Best fish and chips in South Canterbury

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One of New Zealand’s top award-winning fish and chip shops is in the South Canterbury town of Waimate.

To help identify the best fish and chips in New Zealand, we’ve drawn on many sources including which fryers have taken awards at the national Best Chip Shop competitions. These awards have run since 2006 and are a useful guide to identifying the best in the country and in each region.

Our guide to the best fish and chips in South Canterbury includes the following recommendations:

Top choice

The Naked Chip

45 Shearman St, Waimate, South Canterbury

Owners Rene Bullock and Beverley Knowles opened The Naked Chip in 2012. They stock up to seven varieties of fresh fish and Bluff oysters and whitebait when in season. And they even serve pizzas from their Italian stone oven for those who are not so keen on fish and chips.

Next best

Hassall Street Takeaways 

18 Hassall St, Parkside, Timaru

Highly commended in the regional section of the 2013 Best Chip Shops competition, a joint winner of the regional award in 2011 and a finalist in 2010.

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Where to find New Zealand’s best coffee beans

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If you fancy a cup of New Zealand’s best coffee, one of the best guides is to see which beans are revered by the people who work in the roasting industry.

The national coffee awards determine which beans are considered to be the best available for making coffee, whether you buy the beans and make it yourself or head to a café which stocks the best beans.

Auckland’s Altura Coffee won the Supreme Award at the Huhtamaki 2015-16 New Zealand Coffee Awards, the second time it has been judged the country’s best coffee roaster since the awards began in 2003.

Nearly 300 entries were entered from New Zealand Coffee roasting companies for the awards.

Altura, based at Albany on Auckland’s North Shore, won the Gold Medal in the highly competitive Flat White category, which attracted the greatest number of entries. Their Altitude coffee was launched to the New Zealand market only two weeks before the holding of the awards.

Winners at the Huhtamaki New Zealand Coffee Awards

Supreme Award

Altitude (Altura)

Category: Huhtamaki Roasted Espresso

Gold: BG (Fred Coffee)

Silver: Geisha (Inca-Fe)

Silver: Toasted blend (Bean Addicted Marketing)

Silver: FCC Organic Blend

Silver: Arrow Gold (Bean Around The World)

Silver: Fix (Fixation Coffee)

Bronze: Casa (Ebony Coffee)

Bronze: Macro Medium (Macro)

Bronze: Blizzard (Avalanche Coffee)

Bronze: Milano (Excelso Coffee)

Bronze: Max Special Blend (Max Coffee)

Bronze: Bold (Altezano Brothers)

Category: Ethically Traded

Gold: Deluxe (Karamu Espresso)

Silver: Fairtrade Organic (Santos Coffee)

Silver: Diamond Blend (Ambition Coffee)

Silver: LaLa Organic (Coffee LaLa)

Bronze: Ethiopia Washed Simado (Espresso Workshop Roastery)

Bronze: Organic (Essenza Coffee)

Bronze: Geisha (Inca-Fe)

Bronze: Deco Yirgacheffe Natural (Deco)

Bronze: Ultimate Espresso (Vivace Espresso)

Bronze: El Salvador Vista (Altezano Brothers)

Category: Foodservice Filter/Plunger

Gold: Lance’s Special Blend (Ambition Coffee)

Silver: Kidnapper’s Breakfast (Hawthorne Coffee)

Silver: Marin Estate (Inca-Fe)

Silver: San Vicente Blend (Cloud Coffee Pty Ltd)

Bronze: Gourmet (Vivace Espresso)

Bronze: Max Exotic Blend (Max Coffee)

Bronze: Jed’s (Jed’s Coffee Company)

Bronze: Jamaican Blue Mountain Style (Robert Harris)

Bronze: Volt AMP (Volt Espresso)

Category: Single Origin

Gold: Ethiopa Yirgacheffe (Story Coffee)

Silver: Kenya Rwaikamba (Coffee Lab)

Silver: Yirgacheffe Konga Sedie (Excelso Coffee)

Silver: Kenyan Kangiri (The New Zealand Coffee Company)

Silver: Nigaragua (Roma Coffee Roasters)

Bronze: Nigaragua (Karjoz Coffee)

Bronze: Nicaragua Margogype (Hawthorne Coffee)

Bronze: Rio Jorco Masl 1800+ (Cloud Coffee Pty Ltd)

Bronze: Deco Colombia El Silencio (Deco)

Category: Meadowfresh Flat White

Gold: Altitude (Altura)

Silver: Pinks Elixir (Pinks Elixir)

Silver: No. 1 House Blend (Ris’tretto Espresso)

Silver: Weta Bush Blend (Weta Coffee)

Silver: Lollibird (Story Coffee)

Bronze: Ambrosial (Meebz Coffee)

Bronze: OOH Lala (Coffee Lala)

Bronze: AA& Blend (Toasted Espresso)

Bronze: Volt Surge (Volt Espresso)

Bronze: Toasted Blend (Bean Addicted Marketing)

Bronze: Hollywood (Hollywood)

Bronze: Espresso Love (Gravity Coffee)

Category: Supermarket Plunger

Gold: Kidnapper’s Breakfast (Hawthorne Coffee)

Silver: Karajoz Genuine No. 1 Blend Plunger (Karajoz Coffee)

Silver: Marin Estate (Inca-Fe)

Silver: Guatemala (Pomeroys Coffee)

Silver: Orb Yirgacheffe (Orb Coffee)

Bronze: Dash (Caffe Prima)

Bronze: LaLa (Coffee Lala)

Bronze: Macro Medium (Macro)

Category: Organic

Gold: Suke (Excelso Coffee)

Silver: Geisha (Inca-Fe)

Silver: Costa Rica Las Latas (Espresso Workshop Roastery)

Silver: Santa Felisa 21 Brix (Coffee Lab)

Silver: Harvest Fairtrade Organic (Hawthorne Coffee)

Bronze: Vivace Fairtrade Organic (Vivace Espresso)

Bronze: Santos Organic (Santos Coffee)

Bronze: Roma Organic (Roma Coffee Roasters)

Bronze: Organic Ambition (Ambition Coffee)

Category: Supermarket Espresso

Gold: Marin Estate (Inca-fe)

Silver: Macro Medium (Macro)

Silver: Karajoz Genuine No. 1 Espresso (Karajoz Coffee)

Bronze: Max Morning Blend (Max Coffee)

Bronze: Espresso Blend (Hawthorne Coffee)

Bronze: Cuban Blend (Pomeroys Coffee)

Bronze: Arabica Gold (Robert Harris)

Bronze: Espresso (Coffee Distributors Ltd)

Source: 2015 Huhtamaki New Zealand Coffee Awards. Next awards are planned for 2017.

Best fish and chips in Otago

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Clues to help find Otago’s best fish and chip shops can be found in the national awards used to recognise those using best practice frying methods.

To help identify the best fish and chips in New Zealand, we’ve drawn on many sources including which fryers have taken awards at the national Best Chip Shop competitions. These awards have run since 2006 and are a useful guide to identifying the best in the country and in each region.

Our guide to the best fish and chips in Otago includes the following recommendations:

Top choice

Ric’s Galley Fish and Chips

1 Harrington Point Road, Portobello, Dunedin

Highly commended in the regional section of the Best Chip Shops competition in 2013, and a co-winner of the regional title in 2011. Also won the regional title in 2009.

Next best (not in order)

Golden Cobweb Restaurant

55 Tarbert St, Alexandra

Co-winner of the regional Best Chip Shop award in 2011.

Mornington Takeaways

3 Mailer St, Mornington, Dunedin

Highly commended in the regional section of the Best Chip Shop competition in 2011.

Our guide to the best fish and chip shops in New Zealand

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Best fish and chips in Christchurch

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Cantabrians are as one-eyed about their fish and chips as they are about their rugby, if the social media pages are anything to go by. 

Everyone seems to have their favourite; opinions are often divided. But it’s clear they love their fish and chips.

To help identify the best fish and chips in New Zealand, we’ve drawn on many sources including which fryers have taken awards at the national Best Chip Shop competitions. These awards have run since 2006 and are a useful guide to identifying the best in the country and in each region.

Our guide to the best fish and chips in Christchurch includes:

Top choice

Gourmet Seafoods Shirley

205 Hills Rd, Shirley, Christchurch

This fish and chip shop offers a wide range including deep fried, specialty seafood including a fishermen’s basket and meal deals. Highly commended in the regional section of the 2013 Best Chip Shop competition.

Alternatives

Avenues Magazine came up with its own list of favourite Christchurch chippies in 2014:

Top choice

Ilam Seafoods

211A Waimairi Rd, Ilam 

Next best (not in order)

Cracroft Fresh Fried

148 Cashmere Rd, Cracroft

Red Snapper Seafoods

25 Wakefield Ave, Sumner

Redcliffs Fish and Chips

99 Main Rd, Redcliffs

Seaview Road Fisheries

108 Seaview Rd, New Brighton

Our guide to the best fish and chip shops in New Zealand

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