It is a pretty safe bet that nobody has been cooking food in hospitality venues in Nelson longer than Rob McKegney. I first met him way back in the late 1970’s when he co-owned the Hitching Post restaurant in Bridge…
Forget Whittaker’s and Cadbury’s there is a hot new chocolate maker on the block; Hogarth Craft Chocolate is a boutique chocolate maker based in Nelson, they hand craft chocolate starting with a raw cacao bean and finishing with a tablet of…
Over the years The Abbey complex on the Appleby Straight has been the home to a number of business and very good chefs but the current businesses operating there are, in my opinion, the best for some time. The Office…
When I was in the garden over the weekend I noticed honey bees swarming over our herb plants that have flowered and that got me thinking about the importance of honey bees not just for making honey but in pollinating…
I can’t believe Christmas is only a couple of days away; I know we say the same thing each year but it seems like only last week we were celebrating Christmas 2014. Over the last year I have been writing…
Dave Phillips from West Indies Spice Traders is another exciting addition to the Nelson food production scene, simply bursting with irrepressible energy and excitement for the chilli jam he produces and the flavoursome hot sauces he imports from Jamaica he…