Season 2, Episode 4 · Sunday, 26 April 2026

Rebecca Smidt of Cazador & San Ray on the true cost of greatness in hospitality

with Rebecca Smidt

An art history major who took a shift at Cazador at 18 and never really left. Two decades on, Rebecca Smidt now owns and runs…

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About Rebecca Smidt

Rebecca Smidt is a hospitality polymath who owns and runs the highly awarded Cazador on Dominion Road, Cazador Deli next door, and San Ray on Ponsonby Road in Auckland city.

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