Meet New Zealand’s Outstanding Makers

The growers, makers and producers behind award-winning food and drink.

Featured {Outstanding} Makers

Discover the stories behind Aotearoa’s most inspiring food and drink producers. Meet Your Maker celebrates the people, passion, and provenance behind award-winning products—highlighting the growers, makers, and innovators shaping New Zealand’s food landscape.

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Foundry Chocolate

1n 2015 David Herrick of Foundry Chocolate read a tiny article about someone in London who was making craft chocolate. This struck him, as he didn’t realise you could create chocolate on a small scale. Put simply, David was fascinated by it all.

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