Back for its sixth year Waikato Food Inc’s 2021 Tino Reka te Kai Matariki Dish Challenge once again put the Waikato and New Zealand cuisine on the map. 

The judges ate their way round all our entries and found the finalists – Gothenburg, Hayes Common, Furnace and Restaurant on Alma, which were all re judged to determine our winner –

HAYES COMMON, with their dish Rimurapa Kahawai.

Our People’s Choice winner, as voted by the public was –

GOTHENBURG
Read more about both our winners here

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