Heck German Smallgoods and summer drinks
When it comes to quality there is no compromise at Heck’s, he uses free-farmed pork and beef products and the high-quality equipment he has imported from Germany means all of the products he makes are consistent in quality and taste, “Germans love machinery and we use it to make life easier and to make sure everything we make is the same every time”.
NZ Ice Cream Awards 2024 & Appleby Garden Bar & Kitchen
It has been another outstanding year for Nelson ice cream, gelato and sorbet makers at the annual NZ Ice Cream…
Winter Meatball, Roast Carrot and Orange Salad with Maple Syrup and Sourdough Crumb
This Winter Meatball, Roast Carrot and Orange Salad is a delicious and oh-so-easy to make winter salad that is packed…
Letting Local Ingredients Shine
I haven’t gone away, my column has just changed from weekly to monthly so the format of the column is…
Summerset in the Sun Wine & Food Tasting
I recently took part in a food and wine tasting at Summerset in the Sun, Stoke, Nelson. Ian from Rust…
Retirement Village dining
The image of over-cooked, flavourless hospital food or boarding school meals springs to mind when I think of any sort of institutional cooking, but a visit to a modern retirement village blew those perceptions out the window.
Muesli & Co making dreams come true at the Food Factory
Pinu and his wife, Nasrin Mary, own Muesli & Co., an innovative business that has a range of specialist mueslis and granolas in tasty flavours, including a couple designed to use in savoury dishes. More about that later.
How do Nelson hospitality venues stack up?
Last week I told you about some of the restaurants I have visited in the last few weeks, obviously while…
Joyful Little Leaves
a small- scale contemporary market garden business called Joyful Little Leaves that has grown almost as fast as the crops they grow.
K-Oui Pâtisserie – Sweet taste of France with a Korean twist
New Zealand Chef Peter Gordon is considered, world-wide, the father of fusion cuisine, a cuisine that combines elements of different culinary…
NaturKidz Fruit Crispz
And the winner is! A few weeks ago I wrote about the Nelson medal winners at the annual Outstanding Food…
Motueka RSA – where everyone knows your name
A couple of weeks ago I dropped in to see Rebecca Hodges, the manager at the Motueka RSA because, to…
Nelson Training Centre – Helping Young People succeed
The Nelson Training Centre is a great education facility that focusses on helping young people enter the hospitality workforce, it gives them focus and sets these young people on a pathway that can lead to a lot more than making great food and coffee.