Category: Food and Wine
‘Work Experience’ with Dish Catering
November 4th, 2011
Chris Tremain and I attended one of the biggest nights on the Hawke’s Bay calendar; Hawkes Bay Business Awards. We both donned a new shirt, tie and apron for the occasion! It was great fun getting amongst the crowd pouring wine and passing round ... read more
Hawke’s Bay A & P Mercedes-Benz Wine Awards
October 25th, 2011
Tuesday night, 18th October 2011 was an exceptional night in the Bay! Hawke’s Bay A & P Mercedes-Benz Wine Awards set the stage for the 2011 A&P Show. I had the privilege to attend this event where wine and dinner was the main focus closely ... read more
Top wine award for CHB Wine
August 4th, 2011
A thumbs up for a CHB Wine. Lime Rock has taken out a gold medal for best Pinot Noir at the Australian Boutique Wine Awards. Good for you Rodger and Rosie! All that hard work has paid off ... read more
A treat at the office.
July 27th, 2011
Well done to all the Hawke’s Bay winners in the 2011 Bakels NZ Supreme Pie Awards. These awards have been going for 15 years bring joy to all us pie lovers. Every pie-lover in Hawke’s Bay knows that a Bakels New Zealand Supreme Pie Award winning pie is ... read more
Rugby World Cup nearly at McLean Park
July 13th, 2011
The Webb Ellis Cup is finally back on our shores, and that is where we want it to stay. I don’t know about you but I’m getting really excited about the tournament. I’ve purchased tickets for my family to the Napier games and can’t wait for the ... read more
Mayfair Sausage Sizzle
June 20th, 2011
Nothing beats a sausie cooked on a BBQ. On May 13th I helped Mayfair School with their fortnightly lunch BBQ fundraising treat. The perfect manners of the students combined with the great weather and of course the “culinary skills of the chefs” ... read more
Wild Wairoa!
April 13th, 2011
Congratulations to Tourism Hawkes Bay on the launch of their new “Get me to Hawkes Bay” branding for our province. The new brand moves us from the old ‘Wine Country” logo while maintaining a similar stylised yellow and orange sunrise/sunset but with ... read more
Get me to Hawkes Bay!
April 13th, 2011
Congratulations to the new Regional Tourism Organisation on the launch of their new “Get me to Hawkes Bay” branding for our province. The new brand moves us from the old ‘Wine Country” logo while maintaining a similar stylised yellow and orange ... read more
Jamming it!
February 7th, 2011
I had a great Waitangi Day. I spent time in a Waka, time at our Regional Sports Park enjoying the celebrations there and then home. We have a very generous plum tree, so we picked the remainder of plums and made plum jam. All good fun thought, I had no idea ... read more
Tukituki MP v. Napier MP in regional cook-off
October 29th, 2010
On Friday 22nd October the heat was on not only at the HB Show but in the Wattie’s tent as local MPs Craig Foss and Chris Tremain competed for the prestigious title of “Blue Blooded Bay Cook.” Advice came from all quarters of the tent ensuring ... read more
