Cameron Davies

  • Branch President
  • Southland

Cameron is the executive chef and co-owner of The Fat Duck, Te Anau.

Cameron trained to be a chef at Christchurch Polytechnic, in New Zealand but has been cooking since the age of 10. Inspired by his Mum & Nana’s passion for food, cooking soon became his life-long love and career. 

While studying he was fortunate to get a job at the Crown Plaza and have some amazing. He loved CPIT and was proud to represent them at the 15th Toque d'or event in 2005, winning double gold and maintaining CPIT's high standards. This set him up well for a great career in hospitality. 

During his years overseas Cameron worked at Harvey Nichols in London and was head chef on a private yacht traveling the world. Cameron looks on this time as one of his best jobs, although there was a lot of pressure, he says it was so diverse with clients from all over the world and he learnt a lot. He also met his partner Selina and they now have two young boys. They moved back to New Zealand in 2015 which led them to Te Anau where they purchased The Fat Duck Restaurant, in Te Anau New Zealand, as it had been a life-long dream to own a restaurant.