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L’ Epicure Catering, Taranaki

In a kitchen overlooking New Plymouth’s wild west coast, Pascal Donsimoni is doing wondrous things with cake, mousse and a velvety dark chocolate glaze.

Opposite him, business partner Francois Husillos stirs a steaming pan of beef bourguignon, the fragrance reminding the French imports of their homes in, respectively, Corsica and the south of France.

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