Food & Wine

A Christchurch chef has got cracking for his favourite charity by creating what’s thought to be the world’s largest pavlova – a 50 square metre expanse of meringue capable of feeding 10,000 people.

Scallop fever is about to hit Whitianga again, during the annual celebration of the popular local delicacy.

Kiwi lifestyle and the dramatic scenery of New Zealand’s Central Otago region are prime ingredients in a new television series fronted by celebrity cook Annabel Langbein.

Three members of a New Zealand family have taken top awards in the country’s biggest food competition proving they can make pies better than 4333 other bakers.

Kiwis love pies – they’re an iconic national food – but spare a thought for judges of this year’s bid to find New Zealand’s top pie baker as they chomp through a record 4336 entries.

Looking for a winter warmer? One of New Zealand’s most popular food festivals, Wellington on a Plate, is back for a second course with mouth-watering culinary offerings to please every palate.

Kiwi chefs will work magic with Māori ingredients and wild foods at the 13th Monteith’s Beer and Wild Food Challenge – whipping up dishes of wild game, seafood and indigenous plants to spice up adventurous palates.

Chocoholics are smacking their lips in anticipation of a Kiwi food festival that’s become an annual family favourite – Dunedin’s Cadbury Chocolate Carnival.

Two world famous chefs, Rick Stein and Gordon Ramsay, will both be staging shows in New Zealand this year - giving them the chance to experience some unique culinary offerings, Kiwi-style.

A popular Kiwi cookbook writer has won a prestigious international award at Le Cordon Bleu World Food Media Awards in Adelaide.