Green Eyed Māori Cuisine

Connection through Kai

Located in Gisborne/Tairāwhiti New Zealand

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GEM cuisine is named after our

Green Eye Māori Chef Tihema Johnson.

With a wealth of kai making skills he has been serving the local plates of Gisborne for the last six years at the likes of

Reka Cuisine and the Gisborne Deli.

Drawing from his diverse whakapapa of Māori, European and Rarotonga our GEM Chef creates simple but effective kai fusions.

Following in his Nan’s footsteps, GEM kai is infused with manaakitanga & aroha or what we like to call the GEM Cuisine “secret ingredients”.

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Hours of operation

Monday – Sunday
Hours vary with bookings