When Patrick Lam, owner of Goldstar Bakery Rotorua and Patrick’s Pies Café and Bakery Tauranga arrived at the Bakels New Zealand Supreme Pie Awards dinner in late July he had a chance of 1 in 4336 of winning the Supreme title.

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SUBWAY restaurants have been voted New Zealand’s number one trusted fast food brand. It is the second year in a row that the quick service restaurant has taken out the top spot in its category in the Reader’s Digest Most Trusted Brands Survey.

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Over recent years there has been a vast amount of research into the sources of antioxidants in the diet. Perhaps it may be surprising to find that coffee is a significant source of antioxidants and in fact the antioxidant activity of coffee (including instant coffee) is greater than that of green tea and red wine.¹

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The Auckland Regional Secondary Schools Barista Competitions took place in early August, and Courtenay Bettink of Lynfield College steamed through the nerve wrecking timed event, to scoop up 1^st place Gold medallist.

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Plans are very much underway to stage the first ever New Zealand Olive Festival which will be based in Hawke’s Bay.  Despite a few funding hiccups earlier in the year, it has been confirmed the event will run on the September 18 at Sileni Estate.

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SKYCITY Entertainment’s proposal for the re-development of Federal Street received support from the Auckland City Council at an open meeting of the City Development Committee.

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Dieter Adam is New Zealand Trade and Enterprise’s new director - Food & Beverage / Biotechnology. He is responsible for NZTE’s Food & Beverage and Biotechnology focused activities, including the Food & Beverage Taskforce.

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We wouldn't be mean enough to call it 'pay-back time'. 
However, MasterChef New Zealand winner Brett McGregor and close runner-up Kelly Young will soon get the chance to vote on the work of their former judges. A special event at the Food Show Auckland will have the pupils grading the masters.

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Hospitality industry people gathered at Auckland's Langham Hotel recently for the presentation of the national training awards. Millennium Hotels & Resorts certainly lived up to its own high standards.

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My scoop of chips is bigger than your scoop of chips - but it shouldn't be, according to The Chip Group.

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The Chip Group says it will continue to build relationships within the industry and consult with the Heart Foundation, industry suppliers and chip shop operators in an effort to "refine" its strategy.
This follows recognition of its work by the presentation of an excellence award.

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Wellington Institute of Technology’s (WelTec) graduation ceremonies extended as far as the Cook Islands this month with ceremonies spanning Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Rarotonga.

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When the doors open on Fine Food New Zealand in June, taking a central position will be the Baking Industry Association of New Zealand (BIANZ).

In a move away from its annual conference, BIANZ will this year take a stand at FFNZ and hold its Bakery of the Year competition as a live event where trade visitors will be able to view the competition entries and watch them being judged.

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Pink iced buns with multi-coloured 100s and 1000s, with pink 100s and 1000s and just deliciously plain pink icing – the cabinets at Bakers Delight stores around New Zealand will be looking decidedly rosy for the week of May 6-12.

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Scopa Caffé Cucina in the hub of Wellington’s Cuba St district has taken out the prestigious award for The Huhtamaki Outstanding Café at the inaugural Capital Awards.

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Over the past 14 years, the Bakels New Zealand Supreme Pie Awards have grown to become the premier event on the New Zealand baking calendar. Last year there was

a record number of entries from all over New Zealand proving that these awards are still growing in popularity

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By Mavis Airey

Eating street food, “like a local”, in Latin America can be as much of an adventure as hiking the Inca Trail or sailing down the Amazon.

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“Sexy venues are good venues,” declares leading U.S. food and beverage specialist Mitch Mehr.

“These days people are looking for a dining experience. Of course you have to provide top-notch food and beverage options – but it is the feel, the culture, the vibe of a restaurant that makes customers stay.

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When it comes to beverages or ready to drink products, consumers are keen on great taste and healthy options. Non-traditional alternatives such as sport energy drinks, exotic fruit drinks, juiced teas, bottled water with flavours or low-alcohol sparklings are in big demand.

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AsureQuality recently re-opened its newly refurbished Auckland laboratory in Lynfield, following substantial renovations to extend its testing capability.

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Melbourne, April 29, 2010 – Getting packaging right can help convince a cynical consumer that a product’s ethical claims are real, according to new research from Datamonitor.

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Vinexpo Asia-Pacific takes place in Hong Kong from May 25-27, 2010.
The expo has attracted 842 exhibitors from 32 producing countries. Visitors, importers and purchasers from all the Asian-Pacific countries have already announced they are coming. More than 9500 trade professionals are expected over the three days of the exhibition.

The Academy is featuring a wide programme of presentations and tastings, designed to provide information and training for visitors, is full.

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Nelson-based salmon producer NZ King Salmon on Sunday (Sun. Apr. 25) harvested its biggest-ever haul, despite the easing of European flight restrictions.

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New Zealand’s leading avocado oil manufacturer is enjoying strong  growth both at home and abroad but is about to set its sights even higher.

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MasterChef NZ judge, chef, restaurateur and food writer, Simon Gault, and New Zealand’s Hottest Home Baker judge, high-profile baker and food writer, Dean Brettschneider, have been nominated for the 2010 Le Cordon Bleu World Food Media Awards, in the category Best Soft Cover Recipe Book.

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The number of retail and hospitality sector business owners expecting more work in the next three months has fallen by 20 per cent since November 2009 – down from 42 per cent of all business owners in the industry to just 22 per cent, according to the April MYOB Business Monitor.

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One of Australia’s leading retail food franchise companies, Foodco Group Pty Ltd, (Foodco) announced in early April it has consolidated its portfolio by purchasing Foodco New Zealand Ltd which has the licence rights to operate the Foodco Muffin Break concept in New Zealand.   

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Fairtrade Labelling Australia & New Zealand has confirmed premium organic chocolate maker Green & Black’s will be going Fairtrade Certified across the vast majority of its block chocolate and beverages range this year.

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Gilmours, the cash‘ncarry wholesale warehouse operation owned by Foodstuffs (Auckland) Ltd, is moving to a new way of operating which will bring renewed benefits for the Gilmours business, staff and customers.

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At last, the perfect New Year’s resolution – get your teenagers to cook the family meal once a week.

“This is a win: win for both parents and teenagers; parents get a night off and the teenagers gain a skill for a lifetime”, says Glenda Gourley, director of a new website, blog and e-recipe book www.itsmyturntocook.com.

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Subway New Zealand has relaunched its website with a fresh new look and more interactive features.  

The enhanced website has been completely redesigned and is a one-stop-shop for Subway customers to order online, check Subway balances and keep updated with the latest news and events.

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Fresh to Go has just introduced Lite n’ Lean Salads which are high in protein and have a low GI.

This means you feel fuller for longer plus you get to chow down on delicious vitamin and mineral-packed salads.

Each salad contains less 5g of fat, and they are also low in sodium and sugars.

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Melbourne - January 15, 2010 - New product marketers can look forward to a number of new trends in the coming decade, from more humane meat and poultry products and plastic packaging that won’t last forever to skincare products you can wear. 

Datamonitor’s Product Launch Analytics, which tracks new product launches in food and drinks around the world, takes a look at these and other trends in consumer packaged goods that will be hitting supermarket shelves in the coming year.

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One year on, and already 1,000 chip shop workers, chefs, caterers, quick service restaurant employees, and others involved in the foodservice industry have turned to the Chip Group’s internet training modules to learn how to make healthier hot chips.

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                                                                         Burger Wisconsin is set to ring in the changes as it moves to become the first fast food chain in the country to adopt the Chip Group’s industry standards, as a way of providing healthier chips to customers.

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In a world where navigating the carbon jungle is often considered as “just too hard”, a 100- year-old family firm has been rewarded for getting excited about sustainability.

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Are you up for the challenge of competing against some of the top trainee and apprentice bakers in the country?

The Weston Milling Trainee of the year competition is back for its third year, and it just keeps getting bigger and better. After being launched in 2008, the growth of the competition has been amazing, and the response from the industry has grown two fold. The entry form is about to go out and we are expecting a jump in entries from last year’s numbers, it is as easy as filling in the entry form and sending it back to us with all your correct information.

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Letters to the editor

Dear Cynthia,

Congratulations on the first edition of Food & Beverage Today. I enjoyed the in-depth articles and the variety of content. I am sure the publication will go from strength to strength.

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Editorial: I recently passed on a comment to a coffee roaster about a promotion the company was running for tertiary students. The company offers students a discount on coffee provided they have a student ID card.

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  “Tea deserves this treatment,” said Merrill J. Fernando proudly, as he and his son Dilhan launched Australasia’s first Dilmah T-house in Balla...

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UK: High street pizza chain, Pizza Express has done a deal with Italian chef, Francesco Mazzei, chef proprietor of London restaurant, L’Anima, to create six signature dishes.

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It was a brazen attack which left staff at a southwest Sydney McDonald’s in shock. The attack saw a man with a knife try to place an order at the restaurant’s drive-through window then grab money from the cash register.

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Saturday May 22, 2010 Bluff will open its doors to thousands of festival goers for the annual Bluff Oyster & Food Festival.

The 2010 Festival will take place at the Stewart Island Experience site on Foreshore Road, Bluff where it has been held for the past two years.

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US: About.com recently unveiled its list of the Best and Worst of the Retail Industry in 2009, highlighting Pizza Fusion for "Best Green Retailing Practices in the U.S. Retail Industry," according to a statement by the pizza company.

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US: Don Thompson, currently president of McDonald US, has been elected to the role of president and COO, with oversight responsibility for the company's 32,000 restaurants worldwide.

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UK: Domino’s Pizza, the UK’s biggest pizza delivery company, remains recession-proof as the company announces surging sales despite the continuing sluggish economy.

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Two leading suppliers of distribution solutions are to co-operate in a bid to supply modern industrial bakeries with optimal logistics systems. Cimcorp, the Finnish supplier of robotic picking systems, and ToolBox Bakery Solutions, the bakery distribution software specialist based in Germany, have concluded an agreement that will see them work together on project management, sales and marketing.

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Manukau Institute of Technology School of Baking and Patisserie held a ‘toast’ to its graduating students on November 12 by opening the doors of the school.  Visitors were invited to view the completed assessment projects.

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Just in time for summer McCoy welcomes the delicious Pomegranate and Blueberry fruit drinks to their flavour family, in conjunction with the launch of the premium 1.8L bottle.

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It’s getting close to that time when businesses have to schedule work on and around public holidays and summer annual leave.

Public Holidays

The Holidays Act 2003 provides for 11 public holidays. There are two types of holidays – Christmas and New Year, and all other public holidays, with slightly differing entitlements applying to each:

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Every year, over summer time, the Department of Labour investigates increased numbers of work-related deaths.

For anyone not directly affected by such a loss it is hard to comprehend the enormity of such workplace fatalities – for families and loved ones; for colleagues; for employers; and for communities.

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Dilmah, the country’s leading tea brand, is about to set a global first in New Zealand with the national launch of Dilmah Ice Tea.

Dilmah Ice Tea is available now, just in time to provide New Zealanders with a great tasting and refreshing beverage to kick start their Summer holiday season.  Distributed by Frucor Beverages, Dilmah Ice Tea will be available at supermarkets, service stations and dairies nationwide.

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Eumundi-based Red Dog Coffee Traders have proudly launched the Sustainability Blend for Toby’s Estate on the Sunshine Coast.

Red Dog proprietor and master barista Kai Gerschau says the new line is sure to be popular with coffee lovers with a social conscience.

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Fresh food retailer Nosh Food Market is expanding its operations with two new stores – Mt Eden and Matakana - as Kiwis flock to purchase quality local produce.

The company opened a new store in Mt Eden on December 8, and this week (Dec. 14) it opened a Nosh Foodmarket in Matakana, the company’s third new outlet this year.

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By Liam Baldwin National Business Review

A pesticide has been given emergency approval to combat a disease-carrying bug that has already shaved millions off the value of New Zealand’s potato crop.

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Taller, thinner and sporting a seductive amber glow; Drambuie celebrates the 100th anniversary of its first bottling in Edinburgh this year with a brand new look and a refreshing new range of summer serves.

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Dunedin and Wellington are bringing North and South together in more ways than one as they are announced as New Zealand’s first Fair Trade Cities by the Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand (FTAANZ).

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In a world first, Twinings is offering New Zealanders the opportunity to create their very own tea.  The world famous tea company is searching for a blend that captures the essence of the perfect New Zealand Breakfast and is asking the nation to help.  We love our tea, but wouldn’t it be nice to have a special NZ blend to compliment the English Breakfast we know and love?  So come on Kiwis – let’s wake up to a brew of our own!

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MenuMania.co.nz has for some time topped the list of Nielsen//NetRatings as New Zealand’s busiest and most popular dining and eating out website.Results just published by leading international Internet analyst “Experian Hitwise” (www.hitwise.com/nz/ ) show the popularity of MenuMania.co.nz with the dining public has made it the busiest of all hospitality industry web sites in New Zealand.

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Daimer Industries® Inc., a global source for plant-based green cleaners, green cleaning products and green chemicals, is now selling Eco-Green® Stove Hood Degreaser and Duct Cleaner, a bio-based degreaser created to break down residues found in stove hoods and ducts.

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Samiʼs Kitchen offers a unique range of carefully crafted herbs and spice blends made fresh in New Zealand, combining the finest ingredients with traditional methods to imbue everyday meals with extraordinary flavour.

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McDonald’s has achieved the amazing feat of setting a Guinness World Records™ record in Christchurch when more than 20,000 free range eggs were used to cook the world’s Largest Scrambled Egg, which weighed in at 1.24 tonnes.

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Dough Raisers have been held most weeks around the country where a portion of pizza sales is donated to a set cause.

The initiative has raised more than $33,000 for groups throughout New Zealand from schools, kindergartens and sports clubs to the Westpac Chopper Appeal.

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The co-owner of Blenheim Foods Marlborough, Mark Witchalls, has been honoured at the EEO Trust Work & Life Awards 2009 for creating job opportunities for people with disabilities.

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Iconic Kiwi brand Eta has summer snacking covered with its crunchy, flavour-filled range of Eta SPUDS potato chips.

Potatoes in any form are a Kiwi favourite - fish and chips, bangers and mash, and of course a big bowl of chips and dip. Eta has been making real decent chips since the 70’s and the new Eta SPUDS range is no exception. Made the way chips should be, Eta SPUDS use good old-fashioned potatoes grown in New Zealand to ensure maximum crunch and flavour.

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Celebrity foodie Peta Mathias is in unlikely company with Peter Leitch and Rodney Hide on Diabetes Auckland's new website diabetesconnect.org.nz.

A number of prominent Aucklanders shared their favourite healthy recipes and advice for a new website, which informs people about how to prevent and manage diabetes.

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A mango and chilli chicken sausage made by Peter Timbs Meats in Christchurch has been judged the Supreme Award Winner in The Great New Zealand Sausage Competition.

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Domino’s Pizza is dishing out dinner to deserving families in the lead up to Christmas.

“The Christmas period is a stressful time for many people and this year the impact of the recession may make it even harder for some New Zealanders.  We want to help take the pressure off Kiwi families by providing dinner on Domino’s, delivered right to the door,” says Ryan Bohm, general manager, Domino’s Pizza New Zealand.

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Coca-Cola received recognition for its outstanding quality and innovation at the 2009 New Zealand Juice and Beverage Awards (NZJBA) held in October, winning four out of the 14 categories.

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Kapiti Food Fair 2009 celebrates the food culture of Kapiti. It features international food stalls, cooking demonstrations, wine tasting and food sampling, life entertainment, and a charity lunch involving Martin Bosley and local celebrity chefs. The event attracted 5000 visitors last year.

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These have been interesting times which have seen businesses operating in a much more challenging environment.

Now it is time to celebrate and honour the businesses that have helped you in business in the 2010 Vero Excellence in Business Support Awards!

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Food-poisoning is costing New Zealand $83 million a year, says a new study for the Food Safety Authority.

The study by the Institute of Environmental Science and Research, made public this week, follows one in March which showed acute gastro-intestinal illness was more serious than previously thought, causing 4.6 million bouts of diarrhoea and/or vomiting a year.

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A whole host of different means of advertising, special promotional giveaways and community sponsorship is used by food outlets big and small to lure clients in. But, of course the styles used and the extent of each outlet’s marketing depends very much on the scale and model of each individual operation.

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A what?  You must be at the new gourmet burger outlet on Ponsonby Rd: Murder Burger.  Yes, that’s the store with the cute cat’s head on its logo, inserted between the words murder and burger.

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You have decided it is time to lift your coffee presence or maybe you are considering setting up your own café. Starting from scratch? Here are a few tips from coffee connoisseurs.

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Anna McGregor of Coffee Lab shares her thoughts on the Auckland coffee scene.

Like the unique and contrasting tastes of the chocolate flavour in dark Ethiopian and the fruity berry crisp freshness in Yellow Bourbon Brazil Coffee, so is the contrast of the Auckland and Wellington coffee culture. Both are inspiring, electric and constantly on the move with journeys that take you to the heart of coffee heaven.

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The Lesnies 100% New Zealand Bacon Competition results are out, recognising New Zealand's best bacon makers
New Zealand's tastiest bacons were revealed today as the winners of the Lesnies 100% New Zealand Bacon Competition received their awards.

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Eat For Keeps was born out of a vision to address the current obesity and diabetes epidemics and to help people achieve permanent and healthy weight loss.

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The Sustainability & Environmental Services Department in Plano, Texas, has awarded CiCi's Pizza the Environmental Star of Excellence, recognizing outstanding environmental leadership and achievement within the community. The award gives accolades to CiCi's "Organic Recycling Program," an ongoing green initiative which began in May 2008.

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McDonald's has been ruled off limits by two high schools in the town of Gore, on New Zealand's South Island. - www.foodweek.com.au

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A survey of residues on New Zealand-grown celery and spinach has produced mixed results with six out of 48 samples showing residues above the permitted level. The residue levels did not pose a risk to human health.

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