Heartland Italian cooking from a much-loved South Island group of restaurants.
Francesca Voza was brought up in a family that was involved
in hospitality in the north of England and Italy, and started
helping out in restaurant kitchens from the age of six. By the time
she was in her teens she knew this was what she wanted to do.
Another passion - for travel - brought her and her husband to
Wanaka, where they quickly decided they wanted to settle. Selling
wood-fired pizzas from a trailer at the markets gained her a local
following, and this later led to the opening of Francesca's Italian
Kitchen.
James Stapley was the executive chef at the high-end Whare
Kea lodge in Wanaka when he met Francesca. Their shared love of
Italian food and visions of the menu they would want to offer at a
restaurant led to a successful business partnership. Their menus
use the Italian ethos of concentrating on ingredients that are
fresh, delicious and in close proximity to the restaurant.
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