Emma Francis, of Cured Seafoods, grew up in New Zealand, where smoked fish is commonly eaten. Her first job, at age 14, was in a seafood store and she brought the tradition of home-smoked fish when she moved to the Byron Shire 20 years ago. ‘It was always our party trick!’ she says.

Emma Francis – Cured Seafoods


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