist Goldsmith.com S Bry r PH 372 7854 WINNER BEST RURAL RESTAURANT AUDI/METRO AWARDS 2011 CASITA MIRO TAPAS & TASTINGS www.aucklandnow.co.nz FIRST WITH THE NEWS - everywhere, every week FREE May 16, 2012 Ana cooks up top four spot Still cooking: Ana Schwartz, pictured with daughter Sienna 19 months, is through to the final four of Masterchef New Zealand. By GILL ALCOCK SHE'S a mum first and a cook sec- ond but that hasn't stopped Onetangi resident Ana Schwartz claiming a top-four placing in the popular reality television show Masterchef New Zealand. Ana and her partner Geoff's chil- dren Mia, 9, Jai, 7, and Sienna, 19 months, are an integral part of her success. She never cooks nursery food -- and instead uses the time to experiment. Ana has been honing her skills since helping her mum sustain a family of six. When mum asked for help I was there. I wanted to do it. Cooking was my passion,'' she says. Travelling has added to her love of food and introduced her to differ- ent eating experiences over the years. I love travelling and I especially love ethnic food.'' Ana is getting used to all the attention that comes from being on a primetime TV show. I'm getting heaps of recognition -- it's really nice. Everyone is very supportive, saying Oh, you're my favourite'.'' She was going to audition for series two of Masterchef but little Sienna put paid to that. Auditions for series three approached and she agreed with Geoff that if they could get help with the children she should have a go.A friend offered to share her nanny. So Ana joined more than 1000 other keen chefs and applied. The audition process was long and very gruelling, she says. It involved 20 million questions'' and taking along an audition dish to the filming at the Ellerslie Events Centre shown in episode one. Nerve-wracking further aud- itions followed including one where she had to cook a john dory and snapper dish. Finally Ana was through to the top 50. A week later she was in the Masterchef house in Castor Bay. Luckily she had already made a friend of fellow mum Charlene dur- ing the auditions and they were best friends in the house. The programme that aired last night was a difficult one for Ana. It was filmed on Sienna's first birth- day. I felt exhausted. I was really missing my family.'' Ana is now in the top four and says her success lies with her instinctive cooking skills. I don't have to look things up. I'm an all-rounder. I can bake, although it's not my strength, but I'm probably better than most, and I realise when things are going wrong,'' she says. It's amazing how much you can achieve if you put your mind to something. It takes a lot of inner strength to get through it all but I'm very competitive and was determined to do well.'' Watch Ana next Tuesday on TV One at 7.30pm.
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