NEWS

WIFD 2024 Awards

Watch our video and see the photos from the Women In Food & Drink Awards 2024. This year was our second awards event and the room was filled to capacity with some of the most influential women within the food-and-drink industry.


AWARDS

Cuisine Good Food Guide 2023

CONGRATULATIONS New Zealand! The hospitality industry is back in stride with the Cuisine Good Food Awards assessment team witnessing resilience, proactivity, growth and positivity. Our assessors are unanimous that this year, unlike the previous two or three, there is a more upbeat atmosphere, more excitement and more of that unique Kiwi can-do attitude permeating through the restaurants we visited around the country.


RECIPES

BEER-STEAMED CLAMS WITH CORN, MISO & CHILLI

This summery dish will become one of your favourites. Serve it with good crusty bread to dip into the buttery sauce. View the recipe collection here


TRAVEL

Plenty more

Flavours of Plenty Festival 2024 returns (4-14 April) to celebrate even more tastes and experiences of the bountiful Bay of Plenty region.

Land of the good grove

New openings and wildly popular favourites make Hamilton a top foodie destination, says Alexia Santamaria.

Southern Lights

Lauraine Jacobs gathers all the ingredients for a perfect trip to Southland.

Top of the South

Kelli Brett carves a gourmet trail through Marlborough, Aotearoa’s wine, artisan food and seafood mecca.

Feast worthy

Alexia Santamaria looks ahead to Feast Whakatū, the newest celebration of the tastes of Nelson Tasman.


HOSPITALITY

Forest

Creative vegetarian/vegan dining in a pretty-as-a-picture setting.

Rosella

Inspired by the culinary diversity of the Med, a Wellington chef devises a cross-over style all of his own.

Gilt Brasserie

At last Auckland can boast a true brasserie in the style of New York’s famed Balthazar, or maybe the grand La Coupole in Paris.

Charley Noble

A Wellington institution marks its first decade.

Black Barn Bistro

A little bit comfy, a little bit edgy and a whole lot of yum.


FOOD

Cuisine Artisan Awards 2023

Innovation and sustainability are the keys to success in the Cuisine Artisan Award 2023 at the New Zealand Food Awards – we congratulate all the finalists whose determination and hard work have been rewarded.


DRINK

Pinot Gris is cool again

The recent vintage of cool-climate pinot gris delivers fresh, bright wines perfect for drinking this summer, says MARY-THÉRÈSE BLAIR.

Krug’s Harmonious Symphony: A Culinary Overture with Onslow

In the realm of Champagne, the House of Krug has orchestrated a new…

Pick and mix

MARY-THÉRÈSE BLAIR finds a wonderfully varied playlist emerging from…

Oh Mother, where art thou?

Why are there so few women winemakers, asks MARY-THÉRÈSE BLAIR?


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