Kids who have been in state care got an opportunity to spread the Christmas cheer tonight.
They put on an extravagant four-course dinner for other kids in state care and their caregivers.
They designed, prepared and plated the meal complete with canapés, entrées of vegetable tatin and fry bread followed by main course options of rosemary and sea salt lamb rump, or maple and apple glazed pork belly. Chocolate lava cake with icecream topped it off for dessert plus each guest got a goody bag.
They fed around 70 people at Eden Park, event spokesman Andrew Hobbs said.
"It's to bring them all together, to drive a positive sense of community and togetherness. It's all part of the care community bringing everyone together and enjoying this Christmas."