Mark Southon

After training at many Michelin star restaurants in Europe, Mark Southon embarked on his culinary tour down under.  From there, he landed a prestigious position at Vue de Monde – Australia’s top restaurant for the past two years running. He then fell in love with our shores and has continued his illustrious career in NZ.  After working and playing hard in Queenstown at Wai waterfront restaurant he moved to Auckland to work at the well renowned restaurant The French Café with Simon Wright.  Now at the helm of the Foodstore restaurant he and his team produces amazing dishes with only the finest New Zealand produce on offer.  Mark is already a star of FOUR TV shows. You can see him on Food TV’s The Foodstore Chefs, the Best of NZ Food, TV ones “Monteith’s Wild Food Challenge” and the recent hit “Foodstore gone wild” This is where Mark got out of the kitchen and hunted for the best Game all over the country.  Mark has a genuine love for good food and always wanted to be a chef. He enjoys a laugh, even going so far as saying Lenny Henry’s TV show “Chef” was also an influence on him getting into the business.