iron chef | fisher & paykel style

Last week I was invited by Goemans Appliance to participate in an Iron Chef Challenge in the beautiful working showroom of Fisher & Paykel.  12 designers were split into 2 teams to whip up an appetizer, main dish and dessert using a list of ingredients and the secret ingredient, curry, which had to be in every dish.  Supervised by a professional chef, we set out the menus ourselves and chops, seared, sauteed and plated some pretty creative dishes, meanwhile getting to test drive some pretty phenominal appliances.  Fisher & Paykel, from New Zealand, manufactures an extensive range of high end kitchen appliances, which in my opinion not only function extremely well, they seem to blend an industrial/commercial look with sleek finishes - their oven & range doors are amazing!  I have installed their fridges in clients homes in the past, but became the biggest marketer of their dishwasher drawers, after experiencing the absolute quiet blish of 6 operating at one time.  And not only was the event fun and informative, my team won!  My sister and I whipped up a fabulous app of scallops with a pineapple/pepper/cilantro/lime/curry salsa which blew the judges away, and my friend Anna represented her firm by whipping up a chocolate chili curry mousse that had everyone swooning.    Yum!  Thanks for a great evening.