The industry voted awards included 11 categories from best barista to rising star, local food hero to best restaurant.
WFI’s Projects and Event Manager, Julia Clarke was in charge of pulling the awards and night off with just six weeks’ notice and says “we are so proud of the Waikato hospitality community, not just how resilient they have been this year but how generous they are. Just 24 hours after putting the call out for sponsors we had filled every category and new we could pull this off.
And pull it off they did! Sky City Hamilton played host while food trucks from the Food Truck League provided the food. MC’s Camille and Stu from The Breeze entertained and kept the crowd in suspense as the awards were announced before a DJ kicked off and the party really got started.