Harry’s Fish Shop
Howard (Harry) Morris has been a fixture in the Nelson restaurant and food scene for a couple of decades, initially as the chef at The Cut restaurant that he owned…
Proper Crisps seed crackers
Any business owner will tell you that to succeed you need to keep moving your business forward; if you sell a service then you need to make sure you keep…
Labour Weekend around the Nelson region
Spring has been around for a few weeks but Labour Weekend is the time food and beverage businesses shake off the effects of a sleepy winter, especially this year, and…
Cheese Awards 2020
At home we tend to eat a reasonable amount of vegetarian food, things like salads and risotto regularly appear on our dinner table but I am absolutely certain the one…
Brookfield Free Range Eggs
There are a huge range of eggs to choose from at the supermarkets, but in the Nelson Tasman region we are lucky to have a handful of outstanding free range…
The Vegetarian Butcher
A dictionary definition of a butcher is a person whose trade is cutting up and selling meat in a shop so how can a butcher produce vegetarian products? I asked…
Nelson Farmers Market
One of the things I have been happiest to see back in full operation as the country moves out of enforced isolation is the Nelson Farmers Market that is held…
Rustic Cuisine
Rustic Cuisine on Rutherford St is owned by my two favourite French people, Mylene and Greg Auphan who used to own La Gourmandise. Their latest venture is to develop a…
Food businesses open for takeaways & Hopgood’s Smoked Fish Pate
Many businesses have changed the way they operate so they can start trading in a small way during Covid-19 Level 3 restrictions and food businesses are right at the front…
YUM Granola
I first came across YUM Granola back in 2016 and wrote about them not long after I discovered their great breakfast products, a lot has happened with this business in…