Celebrity chef Josh Emett will be returning to his Waikato roots next month to delight food-focused visitors when he performs an impressive three demonstrations each day at the NZ National Fieldays.

Josh will be taking a break from his busy schedule to appear as the celebrity chef in Fieldays' Kiwi's Best Kitchen, where he's looking forward to showcasing skills and recipes visitors can replicate at home.

The hugely popular Kiwi's Best Kitchen, with its Kitchen Theatre and exclusive exhibition area, is undoubtedly one of the busiest marquees at Fieldays, where visitors are tempted to taste and toast New Zealand's favourite and unique food and beverages.

Josh's sizzling shows in the Kitchen Theatre are bound to appeal to those who love to impress in the kitchen and are always looking for a few trusty tips.

The acclaimed Michelin star chef, who was bought up on a farm outside Hamilton, has very fond memories of visiting Fieldays when he was a boy – and he's now looking forward to returning this year, as the 2014 Kiwi's Best Kitchen Celebrity Chef.

'It's a very easy and very comfortable place for me,” says Josh, who will also be exhibiting Chef Series, his own range of restaurant-quality, slow-cooked meats, and his new cookbook ‘Cut'.

The book features great meat recipes for the home cook and uses his knowledge and experience of what to do with every inch of an animal. When explaining the background for his book, Josh refers to the fact he was bought up on a farm and in a rural community.

'It stems from the fact we always had home-kill in the freezer and so many cuts of meat sitting there; the braising cuts, the racks, loins and everything like that and we'd slowly work our way through.

'I'm really excited to be bringing my book to sell at Fieldays, people can come and talk about the recipes, what they can do, and how they can apply them to their home life,” says Josh.