Farmers Market NZ Award Winners
Farmers Market NZ Award Winners
Tasting Real New Zealand flavour at Farmers' Markets
Farmers’ Markets New Zealand (FMNZ) celebrated the real heroes and champions of regional food production at the 2014 Farmers Markets Awards in Feilding. Chefs Julie Biuso and Hester Guy tasted and tested the very best of NZ Farmers Markets showcasing local innovation and regional tastes that we are developing right here in our own backyards. Judge Hester Guy says "We found less reliance on preservatives in the bottles and more emphasis in the integrity of ingredients. The raw product is the hero and the quality and flavours of these products is paramount". Chairperson of FMNZ - Chris Fortune commented that "the attention to quality and freshness is what makes the difference and you can find that in bucket loads at Farmers' Markets nationwide on a weekly basis"
Winners of Farmers’ Markets NZ 2014 Awards
Farmers’ Market of the Year Award 2014 as voted by Consumers - Feilding Farmers' Market - The Third year in a row that this iconic Market held in the middle of town has united its localvores to outvote all other regions
Creamiest Food producer from the Dairy - Mount Eliza Cheese - Tauranga Farmers' Market - Great examples of local cheese making processes with great flavours and textures. Simply put the best - we want more !
Tastiest Food producer form the Paddock
Tastiest Pip fruit - Okainamu fm. Organics - Nelson Farmers' Market - The judges would move next door tomorrow to be closer to the best tasting apples and pears that we have ever tried
Dirt on the roots - Almadale Produce Ltd - Feilding Farmers' Market - These potatoes would receive gold medals in the Olympics for their freshly dug appearance, and their taste and flavour
Dirt off and On the roots - Heatherdale - Nelson Farmers' Market - The perfect showcase of produce from the Garden and Field
Organically produced - Kandu organics - Tauranga Farmers' Market - Simply the best Organic produce in NZ
Ugly is tasty - Clevedon Farmers' Market - Curious Croppers - What can we say, Ugly is tasty…..very very tasty….some of the best tomatoes we have ever tried, vibrant, flavoursome, tasty and I want more
Freshest Food producer from the Water - Stewart Island Smoked Salmon Ltd - Invercargill, Ohoka, Christchurch, Mt Pleasant & Lyttelton - For the second year in a row this is simply the very best of South Island Salmon. If you gave 5 stars to seafood then this would get 6!
Best Food producer from the Kitchen Bench - Lancaster Citrus - Feilding Farmers' Market - We Love the attention to good produce, time honoured technique and just flavour packed. Clear out the pantry because these are simply the best in NZ
Tastiest Food producer from the Butchery - Westwood Chicken - Canterbury Farmers' Market - When you want the best then just keep it simple and Westwood Chicken is simply the most outstanding poultry producer in the NZ
Innovation from the Kitchen Bench - Cheviot Hills Fine Foods - Lyttelton Farmers' Market - Innovation, innovation, innovation - three stars for taking a product from the farm and turning it into the product of the year
Regional Farmers’ Market of New Zealand 2014 Awarded to the region of NZ who celebrates Farmers' Markets and makes a real difference - ALL SOUTH ISLAND FARMERS' MARKETS
Market Manager of the Year 2014 - Raewyn Loader - Feilding Farmers' Market
Highly Commended from the Kitchen Bench
Gisborne Farmers' Market - Bee Box - Great tasting Premium honey that was oozing with regional flavours
Hamilton Farmers' Market - Natures Country Honey - Natures county gold shows us how Mother Nature knows best when it comes to real food
Cromwell Farmers' Market - Wild Thyme Gourmet - Great branding and good story with “I want more appeal “
Highly Commended from the Butchery
Christchurch and Oxford Farmers' Market - Euro Deli Meats - Cressy Farm continues to set the bar very high for NZ pork producers and these simple pork cuts tell the whole piggy story in the taste and flavour
Highly Commended from the Water - Hobsonville Point & Britomart Farmers' Market - Mulleez - Smoked to perfection, Mulleez takes two iconic NZ products and makes them into an icon NZ seafood sensation
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