World champ to judge NZ's best lamb
Date: 2 Feb 2012One of New Zealand's fastest females on a bike, 2011 Supercross World Cup Champion, Sarah Walker, will judge the 2012 Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ltd Golden Lamb Awards (aka the Glammies) in Wanaka on March 9. The competition, sponsored by Pfizer Animal Genetics, aims to find the best lamb New Zealand farmers and retailers have to offer. A record number of entries have set a precedent this year. Nearly 150 entrants are eagerly waiting to hear if they are one of the 20 finalists going ... more
Cream of the crop: Nosh Hamilton Pavlova Competition winner announced
Date: 19 Dec 2011Jackie Bennett (above, centre) has produced the overall winning Pav in Nosh Food Market’s first annual Waikato Pavlova competition. The secret to a winning pav: “Put it in a hot oven at 180 degrees for five minutes, then turn the oven off and leave the pav inside for one hour. And that’s it,” says Jackie. The inaugural competition involved 15 “exceptional” entries according to judges Mayor Hardaker, Vanilla café owner and food ... more
Just Juice’s premium new product wins top award
Date: 7 Dec 2011A new premium range from Just Juice has only just hit the supermarket shelves, but that hasn’t stopped it winning its first award. The Kiwi juice company launched its Just Juice Orchard range this month – a premium product range incorporating three delicious flavours – Sun Kissed Orange, Farm Style Apple and Summer Strawberry & Kiwifruit. And already the range is a hit, with Just Juice Orchard Summer Strawberry & Kiwifruit picking up the Youth Choice ... more
EGGS cracks it: the Nosh Pavlova Competition
Date: 6 Dec 2011Fourteen year old Epsom Girls Grammar School (EGGS) student Alexa Hindson has produced the overall winning recipe in Nosh Food Market’s third annual home-made pavlova competition. And to cap off a cracking good day for the Auckland school, Alexa also took out the children’s section while fellow student Britta van Thiel was runner up. The girls’ teacher Kathy Henley-Smith was runner up in the overall section. The winner of the Best Dressed pavlova prize was ... more
Fonterra Foodservices Proud to be a Chef winners
Date: 1 Dec 2011The crème de la crème of New Zealand’s young chefs were celebrated at an event in Auckland last night. Four top trainee chefs have been announced winners of the 2011 Fonterra Foodservices Proud to be a Chef competition. They are: · Lyle Robertson from Auckland who studies at AUT and works at Euro restaurant · William Mordido from Auckland who studies and works at SKYCITY Auckland · Zac Saunders from Lower ... more
Juice and Beverage Awards winners announced
Date: 19 Nov 2011The Best Of New Zealand's juices and beverages are ... The annual awards of the New Zealand Juice and Beverage Association are a showcase of the “ Best of ” a range of categories of juices and other beverages produced in New Zealand. Consumers can look forward to a number of exciting new and different products which deliver on flavour, functional packaging and fun. The 2011 New Zealand Juice & Beverage Awards attracted some new companies with products that ... more
Christchurch butchery wins Ham Of The Year title
Date: 16 Nov 2011A honey manuka smoked leg of ham from a boutique butchery in Canterbury has today been crowned the most tasty, tender and overall best ham in the country in the inaugural 100% New Zealand Ham Competition. The competition celebrates the best-of-the-best New Zealand ham, made from 100% New Zealand pork, PigCare Accredited* and is judged by a team of 10 acclaimed food writers, chefs and meat industry experts headed up by president of the National Chef's Association, and renowned chef Anita ... more
Ten finalists announced in Fonterra Foodservices Proud to be a Chef competition
Date: 15 Nov 2011Ten of the country’s leading trainee chefs have been announced as finalists this week in the annual Fonterra Foodservices Proud to be a Chef competition. A record number of entries were received from trainee chefs across New Zealand, which were judged by chefs Tony Astle from Antoines and Brenda Tweddell from Fonterra Foodservices. Entrants were required to send an application outlining what inspired them to pursue a career as a chef, what they would do if they won the ... more
Hawke's Bay Chardonnay awarded Champion Wine of the Show at 25th Air New Zealand Wine Awards
Date: 13 Nov 2011Saturday night's 2011 Air New Zealand Wine Awards dinner saw the Air New Zealand Champion Wine of the Show go to Villa Maria Single Vineyard Keltern Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2010. This wine also scooped the O-I New Zealand Champion Sustainable Wine and the Rabobank Champion Chardonnay trophy. Hawke's Bay and Marlborough topped the trophy tally with each region winning 6 trophies. Martinborough received 3 trophies, and the remaining 3 trophies were awarded to wines from the Nelson, ... more
Nosh annual Pavlova competition 2011
Date: 11 Nov 2011It’s time to dust off Nana’s special recipe - Nosh Food Market’s annual home-made Pavlova competition is back. Comprising three categories - overall, best dressed and one for kids (up to the age of 15 years) - there’s something for everyone. The winner of each category takes home a $300 Nosh Dosh voucher, while runners up receive a $100 Nosh Christmas hamper. The competition is being judged by Classic Kiwi cook Annabelle White - who knows a thing ... more
