Chef,  restaurateur, TV personality and champion for change Ben Bayly is set to captivate audiences once again with the highly anticipated third season of “A New Zealand Food Story with Ben Bayly”.

The six-episode series premieres in prime time on TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+ on Saturday 24 February 2024.

In this latest season, Bayly takes viewers on a journey across Aotearoa, from Fiordland in the South, to the Bay of Islands in the North, seeking fresh and innovative ideas for his menu at award winning Auckland restaurant, Ahi, and introducing phenomenal New Zealanders who are dedicated to cultivating, hunting, fishing, gathering, and farming some of the world’s finest ingredients, shaping New Zealand’s food scene into a world-class industry.

The six-episode series premieres in prime time on TVNZ 1 at 7:00 pm on Saturday, February 24, concluding on Saturday, March 30. It will also be available to stream on TVNZ+

The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes is an uplifting and heart-warming series, encompassing an inspiring social experiment. We will follow the trials, tribulations and triumphs of a group of eight Volunteers all living with some form of dementia, who come together to run a restaurant, under the aegis of an award winning Chef and Restaurateur Ben Bayly.

The series sees family, friends and members of the public visiting the restaurant over a four-week period to put the newly trained staff to the test. Having spent time learning the tricks of the trade, we’ll be following the journey of our Volunteers through this series, in a sometimes poignant, sometimes funny but always feel good and surprising way, as they are put to work in one of the highest pressure and toughest working environments there is. There may be a few forgotten and misplaced orders, a dropped plate here and there, but at it’s core, The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes is full of heart, humanity and hope.