Career
Born in the coastal town of Wanganui, New Zealand, Gordon is of Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāi Tahu descent. He moved to Melbourne, Australia, in 1981 where he worked for five years before travelling through Asia for a year, and then returned to Wellington, New Zealand. He moved to London in 1989 where he has lived since.
In 2005, he was ranked as one of Britain"s 100 most influential gay and lesbian people.
Gordon set up the kitchen of the original "Sugar Club" restaurant in Wellington, New Zealand in 1986 followed by two British incarnations in London"s Notting Hill in 1996 and in West Soho, London in 1998. McGrath and Gordon are now sole owners of the business, along with the owners of changa restaurant in Istanbul (Tarik Bayazit and Savas Ertunc) and United Kingdom-based Annie Smail.
In 2004, he set up the "dine by Peter Gordon" restaurant in the SKYCITY Grand Hotel in Auckland followed soon by the Bellota tapas bar in 2006. In July 2013, Gordon opened his new restaurant "The Sugar Club" in the SKYCITY Hotel in Auckland.
Gordon and McGrath are also co-owners of the lauded vineyard Waitaki Braids in North Otago, New Zealand.
The Providores and Tapa Room (London, United Kingdom) Kopapa (Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom) dine by Peter Gordon at SKYCITY Grand Hotel (Auckland, New Zealand) Now closed Bellota tapas bar at SKYCITY (Auckland, New Zealand) Gourmet Burger Kitchen - Currently the new head chef of Gourmet Burger changa, and müzedechanga restaurant (Istanbul, Turkey) PUBLIC - helped set up (New York, United States of America) The Sugar Club (Original) - (Now closed) The Sugar Club - SKYCITY (Auckland, New Zealand).