Ms Nadia Lim, of Queenstown, ONZM for services to the food industry
Nadia Lim won MasterChef New Zealand in 2011 and has since contributed nationally as a chef and through business, publishing 12 cookbooks and co-founding the food kit delivery service My Food Bag. She launched the shows ‘New Zealand with Nadia Lim’ and ‘Nadia’s Comfort Kitchen’, publishing the latter show’s recipes into a cookbook which raised more than $400,000 for Youthline and Women’s Refuge. She has been a judge of MasterChef New Zealand and My Kitchen Rules New Zealand. She has partnered with charities including Diabetes New Zealand, the Cancer Society, The Blind Foundation, Garden to Table, and Cambodia Charitable Trust. Ms Lim, with her husband Carlos Bagrie, starred in the television series ‘Nadia’s Farm’, showcasing the challenges and successes of food production on their farm Royalburn Station.