'I kept him at bay for a good three weeks': Judika Ramcharand and Thibault Peniarbelle's meet-cute

Thibault (Tibo) Peniarbelle is the executive chef at Origine and Judika Ramcharand is Origine's restaurant manager. Born and raised in Montreal, Judika met Tibo, who is from Toulouse, in Auckland and the couple have a 4-year-old daughter, Celeste. Tibo says…I came to New Zealand in 2011 for the Rugby World Cup and worked in a French restaurant called Ile de France in Newmarket. She can cook really, really well. When Tibo asked for my coffee order he turned around and had this big smile on his face.