Hawke’s Bay Regional Signature Dish 2013
Hawke’s Bay Regional Signature Dish 2013
10th September 2013
For the 7th year, the Hawke’s Bay Regional Signature Dish event kicks off on September 12th with some of our finest restaurants and cafes involved. Organisers, Food Hawke’s Bay are very happy with the response from the industry, considering it is a very busy event market out there now, confirming that it is a valuable part of the restaurant and foodies calendar each year.
There is a welcome diversity of eateries participating including well-established restaurants and cafes, some ethnic restaurants and a number of first-time entrants, providing plenty of choice for the dining public.
Places like Valley d’Vine, out at Linden Estate, Café Ahuriri, Puketapu Hotel, Delmonico’s and Emporium are all involved for the first time this year, with The Farm at Cape Kidnappers welcoming locals out to enjoy a Signature Dish lunch. The SOURCE café, new to Taradale are also trying their luck in the event this year with a lovely looking beef salad.
Entrants this year, for the first time, are vying not only for the Signature Dish title in each category but a prize package including Vetro sponsored Radio Advertising and store vouchers.
The public will get the opportunity to taste the best ingredients the region has to offer in a dish matched with a Hawke’s Bay beverage and then vote for their favourite dish. The People’s Choice voting is an important component to the event, allowing the public to have their say and also enabling them to be in the draw to win prizes. Vicky Rope, Food Hawke’s Bay Manager says “this year the prize pool for the public is really exciting, with 5 prize options. Maison de Cuisine is offering a cooking class for 4 people valued at $360, The Village Press will provide a year’s supply of Olive Oil valued at $240, Total Food Equipment is supplying a Kitchenaid Hand Mixer to the value of $150, or there are two, one year subscriptions to Dish magazine to the value of $60 each.”
This event is essentially about showcasing Hawke’s Bay and what is grown and produced in the region. Rope says “there is an abundance of quality produce in Hawke’s Bay and most Hawke’s Bay chefs are great supporters of ‘local’, but this event encourages them into researching what else we have on offer”
As always, events such as this would not be possible without the support of a group of valued sponsors. Total Food Equipment, The Breeze, Dish magazine, Hawke’s Bay Today, The Profit and Brebner Print are all back again and there are four new sponsor companies Vetro Mediterranean Foods, The Te Mata Mushroom Company, The Goodtime Food Company and Morley Design Group.
The event launches on 12th September and runs for 5 weeks until the 16th October. Results will be announced at a cocktail function at the Hawke’s Bay Opera House on Tuesday 29th October.
2013 participating restaurants/cafes:
Café Category
• Cafe
Ahuriri, Ahuriri
• Clifton Cafe, Te
Awanga
• Columbus Mega Cafe, Hastings
• No.5 Cafe
and Larder, Hastings
• Pernel Fruitworld,
Hastings
• SOURCE, Taradale
Casual
Category
• Black Barn Bistro, Havelock
North
• Emporium Eatery & Bar, Napier
• JARKs
Café and Bar, Waimarama
• Milk and Honey,
Ahuriri
• Mister D, Napier
Namaskar India Restaurant,
Havelock North
• Puketapu Hotel, Puketapu
• The
Gintrap Restaurant and Bar, Ahuriri
• Three Doors Up,
Ahuriri
• Valley de Vine, Napier
• Vidal Winery
Restaurant, Hastings
• Westshore Beach Inn Bistro,
Westshore
Formal Category
• Delmonico’s
Bistro & Wine Bar, Napier
• Elephant Hill Winery &
Restaurant, Te Awanga
• Indigo, Napier
• Mission
Estate Winery Restaurant, Taradale
• St Georges
Restaurant, Havelock North
• The County Hotel,
Napier
• The Farm at Cape Kidnappers, Te
Awanga
ENDS