Everyone can agree there’s something quietly satisfying about a good bowl of pasta. The kind that doesn’t need much more than olive oil, salt, and a seat at the table. For this year’s Leefield Station Supreme Champion Monty & Sons Radiatori Pasta simplicity is exactly the point.

For Good Chow recipe mastermind Jenny Yang, food has always been about care - but also, at times, about pressure. Growing up, she watched her mother express love through cooking. Three meals a day, every day, prepared with precision and pride. It was an act of service that held the family together, but it also came at a cost.

Meet Lara Hayes, the multi-award-winning force behind A Bit Dressy, who infuses her gate-to-plate Bay of Islands heritage and Mediterranean expertise into premium, small-batch olive oil dressings and nourishing bone broths.