Pineapple Teriyaki, Sheep Chocolate Gelato, Almond Mocha, Chocolate Rice Porridge, Purple Yam & Cheese and Rescued Cherry Ripple & Christmas Cake Crunch are among almost 300 New Zealand-made ice creams, gelatos, sorbets and dairy-free frozen products being tasted at the NZ Ice Cream & Gelato Awards 2022 judging.
Read MoreIn what has been hailed as ‘the most exciting year of the Awards to date’ 218 medal winners have been recognised in this year’s Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards. Winners span the length of Aotearoa from Northland to Southland and its breadth, from the West Coast over to the Chatham Islands. Seventy-one percent of all entries received an accolade in 2022 with 78 Gold Medals, 86 Silver Medals and 56 Bronze Medals awarded.
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Read MoreNew Zealand Specialist Cheesemakers Association (NZSCA) has announced 254 medal winners in the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards 2022. More than 380 cheeses were judged, with 76 Gold Medals, 120 Silver Medals and 58 Bronze Medals awarded.
Read MoreMore than 380 cheeses have been entered for this weekend’s judging of the 20th NZ Champions of Cheese Awards at WINTEC Hospitality School in Hamilton.
Read MoreThe Countdown Sustainability Award has been created to recognise, celebrate and promote sustainability in the New Zealand cheesemaking industry. It’s one of several changes to the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards 2022.
Read MoreSchoc Chocolates from Wairarapa has been named Coast Chocolate Lovers’ Favourite Artisan Chocolate Company 2021 with Whittaker’s Chocolate - which is made in Porirua – voted Coast Chocolate Lovers’ Favourite Chocolate Company 2021.
Read MoreKiwis are being encouraged to try a new cheese this month to celebrate New Zealand Cheese Month. NZ Cheese Month occurs in October because it’s ‘spring flush’ the early days of spring, with warmth and soil moisture creating lush, green grass for animals to feast on. Sheep and goat milking resumes and there is plenty of fresh cheese available for cheese lovers.
Read MoreKiwi chocolate lovers are being asked to show aroha for the chocolate company helping through lockdown by voting in the Coast Chocolate Lovers’ Choice. To celebrate the New Zealand Chocolate Awards new look and website organisers are holding the Coast Chocolate Lovers’ Choice – an opportunity for Kiwis to jump onto the new website and vote for their favourite NZ Chocolate Company.
Read MoreDates changed for NZ Ice Cream Awards 2021.
Read MoreA record 223 medals have been conferred in the 2021 Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards reflecting the quality of New Zealand made food and drink as well as the most entries ever received in this, the fifth year of the awards.
Read MoreThis year’s New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards has recognised long term favourites as well as newcomers among its 27 trophy recipients.
Read MoreFoodBytes! innovation discovery platform is encouraging NZ food and agriculture startups to apply for Pitch 21. FoodBytes! Pitch helps startups validate and grow, through tailored mentorship, connection with corporates and investors, industry awareness and recognition.
Read MoreThe New Zealand Specialist Cheesemakers Association (NZSCA) has announced medal winners in the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards 2021. Judging in Hamilton in February 2021 resulted in 265 medals being awarded; 84 gold medals, 121 silver medals and 60 bronze medals.
Read MoreWas it the award-winning flavours? The exciting diary-free options? Kiwis’ growing love of gelato or the warm, hospitable service? Maybe it was a combo of all which led to Little ‘Lato in Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter being voted the country’s favourite place to buy ice cream.
Read MoreNew Zealand Specialist Cheesemakers Association (NZSCA) is pleased to confirm that judging of the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards 2021 will go ahead in Hamilton this weekend. Planning for this year’s Awards always involved a contingency in the case that Covid-19 prompted a lockdown in Auckland. The contingency, judging at Hamilton’s WINTEC Rotokauri campus will swing into action.
Read MoreNew Zealander Jason Tarrant has been announced as the Master Judge for the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards 2021. Tarrant is the first New Zealander to the head judging for the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards following the eight-year reign of Australian, Russell Smith.
Read MoreEntries are open for the Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards 2021. Food and drink producers can enter the 2021 Awards until Thursday 18 February 2021 ahead of judging on Saturday 6 March 2021. Over the past four years over 1000 products have been assessed by a talented judging panel lead by led by advocate for NZ artisan food producers, Lauraine Jacobs.
Read MoreFourteen of Aotearoa’s best ice creams and gelatos made from Queenstown to Auckland by a selection of boutique and large producers have been named Champions at the NZ Ice Cream Awards 2020.
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