Nine posts, one story.

Olive & Fern Twelve years in kitchens. Two hemispheres. One table.

I'm David. I learned to respect food between the New Zealand bush and the sea, and I've spent the last four years in Tuscany, my wife's home, cooking in kitchens across Chianti and Florence.

Olive & Fern is where those two worlds meet.

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Olive & Fern Nothing on this table travelled far.

Zero-kilometre produce, chosen by the season, from the people who grow it. My job is simple: understand it, respect it, and let it speak for itself.

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Olive & Fern Flour. Eggs. Hands. That is the whole recipe.

Every Tuscan valley rolls its pasta a little differently. In a pasta class we make it together from scratch, the way it has been handed down, around your own table.

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Olive & Fern Made this afternoon. Gone by tonight.

Fresh tagliatelle and a classic pomodoro. The finest ingredients, nothing hidden behind complexity. Great produce needs very little help.

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Olive & Fern Fire doesn't take shortcuts. Neither do we.

Porchetta, turned slowly over the embers until the skin crackles. Tuscan roots, cooked the old way.

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Olive & Fern Simple, done elegantly.

Porchetta, roasted peaches, sage. Tuscan tradition through a modern lens, where colour, flavour and texture do the talking.

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Olive & Fern Restaurant standard. Your dining room.

We arrive, we cook, we serve. When the evening ends, your kitchen is exactly as we found it. All that stays behind is the memory.

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Olive & Fern The meal is the reason. The table is the point.

Family, friends and a long Tuscan evening. Good food becomes conversation, laughter, and the stories you will retell for years.

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Olive & Fern Gnocchi, made by hand, one by one.

Soft, simple, and the kind of plate that tastes like home.

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