From pasture to plate
Taste Selwyn celebrates the best food grown and crafted in our region for the month of May.
Seventeen of our eateries have partnered with local producers to create dishes with fresh ingredients grown right here in Selwyn.
Indulge in a diverse array of dishes, from juicy burgers to artisanal pizzas, comforting roasts to decadent desserts, our local eateries will showcase the very best from our talented producers.
Check out a range of events from gluten free cooking demonstrations, foraging workshop and more.
Make sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram for competitions and to share your dishes with us using #tasteselwyn.
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Our Eateries
Brunch, Lunch
Dalethorpe House
Brunch, Lunch, Dinner
Helado Gelato and Coffee Garden
Lunch
Langdale Vineyard Restaurant
Brunch, Lunch, Dinner
Smoke
Lunch, Dinner
Ratana Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria
Brunch
The Silver Dollar Bar and Restaurant
Lunch, Dinner
Rossendale Weddings and Events
Lunch
The Store @ Tai Tapu
Lunch, Dinner
The Laboratory
Brunch, Lunch, Dinner
Gunyah Country Estate
Brunch, Lunch
Maddison Eatery
Brunch, Lunch
General Post
Brunch, Lunch
Café on the Green
Lunch, Dinner
Thirsty Acres
Lunch
Memory's Restaurant
Lunch
Tai Tapu Hotel
Brunch
The Famous Grouse
Upcoming Events
Mt White Station Long Lunch
Saturday, 27 April 2024
Escape into the heart of Arthur’s Pass on 27 April 2024 with an exquisite cuisine experience.
Enjoy a four-course meal at the picturesque Mount White Station,…
Urban Food Foraging Workshop
Saturday, 11 May 2024
Forage through the Darfield townships with the knowledgeable duo Peter Langlands and Jackie Phillips of Wild Capture & Wild Cuisine.
View DetailsOur Producers
Get Your Berries Direct
One of the largest blueberry growers in Canterbury, is based right here in Weedons.
Get your Berries Direct
Handy Dandy Shandy's
Shandy’s, made up of Sharon and Andy Howard, started selling sauces, oyster mushrooms, elderflower cordial, pates and pestos in 2020.
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A Little Red Farm in Hororata
What comes first, the chicken or the egg? For Dee Oliver and Brendon Albon, their chickens come first. Their small Hororata chicken farm, Little Red Farm is free-range and pasture-raised.
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Crafting Malt in Dunsandel
Gladfield Malt supplies their malt internationally, exporting to the South Pacific, China, Japan and India and have their own warehouses in Australia.
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Unearthing Selwyn's White Gold
After living in West Melton for 15 years, Lisa and Stephen were ready to explore more of what Selwyn had to offer. They never expected that their next step would be unearthing Selwyn’s white gold.
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The Bliss of Picking Blueberries
For Wendy and Don Babe, it’s not just about selling their blueberries. It’s about opening their farm gates and seeing the community enjoy the ripest blueberries from over 2,000 blueberry bushes.
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A Passion for Raw Milk
Mark is focused on being as sustainable as possible, limiting the amount of spray used and selling their raw milk in reusable glass bottles instead of plastic, saving over 240,000 one-litre plastic bottles.
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A Hauora approach to harvesting
Hauora is the Māori philosophy of health, which put into context of a berry farm, means producing delicious products in an environmentally friendly and sustainable manner.
A Hauora approach to harvesting
