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CROSSWORD 253
Crossword 253
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ACROSS
9 We’re told it could be bawdy computer stuff! Get away! (5) 10 Relate to Granny Smith maybe, left out of the crazy train (9) 11 Light metal sporran neither quiet nor right having no place (4-3) 12 At 045 degrees a circle maybe getting closer (7) 13 Unfortunately it’s ‘No’ to seedy extremes Fred so that’s that! (3,2,5) 14 Be next to return the instrument (4) 16 An energy producer with its resident monk on the wagon (3,4) 19 Slices from organ in the ship (7) 21 Hit the gastropod! (4) 22 Read about debt promises left with a purpose (10) 26 Sorry to have to have the morning in an outhouse (7) 27 Opinion from muddleheaded males in bed (7) 28 Shows tenacity and empties the bath (5,4) 29 Sounds of outright crop (5)
DOWN
1 Advance to appoint principal (3,5) 2 Blasted sore head! Take it in to get fixed (6) 3 Afraid there’s time to do wrong if I emulate dodgy beginners (9) 4 It may attract metals initially - silver lace? (6) 5 Ready for action in tot’s favourite spot (2,2,4) 6 Sounds like a nasty throat, whip out a cork! (5) 7 Scope for action? It’s pretty much zero in
Ecuador (8) 8 A funny game in a riddle (6) 15 Hello! A rubbish return for the young lady is a bit random (3-2-4) 17 Not old Harry at last. Not in his first university lecture for beginners (8) 18 Allows to drop but disappoints (4,4) 20 They are dodgy, reserved with no end of stress in a mess (8) 21 Impresses seeing the floor covering return as an afterthought (6) 23 Do they deceive when you go out for a duck? (6) 24 Tantrums? They’ll just be a part of the act (6) 25 Collect dope after morning (5)
RONNIE SHORT
Th e m a n a g e r o f Th e B r i g a n d C a f é , D a v i d Hutchinson, has recently employed Aidan Munden as head chef. “The Brigand hasn’t actually had a head chef for some time,” explained David, saying that Aidan arrived during lockdown. “We had been discussing him coming on board for a while. The last discussion was in summer, [as] Carleigh Nola, our long-time cook, was going on maternity leave later in the year.”
Aidan qualified as a chef in 1999 and worked “top-end establishments” in Sydney, returning to New Zealand after his first son was born. He worked at several places in Golden Bay before obtaining work as a chef on fishing boats for Sealord, and subsequently spent three-and-a-half years cooking on the Interislander.
Fo l l ow i n g t h at s t i nt, Aidan worked for oil and gas companies, and tried some oil tanker work, but decided that wasn’t for him. In that time he temped for over six years for a recruitment company based in Christchurch before working for a spell at the Beachcomber in Picton.
Aidan eventually decided h a d “ h a d e n o u g h” a n d planned his return to Golden Bay.
“I badgered David into a job,” he says.
His last job before he landed at The Brigand was at Awaroa Lodge, where David rang him to say he could give him some hours.
As head chef, Aidan has taken over the organising of staff rosters, and is helping David with networking. He says his aim is “to provide
From left: Aidan Munden, David Hutchinson and Katrina Beale. Photo: Ronnie Short.
nice meals and create menus according to demand”.
Also on staff is Katrina Beale, who has worked as waitress and front-of-house at The Brigand for three-and-a-half years. She returned to Golden Bay from Ward after the trauma of the Kaikoura earthquakes. “I’m
loving being back in the Bay, working here, providing good service to customers and friends,” says Katrina.
The Brigand is open seven days, from 11am until late, “363 days a year,” added David. “We want anyone to feel welcome to come in for the night, to come in, sit down and relax.”
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