Kate Fay is a New Zealand chef and food writer based in Auckland.
[2] Fay began her working life as an adult in an office, before going travelling overseas.
She first visited London and then Israel, where she lived on a kibbutz for eight months and cooked in its kitchen.
She decided to become a chef and returned to London to work in restaurants there.
[1] She later returned to New Zealand and in 1999 she was appointed head chef of the Parnell restaurant Cibo.