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Crayfish In The Park
Oct 19th
A mountain of crayfish
This morning we snapped a quick pic of The Grove‘s head chef Ben Bayly with some of his Karitane Crayfish. The crayfish will be the main feature of one of The Grove’s dishes at Taste of New Zealand (kicking off this evening!), cooked with Cafe de Paris, butter, lemon and Vivian Salad – delicious! There are limited numbers of the Crayfish dish so make sure you get in early. If you miss out, there are plenty of other mouth watering dishes from any of the other restaurants, for more info on the menus click here.
Looking Very Tasty
Oct 18th
What the fork? That's a lot of cutlery.
Victoria Park currently has almost as many trucks on site as marquees, delivering all the awnings, stove tops, bars, staging and flooring tiles in preparation for the big launch of Taste of New Zealand tomorrow 5:30pm. As well as the multitude of chattels, don’t forget the massive amount of cutlery, plates, napkins and glassware that will be needed to serve the masses this weekend! Boxes of the stuff, so much so a forklift is needed to lift all the forks.
Pitching a Tent… Or 50.
Oct 17th
The floor goes down under a star marquee
There are only two days until the gates of Taste of New Zealand open and the lush Victoria Park becomes a bustling hive of all things food, wine and entertainment. The construction team are working hard to erect all the tents, lay all the flooring, hook up the power, and instal all the kitchens in time for the arrival of New Zealand’s top chefs as well as the exciting international line up. It’s going to be a festival your taste buds will never forget!
Movember – Face Grown, Hand Brushed
Oct 11th
Moustache Season is almost upon us – Movember is gearing up for another Mo-mentous campaign and we hope this year you’ll be coming along for the ride!
Last year New Zealand raised just shy of $1 million in 2010 with 9,500 registrations and are busy putting together plans for this year’s campaign which gives the nod to the Country Gentleman. Participation is integral to Movember successfully continuing its journey and this is where we hope you will join in.
Kiwi comedian Jan Maree is onboard as a Mo Sista Ambassador this year and delivers some words of encouragement and wisdom in this videMo.
Sweet Suite Cocktails
Oct 7th
Taste of New Zealand is getting so close we can almost well, taste it! The Suite Bar boys will be in the Audi VIP Lounge mixing up a storm with their unique, innovative, not to mention delicious approach to cocktails. On offering this year will be a champagne cocktail called the Quattro Coupe as well as a line up of more well know drinks – Mojito, Cosmopolitan & Cuba Libre – but served as ice cream spiders! Make sure you drop in a say hi if you have a VIP ticket, they’re a great bunch of guys passionate about mixology and always up for a yarn.
Ben Bayly on Good Morning for Taste of New Zealand
Oct 6th
The Grove's Ben Bayly on Good Morning
Ben Bayly, Head Chef of the 2010 Metro Audi Supreme Award winning restaurant The Grove appeared on the Good Morning show to prepare a dish similar to the one he’ll be creating in just a few weeks time at Taste of New Zealand.
Roasted Karitane Crayfish with Café de Paris Butter, Persillade of Wild Mushrooms & Confit Potato – YUM!
Victoria Park, Auckland is set to become New Zealand’s ultimate party as the Taste of New Zealand festival of food, wine and entertainment comes to town.
A taste of Taste
Oct 5th
Chef Jonny Schwass preps the pan
This afternoon we managed to pop down to The Cloud to catch up with Christchurch chef Jonny Schwass. Jonny was up to demonstrate one of his beautiful Canterbury lamb dishes as part of Taste at the Cloud, which was very well received by the the masses bustling around the waterfront. Make sure you catch Jonny at The Taste of New Zealand Festival, for more info on Restaurant Schwass and all the other fantastic restaurant’s menus, click this link ‘ere.
Curate features on Concrete Playground
Oct 3rd
Curate Fashion Gallery, the brainchild of fashion veterans Paul and Jill Blomfield has officially marked its opening, recently celebrating with a full scale launch event for over 100 fashion media, celebrities and VIP’s.
Proving to be a huge hit with all who attended, Curate is making its mark on the online media world!
Read more about Curate’s launch event on Concrete Playground and view the event gallery.
Curate features on Concrete Playground
A Near Dearth Experience
Oct 3rd
If only being stuck in traffic was always this good.
The Taste of New Zealand Festival are running a really cool promotion in the lead up to the event called Urban Grilla Campaign, where entrants submit photos of themselves grilling or dining in iconic New Zealand locations. The prize is great – a table for 10 in the Carlton Corporate Marquee worth $3500! Even though we can’t win, we thought it would be cool to get involved. Michael Dearth from The Grove made us feel comfortable and relaxed even in the middle of traffic, now that’s a great host!
Canterbury of New Zealand Release The Vodafone Warriors Grand Final Range
Sep 27th
It was 2002 when the Vodafone Warriors last had us this excited about the NRL season final and now die-hard fans will be able to take their excitement to the next level and show their support head to toe with the limited edition Vodafone Warriors Grand Finals collection, due for release Wednesday 28th September 2011.
Vodafone Warriors clinched just their second NRL grand final appearance in history with their stunning 20-12 preliminary final victory over minor premiers, the Melbourne Storm at AAMI Park last Saturday night.
Backing a proud nation is the official Vodafone Warriors Grand Finals merchandise created by sponsoring sports brand, Canterbury of New Zealand. The finals range marks one of the most memorable moments in the team’s history made up of a graphic print tee, polo shirt and the classic sports cap.
