The stories told about the food cooked in someone’s home, or the food made and eaten in an area are a guide. Cookbooks, markets, and great neighborhoods’ all have one thing in common, food.
Could there be something out there that can replace your coffee or energy drink addiction. Ārepa creates a range of nootropic products that do just that. Think of them as food for your brain.
Over the years, Manuka honey has become a part of 'Kiwiana' and a treasured export we are all proud of. Zealandia Honey are harnessing this global love for honey and creating arguably the best honey in the world. We chat to the co-founders about their journey.
Filling the first tables of the night are key to a restaurant’s success because there’s nothing like seeing other happy people eating to draw you in. We chat to Mat Weir of First Table to understand how they help restaurants do this.
Gordon Kong is the owner of The Rolling Pin, a food truck that serves some of the best dumplings in town. We talk about how he got started, and his innovative dumpling flavours.
A new market opened in Henderson, Auckland; the Te Puna Market. They opened in Feb 2020 but have been operating via click and collect since September. We chat to market coordinator Jason Dodunski about how that journey has been and learn about Te Puna.
Archana Kurup runs Eat with Me, a unique private dining experience where she creates a dining experience just for you and your guests at her home. We chat about this approach of home dining and discuss if it’s a thing Kiwis are into.
Sue Arthur thought Over the Moon Dairy would be a great retirement project of sorts. What she ended up starting was an award-winning cheese label as well as the New Zealand Cheese School. We talk about cheese, innovation and why there’s no such thing as too much cheese.
Maggie Gray started a food truck right after she became a Mum, a somewhat unusual career choice. She then started the Food Truck Collective, an organization that supports food trucks and hosts some of Aucklands coolest street food events. We talk to her about her journey.
The Kitchen Project has helped Auckland food entrepreneurs take their business to the next level. We chat with Project Manager Sreshta Sridhar & current cohort member, Te Reina Norton about the tangible benefits an incubator such as theirs provides.
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About Kiwi Foodcast
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Stories make the food we love taste even better. Food blogger and self-taught cook, Perzen Patel sits down weekly with the people in our food trucks, at our farmers’ markets, in home-based kitchens…
and beyond to talk shop and learn the stories behind the food they serve. If you love eating local, going to food festivals, secretly call yourself a ‘street foodie’ or even dream of one day starting a food truck that serves Nana’s mince pies, this is the podcast for you. Kiwi Foodcast is brought to you by Podcasts New Zealand.