SOBA is a delightful acronym for an organisation that worships great beer – the Society Of Beer Advocates is an organisation that promotes not only great beer but outstanding hospitality venues and moderate beer consumption. Local Co-organiser for SOBA in…
If you are a fan of cooking shows on TV then you will remember Paula Saengthian-Ngam from Nelson who was the runner up in Master Chef New Zealand in 2013. Her latest venture is working with Fresh Choice in Nelson…
Kiwi Kai is a Nelson business making waves in the processed seafood industry, turning beautiful New Zealand seafood into delicious treats and meals for you and me to enjoy. Reni Wereta-Gargiulo is the owner, business manager, recipe designer and is…
I think by now everyone knows I am a real fan of the various markets happening on a regular basis around the Nelson region and one of our favourite food producers who has been a regular at most of them…
We are now into the middle of Nelson Beer Week with the exciting flavours of MarchFest just a few days away and the men responsible for MarchFest are starting to get a little nervous as the biggest day on the…
A little building that was formerly a church in Collingwood Street became a pub in 2009 and has very quickly gained a reputation as one of the very best in the country. It had its genesis in quarterly beer fetes…
March is beer month, well Nelson has got a beer week, Marchfest and the New Zealand Beer Awards coming up, so I will spend some time this month finding out about, and writing about, some of the businesses and people…
Writing this column often has me pondering about just how much our food and beverage choices have changed over the years. When I think back 30 years we used to spend a day ‘doing the wine trail’, that meant we…
Crisps have been party and snack favourites for decades and one Nelson business has shaken up the big players in the snack food market – Proper Crisps make just that, proper crisps, not crinkle cut crisps with fake tasting flavourings…