Star Food and Wine

Tyrone Harvey from Quality Bakers, in Dunedin, has been named best young bread baker of 2023....

Young bread-maker rises to the top

A South Island Quality Bakers employee has been named New Zealand’s best young bread-maker.

South Island ribeye judged best in the world

Pure South's award-winning steak. Photo: Pure South

South Island ribeye judged best in the world

A "zesty, buttery" Oamaru steak has been judged the best in the world at a global contest in London.

Bottling the tastes of North Canterbury

Justine Schroder standing on Mt Fyffe with her award winning gins. Photo: Supplied

Bottling the beauty and tastes of North Canterbury

Justine Schroder is capturing the tastes and smells of North Canterbury - and then bottling them at her boutique distillery near Kaikōura.

Chippy sausage flavours launched

Rashuns, Burger Rings sausage flavours launched

Canterbury business Hellers has teamed up with Bluebird to create a classic Kiwi sausage with two iconic chippy flavours: Rashuns and Burger Rings.

Wahlburgers restaurant opens

Wahlberg at the premier of 'Deepwater Horizon'. Photo: Reuters

Wahlburgers restaurant opens

Hollywood heavyweight Mark Wahlberg’s new restaurant has opened in Queenstown.

$10 block of cheese 'actually pretty yum'

The $10 cheese has been described as having better flavours than others at the same price point....

$10 block of cheese 'actually pretty yum'

A new $10 block of cheese has got the tick from budget-savvy food lovers - and it reportedly tastes as good as some more expensive options.

NZ's instant coffees ranked

NZ's instant coffees ranked

A Consumer NZ panel has blind taste-tested nine instant coffee brands and, while there was a general correlation between price and quality, one brand bucked the trend.

Johnny Cash tribute sausage a fiery hit

A fiery sausage created at a Canterbury supermarket has proved a big hit.

Canterbury's best sausages revealed

Canterbury's best sausages revealed

The country's best snarlers have been found in The Great New Zealand Sausage Competition.

60 years of cooking - and still loving it

When she was 7-years-old Christchurch cook, caterer and now author Tina Duncan could turn out a perfect batch of scones. By age 10, she was serving up full roast dinners.

Young chef propelled into the limelight

St Albans chef Joosje Bouman. Photo: Supplied

Young St Albans chef propelled into the limelight

Pan fried Murray cod has helped a 22-year-old from St Albans stand out at a prestigious chef competition in Sydney.

No more Weet-Bix

No more Weet-Bix

The Warehouse has laid a complaint with the Commerce Commission about food producer Sanitarium's decision to cut off its supply of breakfast cereal Weet-Bix from the end of the month.

Whitebaiting ban lifted after toxic spill in creek

ECan has lifted its ban on whitebaiting and other fishing in Saltwater Creek and the Ashley/Rakahuri Estuary - but says it's still not safe to collect shellfish from the area.

Less food being wasted, but it's costing us more

The survey suggests $1510 of food is being thrown out per household each year. Photo: RNZ (file)

Less food wasted but cost of what's thrown away skyrockets

New Zealanders may be throwing away less food - but a new survey suggests the cost of what's being binned has jumped to $3.2 billion a year.

Beer fears as Speight’s supply runs low

Lion NZ has apologised to customers - and added staff to address the issue - after delivery delays prompted fears of a Speight’s shortage in the South Island.