The story of much loved Kiwi duo Peter Hudson and David Halls has been told in a new book. 

The TV chefs were pioneers of celebrity television in the 1970s and 1980s.

They were also lovers in a time when homosexuality was illegal and never discussed. 

Now, Joanne Drayton has told their on and off screen story in a new book, Hudson and Halls: The Food of Love by Joanne Drayton.

Drayton joined Kerre McIvor about the pairs popularity and how the book came about. 

LISTEN TO JOANNE DRAYON TALK WITH KERRE MCIVOR ABOVE