I just love it when the chefs start to gain in confidence and it gets really exciting. — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
I'm quite partial to cheese and biscuits with some nice ripe green grapes on the side. — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
At home we cook very simple food. A grilled rib of beef or a baked side of fish, for example, and lots… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
I always go for something like mac and cheese if I'm hungover. Pasta is great for soaking everything up. — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
Fresh, ripe cocoa is amazing. It's so sweet but if you eat too much you get a sore stomach. — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
There was always Marmite in our house. Don't mess with the Kiwis and their Marmite; it's serious stuff. — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
Food is about the flavours that work well together, but when you've got great ingredients half the job is done for you. — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
Cooking with my daughter is a treasured part of my life, as I don't get to spend as much time with her… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
Culturally, you know, I come from a Samoan background where the food is very humble, it's very simple. — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
We're all equals - once you've got a jacket on, you're a chef. It's not about gender - it's your ability to… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
A perfect holiday for me is somewhere warm with a beach because I love swimming in the ocean, while my husband and… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
I use charcoal in lots of things at Mere, from bread and choux to batters and sauces. I like the shock factor… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
Extracting the meat from a whole crab is a time-consuming job - picking all the meat out of the legs, claws and… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
I have a huge collection of cookery books, like most chefs. do I regularly revisit Michel Roux Snr's 'The Collection,' particularly for… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
When I walked into the kitchen for the first time, I knew I was going to do that for ever. I was… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
I grew up in Samoa, where food is an important part of our culture. I remember this sea worm, called the palolo,… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
In the kitchen at work I try not eat all day long but sometimes you can't help it. You've just got to… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
I don't like to watch myself on 'Masterchef: The Professionals.' I cringe; it makes me feel sick, and I have to turn… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
Not a brussel sprouts fan? Try them shredded and fried in a pan with bacon - no one can say 'no' to… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
Growing up as a young chef, the cookbooks I had, and I remember, were the Roux brothers. The Roux brothers for me… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
I still remember the first time I made a bread roll. For me it was the most amazing thing. — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
I like to adapt some of the traditional dishes from my childhood from both NZ and Samoa using British ingredients and European… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
There are many Summer ingredients I love: one of my favourite times is when the cherries are ready! — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
The food culture that has most impressed me is Oman's. I learned to make an amazing spice mix that they rub into… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
We always had a lot of pak choi because my dad grew it in his vast vegetable garden in New Zealand -… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
I've seen many amazing chefs, girls, come into the kitchen and then give it up to be with their boyfriend. Would he… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
Some people put Marmite on all sorts of dishes - I don't mind dropping a teaspoon into a pot of stew -… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
Some people find the appearance of cuttlefish off-putting, but I think this lesser eaten fish is really exciting and versatile. It's similar… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
The world of fine dining can be frightening, if it's not what you grew up in. I think when the doors are… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
At first, I found the feedback quite harsh; having people judge you and say you're horrible is difficult. I was being called… — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
Some people find the appearance of cuttlefish off-putting, but I think this lesser eaten fish is really exciting and versatile. It's similar to squid… — Monica Galetti Copy Share
I never had holidays when I was a kid, because my parents couldn't afford them. — Monica Galetti Copy Share
When the earthquake hit Christchurch in 2011, the factory that produces Marmite was closed for two years. The supermarket shelves were empty and people… — Monica Galetti Copy Share
I think people took a while to accept me for who I am, and I've learnt to articulate myself better when on camera. — Monica Galetti Copy Share
We're all equals - once you've got a jacket on, you're a chef. It's not about gender - it's your ability to cook. — Monica Galetti Copy Share
Fresh, ripe cocoa is amazing. It's so sweet but if you eat too much you get a sore stomach. — Monica Galetti Copy Share
As a child I loved to be in the kitchen with my mum and aunties, eavesdropping on the adults. — Monica Galetti Copy Share
I was raised in the Pacific Islands, so I remember picking fruit every morning for breakfast or collecting the eggs from the chickens in… — Monica Galetti Copy Share
I always go for something like mac and cheese if I'm hungover. Pasta is great for soaking everything up. — Monica Galetti Copy Share
We had a family beach house in Savai'i in western Samoa. When the tide used to come in it would come under the house… — Monica Galetti Copy Share
Growing up as a young chef, the cookbooks I had, and I remember, were the Roux brothers. The Roux brothers for me back then… — Monica Galetti Copy Share
The people of Samoa have a gentle way, and they have the humility that comes with managing to get by on the very basics… — Monica Galetti Copy Share
