26 Jul 2025

Waste not, want not in the kitchen

From Saturday Morning, 11:45 am on 26 July 2025
Del Holland in her kitchen where she films her weekly cooking videos for 'Dishes with Del'.

Del Holland, better known as 'Dishes with Del' photographed in her kitchen. Photo: ADELE HOLLAND PHOTOGRAPHY

After 20 years in the cooking business, working in Michelin star restaurants, brushing shoulders with the rich and famous, and jet-setting around the world as a private chef, Adele Holland is now following her real passion - teaching others how to make easy, delicious, and cheap food - with a focus on reducing food waste. 

Now residing in Wanaka, Del is known online as Dishes with Del and for her regular video series Savvy Suppers where she spends no more than fifty dollars at a supermarket and uses the ingredients to create three dinners for two to three people, with plenty of leftovers for lunch.  

Del talks with Susie about turning scraps into snacks, reducing food waste in the kitchen and shares tips on making delicious fuss-free kai.