Ben Bayly  Benjamin 'Ben' Bayly is one of the best New Zealand chefs. 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, USA 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 9 years at the iconic restaurant, The Grove in Auckland, New Zealand. 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. Your modern family eatery serving premium Kiwi cuisine, gorgeous wine and down-to-earth service. Ben was the executive chef for 9 years at The Grove Restaurant which won 4 awards. Ben Bayly is known for judging My Kitchen Rules NZ alongside Gareth Stewart. He attended Te Awamutu College. AWARDS Television  Bayly is married. He and his wife have three children.