Meet | Jaimee Croot, Home Spice
Jaimee Croot started thinking about the idea for Home Spice towards the end of the last lockdown in Auckland. One of the silver linings…
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Meet The Maker | Rebecca Salmond, Odyssey Wines
Owner and winemaker of Odyssey Wines, Rebecca Salmond, is a self-described hands-on grower who makes and sells wine with great care and understands what…
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Meet the Barista | Martain Ravn
Martain Ravn became passionate about coffee while working at his local BP station. He said that making coffee was the most enjoyable aspect of…
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Meet the Manager | Stefana Patrascu, Little Blackwood
Stefana Patrascu, born in Romania and raised in Canada, had her first job at age 14 in a local bar whilst still at school….
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Meet | Kerry Heffer, Industry Cafe
Kerry Heffer was born in England, but moved to New Zealand with her family when she was nine. Her brother has always been in…
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Grape to Glass | Ngarita Warden, Bragato Research Institute
Ngarita Warden was completing a double major in microbiology and zoology at the University of Otago, where she found her passion for winemaking after…
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Meet | Keely Howe, Hot Milk Treats
Keely Howe is the owner and maker of Hot Milk Treats Chocolate Goodies, specialising in custom chocolate products in all shapes and sizes. Howe…
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Grape to Glass | Brendan Carter, Unico Zelo
Brendan Carter was lucky enough to travel overseas a fair bit as a kid, which gave him the passion to build a more prosperous…
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Meet | Rachel Hall, Lighthouse Gin
Rachel Hall is the head distiller at Lighthouse Gin, a producer of authentic spirits made with local ingredients. Lighthouse Gin is located in the…
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Meet | Alex Kirichuk, Puhoi Organic Distillery
The scenes of the 1986 Chernobyl Disaster are a long way from Puhoi, but that is exactly where you will find Alex Kirichuk. Kirichuk…
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Meet The Baker | Susanne Ingmar, Scandibunz
Owner, baker, and front of the house of Scandi, Susanne Ingmar, originates from a small town in northern Sweden. Having had a lifelong love…
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Meet The Maker | Charlotte Feehan, Abandoned Brewery
Charlotte Feehan lived right around the corner from the Garage Project Brewery in Aro Valley, Wellington, when she graduated from Victoria University with a…
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