Wrapping the Week: Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson on award-winning kitchens, Swysh
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What quirky story do Kate and Tim open the show with about the Yule family?
From the album blurb, after the album, I just needed to take a little break and invest in other parts of my life. He confessed to Mike Hosking. Is that a first? I don't think I've ever been name-checked in an album blurb. Normally, album blurbs are just rubbish, but I find this one to be enthralling. He confessed to Mike Hosking. Mike Hosking, the nation's confessor. Ten songs. This is good music, by the way. Katie, this is good music, isn't it? We love Miller. Who doesn't love Miller? We should background Miller. Super cool. So cool. We should background Miller. Miller Yule is the son of Phil Yule. Phil Yule is a ZB legend who used to be in Glenn's job before Glenn. So you're going back a very, very long way.
So Phil was
a lovely guy. Before living
memory, I think, actually. It's who?
You're going back from before living memory. Like literally. I
think it's B.C.,
You know, the only people who remember Phil Yule working here are all dead except for me.
Miller Yule is the son of Phil, who was in his own right. Was he a musician? He wasn't a musician per se, was he? But he was a knobs man. He's pretty handy.
Very clever sound engineer.
Yeah, very clever. Yeah. Anyway, what do you mean, yeah, Tim?
How did the hosts describe the award‑winning kitchen and its four‑oven layout?
Sorry, good morning to you, Tim. You knew Phil as well? Good morning, another Yule fan. The Yule family, my dad's church, he grew up, the minister there was Mr. Yule, Reverend Yule. So Reverend Yule was
what, Phil's father?
In Ponsonby. No way. So Reverend Yule is Phil's dad? Because Phil wasn't a minister, I don't think, was he? No, I don't think he was, but
it's an unusual surname. What boat did they arrive in the
country on? Were they in the first four boats? Yes.
Anyway. No, they built their own boat. That's the kind of
go-getters they are. They built their own boat and they came
to the country and they got to be the minister at Ponsonby before they had Phil. And little Phil grew up at ZB and was a sound engineer, had Miller. Miller put an album on. Then he confessed to Mike Hoskey.
There's the story. I
went
to school with Trudy, Yule. Stop it. Not Trudy. This is so Kiwi. What's Trudy doing these
days?
Can
she text in? On
the
text machine. Yeah, if Trudy's listening, if any members of the Yule family are listening, please text
on
it. Quick question, probably more for you, Katie, and I don't mean this in a sexist way, but Tim, you can chime in if you want. So I'm reading this morning. There's a woman called Duobois, whose name I can't remember her first name. But anyway, she's won the Kitchen of the Year contest this week. So she's done the best kitchen in the country. And the kitchen's beautiful.
Why do they think having four ovens matters for entertaining versus a regular kitchen?
And it's in a place called Tiari or Tiari, which is a sort of a golf resort up north of Auckland where rich and fabulous people live. And this family had contracted her many years ago to make their kitchen. And I think she won a kitchen award then. And she won the kitchen award last year. And she's won the kitchen award this year. She's the queen of kitchens, in other words. Anyway, part of the kitchen magic in this kitchen is there are four ovens. And as soon as I saw that, I thought... How many ovens do you need? Is that just a, I've got lots of money, so let's put lots of ovens in? Is it an aesthetic thing? I can tell you
exactly what that's about.
Right, what's it about?
That's about people who entertain. And first of all, the owner will not be using those ovens. The chef will be. And it'll be set up like virtually a commercial kitchen, I imagine, whereby they can entertain large groups of people. Because those homes you're talking about, they are for hosting and entertaining large groups of people by and large, usually.
Okay, okay. If that is correct, and I feel you're wrong, and I'll tell you why I think you're wrong, because the people who can afford four kitchens and get Miss Dubois to do their kitchen at their holiday home at TRI have a separate kitchen out back, which is the private kitchen where the people come and fit the catering so that your flash kitchen out front is left untouched.
Okay. See,
that wasn't a bad argument, was it? Can I ask about the ovens?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What quirky story do Kate and Tim open the show with about the Yule family?
0:00–1:21
2
How did the hosts describe the award‑winning kitchen and its four‑oven layout?
1:21–2:56
3
Why do they think having four ovens matters for entertaining versus a regular kitchen?
2:56–4:53
4
What arguments do they make about the practicality of multiple ovens and microwaves?
4:53–6:21
5
How much could a three‑way “swish” shout‑out potentially earn them?
6:21–7:56
6
What is a “swish” and how do they compare pricing with other personalities?
7:56–9:27
7
Why do they recommend the documentary series “7‑Up” and what’s its relevance?
9:27–10:54
8
What final recommendations and weekend sign‑off do Kate and Tim give listeners?
10:54–12:04
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