Food and Beverage

Wellington is firmly established as the cuisine capital of New Zealand.

Our Food and Beverage sector consistently punches above its weight with businesses winning national awards year after year for innovation and quality.

Grow Wellington’s role is to support industry projects and encourage collaboration to ensure the region’s wine and food has a reputation on the international stage for being world leading.

Globally regionality is king. Traceability, sustainability, food miles, safety and fair trade are the buzz words of the industry. So too are words such as functional foods and nutraceuticals, in short people are demanding quality food products that are produced sustainably, provide health benefits and most importantly are safe to consume.

From an economic perspective, adding value to New Zealand primary products is the key to enhanced development within the Food and Beverage sector.

Wellington specifically is increasingly becoming known for quality, innovative, value added food and beverage products and services.

This presents a huge opportunity for the Wellington food and beverage industry.

In a first of its kind in New Zealand, Grow Wellington has launched a one stop shop to help restaurants source the range and variety of produce and suppliers in the region including wineries, the Wellington Food Database. Check it out here.