Fraeona Heller [daughter of Hellers founder Todd] is a passionate foodie and qualified chef. She spent the first part of her cooking career overseas working in London’s Chiswick Restaurant which lead her to her dream job in Italy working for Tasting Places - a cooking school based in Umbria and Tuscany. Fraeona travelled and ate her way throughout Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Morocco and also spent a year in Denmark. She then moved to Australia and landed a job at Melbourne’s renowned Richmond Hill Café & Larder owned by the Australian food legend Stephanie Alexander. Settling back home Fraeona was appointed Christchurch Shop Manager for Kapiti Cheeses and won the ‘Top Shop in Canterbury’ competition, something she is still very proud of. Fraeona went onto become the Event Manager for a
large scale, mobile Christchurch catering company before opening her own seaside restaurant,
with a close friend and fellow foodie, where she proudly cooked delicious food for three years.
Here Fraeona shares some of her favourite recipes from her travels and her family’s recipe
archives using sausages from the Hellers range.