Gourmet Traveller

Fire Island

If you were stranded on a desert island, what would you bring? Better yet, who? It would have to be someone who was good with fire. And finding sustenance in their surroundings. In this case, I don’t need shelter, thanks to a swoon-eliciting beachfront villa with infinity pool that awaits my arrival. And since this island is more “private” than “deserted”, a warm and professional hospitality staff is ready to assist my needs. As survival gives way to splendour, Bear Grylls can stay where he is. I’ll be bringing Lennox Hastie.

And so here we are on Kokomo, the ultraprime resort on the edge of Fiji’s Kadavu archipelago, encircled by the Great Astrolabe Reef. And I’m not stranded. Instead, I very willingly stowed away to preview the island’s upcoming residency with the virtuoso chef

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