{"id":969,"date":"2017-08-16T09:19:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T09:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tezmphoto.com\/blog\/?p=969"},"modified":"2017-08-16T09:21:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T09:21:52","slug":"the-grove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tezmphoto.com\/blog\/the-grove\/","title":{"rendered":"Just fuckin’ eat whatever, mate."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cJust fuckin\u2019 eat whatever, mate.\u201d<\/p>\n

I like Ben. He\u2019s always moving. Usually forwards, 10 things firing at once in his mind. Mercurial, gifted, and humble. Meet Ben Bayly.<\/p>\n

Today I\u2019m at The Grove. A little out the way despite being in the middle of Auckland\u2019s CBD, The Grove is a smart, cozy, classy venue that seats about 80 people in understated luxury.<\/p>\n

To just say \u201cfood\u201d would be over-simplifying. This is like modern art. This is next level cuisine. I mentioned to Chef that this looks more like sculptural forms than food. He\u2019s probably used to that.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what it looks like:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\"Grove<\/a> \"Grove<\/a> \"Grove<\/a> \"Grove<\/a> \"Grove<\/a> \"Grove<\/a> \"Grove<\/a> \"Grove<\/a> \"Grove<\/a> \"Grove<\/a> \"Grove<\/a> \"Grove<\/a> \"Grove<\/a> \"Grove<\/a> \"Grove<\/a> \"Grove<\/a> \"Grove<\/a>\n

 <\/p>\n

This is much easier than trying to talk about lighting for 400 words. This is the setup for the majority of the dishes.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\"Grove<\/a> \"Grove<\/a> \"Grove<\/a>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ben Bayly:<\/p>\n\"Grove<\/a>\n

 <\/p>\n

Josh:\"Grove<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Book your table at\u00a0https:\/\/www.thegroverestaurant.co.nz\/<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And book your shoot\u00a0at info@tezmphoto.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cJust fuckin\u2019 eat whatever, mate.\u201d I like Ben. He\u2019s always moving. Usually forwards, 10 things firing at once in his mind. Mercurial, gifted, and humble. Meet Ben Bayly. Today I\u2019m at The Grove. A little out the way despite being in the middle of Auckland\u2019s CBD, The Grove is a smart, cozy, classy venue that… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tezmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tezmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tezmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tezmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tezmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=969"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.tezmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":994,"href":"http:\/\/www.tezmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions\/994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tezmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tezmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tezmphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}