Route 72 Café Bar Emporium

Treat yourself: Route 72 Café Bar Emporium

Raise your brunching and lunching game with a delightful visit to Route 72 Café Bar Emporium. Not just dining, this is destination dining, with a captivating shopping experience in the mix.       Located 40 minutes from Christchurch in picturesque Cust Village, an easy drive along Tram Road brings you to […]

Purple Weka Café

A Kiwi-as Café: Purple Weka Café

Purple Weka Café and Bar is one of Christchurch’s best relaxed weekend dining spots, where good fun and great service goes hand in hand with great Kiwi-style breakfasts and lunches.     Located at 48 Fitzgerald Ave, the café has plenty of comfortable indoor and outdoor seating and onsite parking. It offers […]

Continental Catering

Ingredients for Success: Continental Catering

The best ingredient for a successful party or event is a trusted catering partner – remove the stress and hassle of your next function by using Continental Catering.     With years of experience and expertise in the South Island, Continental Catering has helped deliver some of the most remembered occasions on […]

The Rowdy Kitchen

Options galore: The Rowdy Kitchen

Since its opening in May, The Rowdy Kitchen has established itself as a quality dining destination in the northern suburb of Prestons, Christchurch.     Owners Blair and Gabe McIntyre have brought a wealth of hospitality experience and created a relaxed environment providing a multitude of different dining spaces for customers. Whether […]

Flavours & fun

Liesl Johnstone gets us up to the play on what’s hot in culinary circles for the upcoming year.     It’s usually something bigger than hunger that drives us to eat out. Yes, there are different world cuisines that we individually gravitate toward, but eating out is all about the vibe. The […]

Lemongrass

A Taste of Thailand: Lemongrass

Here is what you must do if you are after the most intimate Thai dining experience in a beautiful and idyllic setting. You head out to 56 Fletchers Road, Loburn, and call in on Lemongrass Authentic Thai Cuisine     Lemongrass is the result of an 11 year-dream for manager and chef […]

Richards Real Kitchen

Dinner made easy: Richards Real Kitchen

Ever had those nights when you get home from work and the last thing you want do is prepare dinner? What if you were able to simply heat and eat beautifully prepared meals any of those nights? Well you can, thanks to Richard Till and the team at Richards Real Kitchen.   […]

Artisan Bakehouse

Loaves made with love: Artisan Bakehouse

There’s nothing quite like the smell and buttery taste of a loaf of delectable warm garlic bread.     For Jason Scott, this taste has become a love affair and he and his team at Artisan Bakehouse Ltd are proud to be providing New Zealanders with the yummiest blend of garlic bread […]

Nigella Lawson

Foodie down under: Nigella Lawson

She’s one of our most beloved foodies, having sold more than ten million cookbooks worldwide, now Christchurch has the chance to meet the woman behind the cookbooks.     Direct from London’s West End, Nigella Lawson is heading a brand-new show, An Evening with Nigella Lawson, where she tells her own remarkable […]

Ataahua Wines

Fruit of the gods: Ataahua Wines

Amongst the many quatrains found in the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, these words, written in the 11th century, have achieved immortality: “A loaf of bread, a jug of wine and thou beside me, singing in the wilderness…”     Omar certainly had the perfect recipe for a contented life sussed – food, […]