Sam’s Butchery in Silverdale has been announced as the Supreme Winner in the 2023 Great New Zealand Sausage Competition. ‘Lamb Delight’ was the successful sausage announced at a special Sausage Mixer Awards this evening where butchers from across the nation gathered...
New Zealand’s only organic free-range chicken producer, Bostock Brothers, has put the spotlight on animal welfare via a quirky partnership with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO), which has seen the musicians produce an original composition purely for the...
Whittaker’s has announced it has reached 100% traceability of all the cocoa beans used to make its chocolate, well ahead of its commitment under international agreements to achieve this by 2025. Traceability is critical for ensuring commodities like cocoa beans are...
New Zealand’s leading spirits distillery has hit a major milestone, selling more than 100,000 nine litre cases of product in the 2023 financial year. Scapegrace Distilling Co. is celebrating the record results which saw the nine litre cases from across the brand’s...
According to new research conducted on Kiwi food waste habits, Sunday is the day when 39.8 percent of New Zealanders are most likely to dispose of perfectly edible food and leftovers. In a bid to address this concerning trend, Best Foods have launched "Second Chance...
In a tangy taste-off, Consumer NZ staff blind-sampled nine varieties of salt and vinegar chips commonly available from Foodstuffs and Woolworths stores. Tied at first place were Snacka Changi Vinegar and Salt, and Kettle Chip Company Sea Salt and Vinegar chips....
South Island's olive oil producers have emerged as the champions of the 2023 New Zealand Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards. Congratulations to Robinsons Bay Olives winner of Best in Show and Isobel Olives Picual winner of Best Boutique oil. This prestigious event...
The Auckland importers of food products who failed to translate food allergen declarations into English, have been fined a total of $28,000. In the Auckland District Court, Tokyo Food Company Limited was sentenced on two charges under the Food Act it pleaded guilty to...
Help is on its way for Kiwis battling rising food prices in the form of a free e-recipe book created by cook Nadia Lim in collaboration with TikTok influencer The Contraversial Kiwi (John Fox) and Bargain Box by My Food Bag. From today, the e-recipe book, aptly named...
Sprig + Fern Brewing Co. are today celebrating a milestone anniversary for Owner and Master Brewer, Tracy Banner, with today marking her forty years in the brewing industry. Beginning her decorated career in England in 1983, Tracy relocated to New Zealand in 1994 and...
Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ) has welcomed the National Party’s Primary Sector Growth Plan which includes provisions to make fruit and vegetable growing a permitted activity. HortNZ General Manager Strategy and Policy, Michelle Sands says it is vital for our...
Producing 100,000 hot dogs a day and expansion into Australia and the Pacific is on the cards for Christchurch’s Golden Goose Foods as it completes a multi-million-dollar upgrade and moves into a new factory triple the size of its current facility. Golden Goose makes...
International Beverage acquires New Zealand’s Cardrona Distillery Leading global drinks business International Beverage has today (13th September) completed its acquisition of Cardrona Distillery, one of the country’s foremost premium spirits producers. The...
The awards are in their sixth year and this is the first year a New Zealand Distillery has taken out a Trophy in this premier Australian competition. The Contemporary Class is the largest class in the competition with approximately 200 entries. Vicar’s Son Gin is...
As New Zealand prepares to go to the polls, the reputation of the country’s favourite vegetables are at stake in the country’s very first VegElection. As a democratic nation the time is now to stand up and be heard. Ticking the box in the vegetable election will...
Chef Joshua Ross of Wellington has been named the inaugural winner of the 2023 Visa New Zealand Hospitality Scholarship. Josh, aged 27, is currently the Head Chef at Bellamy’s by Logan Brown as well as the owner of Lower Hutt café, Twenty Eight. The Visa New Zealand...
New Zealand Food Safety is advising people not to consume a seaweed tonic being sold in a glass bottle labelled “NZ Focuidan” or an unlabelled bottle. “The tonic presents a concerning food safety risk because it has not been through the required checks and balances to...
New Zealand’s only restaurant dedicated to contemporary Samoan cuisine, has secured a site in Auckland’s Parnell and will open in late October. TALA is the creation of Samoan-born chef Henry Onesemo (ex-Meredith’s, Apero and East St. Hall) and wife Debby. It will...
A Kiwi patisserie engineer has developed the world’s first gelato made from upcycled toka toka (gold) kumara. The culinary innovation is part of a new initiative to reduce food waste by demonstrating the use of imperfect fruit and vegetables in artisan food products....
A boutique ice cream maker from Queenstown who moved to NZ to work as a hang gliding pilot - has taken out the country’s top ice cream accolade – with Patagonia Chocolates, Hazelnut Cremino named Formula Foods Supreme Champion Boutique at the NZ Ice Cream & Gelato...
A multi-million dollar launch of a rapidly growing global food chain is set to create hundreds of new jobs around New Zealand - over the coming five years. New Zealand is to become the 10th country to see the opening of one of South Korea’s fastest growing restaurants...