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Take your tastebuds to the Coromandel
03/05/2018
Take your tastebuds to the Coromandel at the Auckland Food Show
Homegrown Coromandel food producers will
return to the Food Show in Auckland in July, showcasing the
quality and diversity of artisan food products made right
here on the Coromandel.
Our Council is right behind our producers again this year, creating the Coromandel Food Collective exhibition space within the show's 'Artisan Village' for handmade, high-quality goods.
The five exhibitors representing the Coromandel Food Collective network are: Thames Valley Bacon, Omahu Valley Citrus Products, Mercury Bay Creamery, Chocolates Are Us and Castle Rock Café.
You can read more about each exhibitor below.
The Food Show runs over four days from July 26 to 29 at the Auckland Show Grounds, where more than 35,000 people are expected to visit to keep up with the latest trends in food, stock up on premium, innovative ingredients and to learn to cook like a celebrity chef at home.
Our economic development and communications group manager Laurna White says food is becoming more and more important for tourism across the district.
"We are excited to be back at the Food Show giving people a chance to taste and buy what's on offer in the Coromandel, and to have Mercury Bay Creamery join us with its range of premium cheeses this year," Mrs White says.
"The show is a wonderful opportunity for local producers to get their products known further afield and in front of chefs and media buyers, and to raise Coromandel's profile as the pantry of artisan and locally-grown organic produce."
Our council created the Coromandel Food Collective network of niche food producers on the Coromandel and supports the collective at the Food Show as part of our economic development strategy.
Find out more about the work of the Coromandel Food Collective in our Coromandel Food Trail Guide - one of the most popular downloaded items from our website.
You can read more about the fine foods from the land and sea, which put the Coromandel on the map, at the Eat New Zealand website here
The Coromandel Food Collective
This year's Coromandel Food Collective exhibitors come from across the Coromandel. They are:
Omahu Valley Citrus
Products
Omahu Valley Citrus is an artisan maker
of award-winning citrus products, marmalades, chutneys,
cordials and more. Recently, a jar of Omahu Valley's lemon
and ginger marmelade was included in the gift hamper sent to
the Queen by Prime Minsiter Jacinda Adern. All products are
preservative-free and made from citrus fruit grown in their
own orchards near Puriri. You'll also find Omahu Valley
Citrus at the Thames Market in Grahamstown on a Saturday
morning and the products in several other outlets around New
Zealand.
Thames
Valley Bacon
Thames Valley Bacon specialises in
Manuka-smoked bacons, hams, salamis and their own shop
recipe sausages with gluten free options, as well as
Christmas hams cured, smoked and cooked to perfection. The
Matatoki-based business was the overall winner of the 2016
NZ Bacon awards.
Mercury
Bay Creamery
Mercury Bay Creamery hand-crafts
its organic, artisan cheeses from its own milk supply.
Visit the shop, just 1km from the Whitianga township, and
you can look through a large viewing window to see the
cheeses being made, including camembert, brie, merlot's,
manchegos, feta and butter kaze. Cheese tastings are
available Thursday to Sunday.
Chocolates
Are Us
Whitianga-based Chocolates Are Us
specialises in hand-made chocolates customised with messages
or logos for promotions or events. At the show this year the
team will be showcasing its small-batch confectionary range,
including the best-selling cashew nut brittle with sea salt
and the classic coconut rough. See the full range of
memorable chocolates created by the Chocolates Are Us at the
website below:
Castle
Rock Café
Down the road from Whangapoua and the
famous New Chums Beach, Castle Rock produces an assortment
of dressings and chutneys all made with New Zealand fruit.
Try their new tamarillo and cinnamon dressing that's being
launched at the show, or their hot chilli lime chutney is a
particular favourite and, just like all of Castle Rock Cafe
products, is packed with flavour, is gluten and
preservative-free.
About the Food Show
The Food Show in Auckland is on from Thursday July 26 to Sunday July 29.
Early-bird tickets start at $20 for adults, $15 for children ages 6-12, and children under 5 are free. Check. Tickets are on sale now so book early online at www.foodshow.co.nz
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