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Jack Crosti: Auckland chef explains why he was disappointed with this week's Michelin ceremony · Best of Business

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  Speaker 2: There's a little bit of criticism today of this week's
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  Speaker 2: Micheline Awards. Micheline trained chef Jack Crossing posted on Facebook
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  Speaker 2: that the awards were a quote absolute joke and that
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  Speaker 2: the list looked like a list of places where the
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  Speaker 2: cool people eat. Jack is with us now, Hijack, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that's go. I'm very well, thank you. Why do you
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  Speaker 2: say they were an absolute joke?
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  Speaker 3: Okay, So I want to just clarify a couple of
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  Speaker 3: things before before anything. So obviously a supporter very much,
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  Speaker 3: you know Michelin coming to New Zealand, and I really
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  Speaker 3: think it's good for the industry, really really good for
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  Speaker 3: international recognition. Is I'm super happy for all Chef's restaurant
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  Speaker 3: owners sontov Ausa so many years a the Deserver and
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  Speaker 3: and again I'm very happy about that. My post was
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  Speaker 3: obviously very direct with some sarcasm in data, but the
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  Speaker 3: point that I wanted to make was that because those events, uh,
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  Speaker 3: this event is probably once in a lifetime event for
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  Speaker 3: for chefs and for operator. I don't think it was
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  Speaker 3: delivered in a way where you expect Michelena do.
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  Speaker 2: So you criticizing the ceremony, the way that it was,
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  Speaker 2: the way that.
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  Speaker 3: The a little bit of everything, a little bit of
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  Speaker 3: from from the selection of of of of the restaurant
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  Speaker 3: award that felt like very disconnected and I don't know
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  Speaker 3: quite yeah, and with with with with some some some
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  Speaker 3: restaurants left out, some others included. There was really and.
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  Speaker 2: Which restaurant would you have given a star too? That
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  Speaker 2: didn't get a star?
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  Speaker 3: I'm not going into that because again I don't wanna.
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  Speaker 3: I don't want to blame and Shama who got them
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  Speaker 3: out or who like I don't want to get in
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  Speaker 3: that conversation because I can be it can come like quite.
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  Speaker 2: As I mean, if fair enough. If I was to
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  Speaker 2: ask you who got a star that shouldn't have got
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  Speaker 2: a star, that would be fair. But I'm asking you
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  Speaker 2: who didn't get a start? Who should have got a start?
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  Speaker 2: Like would you have given a start at onslot?
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  Speaker 3: Again, I don't wanna. I don't want to mention individual one.
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  Speaker 3: There is a there is a probably a bunch of
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  Speaker 3: of restaurants and who dines out, who is in the industry,
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  Speaker 3: who knows the hospitality industry, they probably know exactly what
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  Speaker 3: I'm talking about. I don't want to again mention individuals
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  Speaker 3: because I don't think it's fair. My opinion on on
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  Speaker 3: the selection that was unconsistent, inconsistent like in a way
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  Speaker 3: where if miche Lana is the benchmark, we we want
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  Speaker 3: to see and be questioned, like how the stars that
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  Speaker 3: are communicated?
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  Speaker 2: What proportion of the restaurants that got stars should not
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  Speaker 2: have got stars in your opinion.
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  Speaker 3: It's not just the stars. I'm talking about the big
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  Speaker 3: govermand as well and the and the selection in general.
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  Speaker 3: And again like everyone that got like stars at the
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  Speaker 3: Deserver and they did a great job. But my my
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  Speaker 3: comment was around the consistency and how some some restaurant
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  Speaker 3: was was chosen and some other were not h And
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  Speaker 3: again I'm not talking about my my best friend the
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  Speaker 3: restaurant or my favorite restaurant, and I'm just ranking or ranging.
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  Speaker 3: It's it's I don't know that there were few few
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  Speaker 3: players left out for the reasons that you know, many
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  Speaker 3: people don't understand our questioning.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, Jack, thanks very much, appreciate it. Jack Crossty, Micheline
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  Speaker 2: try and shaf formerly of Me learned they root in Auckland.
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