Geraldine, Fruit for Cheese Range
(Geraldine)
• FMCG Business Outstanding
New Product Award; Harraways,
HARR-OS Oat Bites, Indian Spice
(Dunedin)
• Outstanding Sustainability Award;
Roebuck Farm, Leaves + Shoots
(Taranaki)
• Outstanding Start-Up Business
Award; Pastrami & Rye, Pastrami
(Auckland)
• Outstanding Free-From Award;
Thoroughbread, Paleo Gold
and Paleo Fruit & Spice Loaf
(Horowhenua, Levin)
Also announced were the Coast
People’s Choice winners, chosen by
popular online voting from Kiwi food
lovers. They were:
• Coast People’s Choice Favourite
Producer; Whitestone Cheese
(Oamaru)
• Coast People’s Choice Favourite
Farmers’ Market; Otago Farmers
Market (Dunedin)
For the third year, well-known New
Zealand food writer and champion
for locally-grown and made food
products, Lauraine Jacobs was
head judge. She oversaw a panel
of 20 judges who assessed more
than 180 food and drinks during
judging at AUT School of Hospitality
& Tourism in March. Lauraine noted
it was great to see the innovative
ways food producers had used
premium ingredients which were
predominantly grown and harvested
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