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And that''s a wrap, folks!
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The plates have been cleared, the tables wiped down, menus have returned to daily offerings, and, hopefully, hospo teams are having a well deserved rest and are putting their feet up as Visa Welly On a Plate draws to a close for 2020.
At a time when most of the world is in a state of turmoil and experiencing lockdown restrictions, we feel extremely grateful to have been able to come together on #CommonGround to enjoy culinary delights from all over the Culinary Capital during this year''s Visa Welly On a Plate.
We want to thank you - the diners - for backing Wellington''s hospitality industry across the entire region. You got out there, supporting local and our hospitality industry in the biggest way, and it gave us such great joy to see everyone getting behind our restaurants, bars, cafes, producers and venues. We''re thankful for that, and encourage you to continue to support them all year long!
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And, lastly, the biggest thanks of all...
A very heartfelt thank you goes out to all the extremely hardworking hospitality folk who show up everyday (and often all night) to be there for you, the diners. From the produce growers, the bun bakers, the winemakers, the chefs, front of house teams, restaurant and bar owners, the cocktail makers, event organisers, the support staff, the creative minds behind interesting and exciting new culinary delights, and everyone who takes our tastebuds to the next level - we thank you!!
We hope you have enjoyed this last month, Wellington (and out-of-town visitors!). Please share your favourites, and tell us your picks in our surprise 2020 People''s Choice Awards announcement. Read on, and thanks for eating, drinking, and being so very Welly with us. ??
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Nominate your faves - the 2020 Visa Welly On a Plate People''s Choice Awards
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Surprise!! We couldn''t let the year go without some major shout outs! So we want you to tell us what you loved about the Festival over the last month...
Tell us your picks for Dine Welly, Cocktail Welly presented by Seedlip and Garage Project presents Burger Welly for the 2020 Visa Welly On a Plate People''s Choice Awards.
Nominations are now open, and close this Thursday, 5 November at 10am. The top five from each category will be announced shortly after, so stay tuned on our social channels for results!
Now for some fine print and other stuff you should know:
- We will be awarding the Top Five People''s Choice for each category in no particular order (i.e. there is no ranking of results)
- You can choose up to five for each category - if you only have only one or two picks, that''s totally fine!
- You may only enter once
- Hospitality staff are not eligible to nominate the business they work for
- Only nominate the offerings you actually tried and would recommend to others. It''s People''s Choice, after all...
Now, get nominating!
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Last Sunday night at the Felix Wellington Hospitality Awards, we were proud and honoured to receive the Outstanding Innovation of the Year Award by the Restaurant Association of New Zealand, for our initiative, At Yours by Visa Wellington On a Plate.
At Yours was a comprehensive one-stop directory of food and beverage services operating across the Greater Wellington Region offering contactless click and collect, home delivery and takeaway during Level 3 and Level 2 lockdown.
With over 420 services listed on the site, and bespoke mapping functionality that allowed users to quickly and easily see who was operating close to their location, At Yours was a simple but practical solution that connected businesses directly to the hungry dining public during a time of great uncertainty (no matter their size or marketing budget).
Our thanks goes out to our partners, Wellington NZ, for backing this initiative, as well as our talented web agency, Click Suite, for helping make it happen in record time.
The team at Wellington Culinary Events Trust wishes all Felix Awards nominees and winners a huge congratulations! In this challenging year we are so pleased to be part of this resilient and vibrant hospitality community that makes Wellington, New Zealand''s culinary capital.
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If you''ve missed out on our Wellington Food Story Speaker Series presented by Te Papa during Visa Welly On a Plate, please don''t get the FOMOs. Our friends at honeycombe podcast have kindly and conveniently popped them into a series of podcasts, which are now available on our website!
You can listen to these bite-sized chats about the capital''s unique food stories as told by our local chefs, historians and storytellers, featuring fascinating topics such as Wellington''s natural sources of kai before 1840 and its relationship with tangata whenua, the city''s first coffee baron from the Victorian era, 80s and 90s chefs from Wellington''s beginnings as a culinary destination, and more!
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Not quite ready for the good times to be over? Get yourself to Beervana at Sky Stadium, 20-21 November.
With hundreds of fresh Festival brews by New Zealand''s best breweries, as well as food collabs, music, competitions, entertainment and so much more, it''s New Zealand''s celebration of Good Beer. Tickets are on sale now!
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Visa WOAP in numbers: With more than 300 participating venues across the Greater Wellington Region, serving up more than 70 Festival Dishes for Dine Wellington, more than 70 Cocktail Wellingtons, more than 240 Garage Project presents Burger Wellington burgers, and over 130 Festival Events to enjoy, Visa Welly On a Plate is not only New Zealand''s biggest culinary festival, it''s fair to say it''s also been 2020''s most delicious month!
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