Missed out on event tickets?
June 22nd, 2017
If you missed out on tickets to some speedy-selling events, Georgia has some solutions.
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Second helpings
June 19th, 2017
Blogger Chris takes a look into some of the most popular returning events.
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Chef Collab Series
June 16th, 2017
Chris and Georgia get excited about the Chef Collaboration Series featuring international chefs.
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Kiwi food culture
June 15th, 2017
What is Kiwi food culture? Blogger Chris explores New Zealand cuisine as brought to life throughout this year's programme.
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Plan your Welly On a Plate weekends
June 13th, 2017
Blogger Georgia helps visitors plan the most delicious Welly On a Plate weekends.
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Visa WOAP for beginners
June 6th, 2017
Feeling overwhelmed by Visa WOAP? Blogger Georgia lays out this year's festival to help out hungry newbies.
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12 ridiculous food experiences at Visa WOAP
June 6th, 2017
Visa Wellington On a Plate blogger Georgia explores 12 of the most outrageous culinary experiences in the 2017 programme.
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Programme Highlights
June 6th, 2017
From hāngi, pints, pies to Yum Cha and miniature food - here's what Chris has picked as highlights for this year.
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Dining behind bars
June 1st, 2017
Georgia goes behind-the-scenes of Visa Wellington On a Plate's most popular event and how you can enter the ballot to buy tickets
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Crunching the numbers
May 25th, 2017
Here’s a few top line figures that are a little more saucy than your average food festival stats
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Build a Burger Welly
March 31st, 2017
This year we welcome Husk as a new restaurant to the Visa WOAP family with a delicious Dine Wellington set menu and, for the first time ever, we’re crowd sourcing their Garage Project Burger Wellington via our Facebook page. That’s right, you, the punter …
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Three Wellington products you should be eating
January 27th, 2017
Welcome back to the Visa WOAP blog! This year joining our usual blogger Chris is the beer lovin', cheese eatin' lass, Georgia. Having worked on the Festival in the past, she knows the ins and outs to bring you even more behind the scenes action. Her first …
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The 2017 Festival Awards
January 27th, 2017
You all know and love the Burger Wellington competition (much love to Garage Project for making this happen). You know, that one that runs throughout the Festival and you can score every single burger (and beer) you demolish out of 10 to determine the top 5? …
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About last week…
September 2nd, 2016
My final week of Visa Wellington On a Plate did not go as planned. With all my careful planning and mapping of the best routes between eateries, I never once expected that I’d be hospitalised for two nights for a smorgasbord of tests and procedures…
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Bun fight of the century
September 1st, 2016
If Visa Wellington on a Plate has taught me anything, it’s that burgers are serious business in Wellington. In this city, we don’t want none unless you’ve got buns, hun. Every year, we anxiously await the announcement of the Burger Wellington …
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Keep rollin’ and wobblin’
August 24th, 2016
There’s less than a week left of Visa Wellington On a Plate, so it’s munch and crunch time. Which burgers and cocktails do you really, really want to fit in before Sunday? Are there any events you’ve been putting off? With so much still to happen, …
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I love cheap thrills
August 17th, 2016
Getting out and about during Visa Wellington On a Plate doesn’t mean you have to throw cash around like you’re in a hip-hop music video. There are plenty of low-cost options that’ll let you stretch your VWOAP budget a little further. When it comes to …
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Shiny and new
August 15th, 2016
Visa Wellington On a Plate festival blogger Chris checks out what some recently-opened restaurants are serving in August.
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The chocolate revolution
August 11th, 2016
Visa Wellington On a Plate festival blogger Georgia gets stuck into craft chocolate with Wellington Chocolate Festival.
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Welcome home
August 9th, 2016
Visa Wellington On a Plate festival blogger Chris learns about the cuisines of Myanmar, Syria, Iran and Egypt thanks to Logan Brown.
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And the Festival Dish Award goes to...
August 8th, 2016
Visa Wellington On a Plate festival blogger Chris dissects the Dine Wellington finalists with chef Liz Egan.
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Rockin’ the suburbs
August 4th, 2016
Visa Wellington On a Plate festival blogger Chris checks out the best of the suburban menus from the 2016 programme.
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Beervana: Ode to hip hops
August 1st, 2016
Visa Wellington On a Plate blogger Chris talks hops, malt and yeast ahead of Beervana 2017.
MoreI’m on the veg of glory
July 15th, 2016
Imagine going out for dinner only to find that the only thing you can eat from the menu are hot chips or a side salad. It’s happened to a vegetarian friend of mine, but they just shrugged it off as one of the complications of dining out as a vegetarian. …
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