Every few days our bloggers will update you with reviews, tips and highlights of what they're eating, drinking and looking forward to.
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Every few days our bloggers will update you with reviews, tips and highlights of what they're eating, drinking and looking forward to.
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From French onion soup with Marmite to the humble Kiwi pie, Chris finds out what Laurent from Hippopotamus is serving up this Visa WOAP.
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Not feeling flushed with cash? Georgia has put together a guide for doing the festival on the cheap.
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It’s almost that time of year again, a chance for those of you with the necessary cast iron constitution to immerse yourselves in the world of Burger Wellington. With 123 burgers on offer this year it’s an almost Herculean task to eat your way through them…
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Catherine chats to Samuel North from Muse Eatery & Bar who know a thing or two about cooking the perfect steak - and are willing to share.
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Georgia yarns with Zibibbo's Adam Newell about raising pigs, cooking with truffles and burger taste-testing.
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Georgia goes meat-free with a vegetarian's guide to the festival.
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Chris takes a world tour through this year's festival events and menu lineups.
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Georgia goes beyond the CBD to explore the Wellington region and suburbs' best kai.
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It’s not often you get a second chance, so when it comes, grab it with both hands. These sold out events have put on extra sessions/dates, on sale 12pm, Thursday 13 July.
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Taking the idea of VWOAP events, menus, burgers and cocktails to a new level.
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From a beach party to a road trip, these food-filled events are bound to surprise, delight and inspire.
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If you missed out on tickets to some speedy-selling events, Georgia has some solutions.
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Blogger Chris takes a look into some of the most popular returning events.
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Chris and Georgia get excited about the Chef Collaboration Series featuring international chefs.
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What is Kiwi food culture? Blogger Chris explores New Zealand cuisine as brought to life throughout this year's programme.
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Blogger Georgia helps visitors plan the most delicious Welly On a Plate weekends.
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Feeling overwhelmed by Visa WOAP? Blogger Georgia lays out this year's festival to help out hungry newbies.
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Visa Wellington On a Plate blogger Georgia explores 12 of the most outrageous culinary experiences in the 2017 programme.
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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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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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Here’s a few top line figures that are a little more saucy than your average food festival stats
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Visa Wellington On a Plate festival blogger Chris checks out what some recently-opened restaurants are serving in August.
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Visa Wellington On a Plate festival blogger Georgia gets stuck into craft chocolate with Wellington Chocolate Festival.
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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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Visa Wellington On a Plate festival blogger Chris dissects the Dine Wellington finalists with chef Liz Egan.
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Visa Wellington On a Plate festival blogger Chris checks out the best of the suburban menus from the 2016 programme.
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Visa Wellington On a Plate blogger Chris talks hops, malt and yeast ahead of Beervana 2017.
MoreImagine 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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