Ben Bayly

Ben was born and raised on a dairy farm in the Waikato. As a young New Zealand chef, he was awarded Commis Chef of the Year 1999, National Youth Skills 2000, and received the Bill Gallagher scholarship at Johnson and Wales University of Culinary Arts in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. He has spent many years working in a number of famed restaurants around the world including the likes of Fenix in Melbourne, Le Crique in Las Vegas, The Square & the Ledbury in the U.K, and Restaurant Jean-Paul Jeunet, Atelier de Joel Robuchon in France and nine years at the iconic restaurant The Grove in Auckland, New Zealand.

Benjamin Bayly is a New Zealand chef.

Ben is currently Executive chef at Baduzzi an award-winning Italian restaurant, he recently co-founded The Grounds restaurant, Waitakeres, Auckland, where he is Executive Chef alongside Mike “The Magic Russian” Shatura.

Ben was the executive chef for nine years at The Grove Restaurant which won four awards. Ben Bayly is known for judging My Kitchen Rules NZ alongside Gareth Stewart. He attended Te Awamutu College.

AWARDS

• 2016 Gilmores Outstanding Chef – Lewisham awards
• 2015 Cuisine Magazine's NZ Good Food Awards – Chef of the Year – The Grove / Baduzzi Restaurant
• 2014 Cuisine Magazine's NZ Good Food Awards – Chef of the Year – The Grove / Baduzzi Restaurant
• 2012 Cuisine Best Metropolitan Restaurant Winner – The Grove Restaurant
• 2011 Supreme Winner of the Metro Audi Restaurant of the Year – The Grove Restaurant
• 2010 Supreme Winner of the Metro Audi Restaurant of the Year – The Grove Restaurant
• 2004 Cuisine Magazine's Restaurant of the Year Finalist

Television

• 2018 Hangi Pit Masters
• 2015 My Kitchen Rules, Series 2 2014 My Kitchen Rules NZ
• 2012, 2014 guest chef master chef NZ