Kārena and Kasey Bird – in your kitchen, cooking for you. That’s the prize on offer for a raffle being run in conjunction with the Te Puke Christmas in the Park.

Kārena and Kasey are from Maketū and shot to prominence when they won Masterchef New Zealand in 2014.

After their win, they self-published their first book, For the Love of … which won the Best Television Cookbook at the Gourmet Cookbook Awards and, the next year, they followed it up with their second book, Hungry.

They have also travelled to more than 50 destinations across the globe learning about food and culture, and 20 international destinations filming two series of TVNZ’s Kārena and Kasey’s Kitchen Diplomacy.

They have also been named among Cuisine Magazine’s Top 50 Women in Food in New Zealand.

Joan Shand and Jean Green doing their bit on the raffle ticket table able outside Sunny’s. Photo / Stuart Whitaker

Christmas in the Park is a Made in Te Puke Trust event and Kassie Ellis from the trust approached the sisters to ask if they’d be prepared to put their skills and knowledge up as a prize in the raffle, and they agreed.

“At first we thought it would be something a little bit more intimate but they said they wanted to open it up to six people [diners], potentially in your own home, which is lovely so it’s actually a beautiful prize to win,” said Ellis.

Christmas in the Park will be at Jubilee Park on December 13 from 5pm-9pm and will be the trust’s final event of the year.

The raffle winner will be announced at the event. The prize is a private, in-home dining experience for up to six people with a multiple-course menu showcasing New Zealand’s finest ingredients.

For details on how to get hold of raffle tickets, and more about the raffle’s conditions, go to the Te Puke Christmas in the Park & Carols by Candlelight Facebook page.