Ben Bayly walks away from his chef roles to start a restaurant that will showcase New Zealand food. While the restaurant is taking shape, he travels to the South Island to learn more about crayfish.
Ben continues his South Island trip, visiting Minaret Station to learn about high country lamb and goes gravity fishing in Bluff.
The Ahi team receive some bad news before heading to Marlborough to begin work on their pop-up restaurant at Seresin Estate's Waterfall Bay.
The Ahi restaurant pop-up allows Ben to test some of his menu ideas. Back in Auckland, he visits the restaurant site before heading to Cambridge
Ben heads to Taupo in search of good beef, then on to the Hawkes Bay where he meets the recently crowned NZ's most outstanding food Producer of 2020
Back in Auckland there are more delays to the restaurant. Ben hits Waiheke to taste the best of the best Oysters before his world comes crashing down!
Ben meets with Precinct Properties to learn how the covid 19 lockdown effected his restaurant. Then he heads to Te Henga to learn from the Hangi Master.
With the restaurant getting closer to opening, Ben and the Ahi chefs get stuck into some R and D for the menu.
Ben Bayly is keen to revisit some of the people who make up the Ahi menu, starting in Awarua.
Ben continues his visit across the South Island, going to the Mackenzie Country, the Canterbury Plains, and the Rakaia Gorge.
The team head to French Pass in the Marlborough Sounds, where they go spearfishing for butterfish, before heading to the local farmers' market.
Explores how the Bay of Plenty, with its long summer days and long, mild winters, is home to the perfect growing conditions for producing delicacies.
Ben heads to Whanganui, where he joins All Black legend Glen Osborne on a hunting trip, before checking out Woodhaven Gardens.
Ben travels to Southland, where he checks out Granity Downs before attempting to master the art of making cheese rolls.
After returning to his home city of Auckland, Ben attempts to snag some flounder, discovers something new about goats, and explores a mushroom farm.
On the final leg of his journey, Ben heads to Northland to discover the wonders of the region.