Working In a Magical Place : The People

Bo Baines
Bo is responsible for running the Meet and Greet for our guests arriving by boat from Picton and the coordination of all the maintenance contractors working on the facility.

In winter she works alone and in summer has 3 porters working with her to transport all the guests bags and freight to and from other resorts in the Sounds. Bo is also responsible for the resort recycling program.

Bo came to Picton 16 years ago to own and operate a successful retail business for 4 years. Since then she has enjoyed her roles as a Wine Tour Guide, Hotel Front Office Manager and Wedding/Conferences Co-ordinator.

Sous Chef

Satish Chand
Satish is in his fourth year at the hotel. He started as an apprentice chef training under Chef John Finlayson and Ash Singh.

He has worked his way through the ranks and is now Sous Chef and runs the kitchen in the winter months.

Satish is also a capable breadmaker and makes the gourmet pies for the Kenepuru Store..

Satish is from Fiji and lives on site at the hotel. In Fiji he completed his certificate IV in hospitality at Training & Productivity of Authority of Fiji. He worked as trainee chef at Jean-Michel Cousteau Fiji Island Resort before he joined our team.

Wedding & Functions Coordinator

Kaye Richards
Kaye is responsible for organising all the weddings at the hotel, working closely with the Bride & Groom to plan their great day.

Each year we have around 10-14 weddings at The Portage.

Kaye also organises family celebrations, conferences and functions.

Kaye is originally from the UK and now a resident of New Zealand with her husband. In the UK she worked as both a Deputy Manager and manager of small country house hotels. Kaye visited New Zealand 2006 and loved it so much she has made the Marlborough Sounds to her new home.