Apple Press finalist

The Apple Press has been named as a finalist in the 2018 New Zealand Food Awards. The Hawke’s Bay’s lifestyle beverage company was given the nod for two categories: The Non-Alcoholic Beverage Award for The Apple Press JAZZ, and New Zealand Food Safety Primary Sector Products Award, also for The Apple Press JAZZ. The awards showcase the best New Zealand has to offer in the food and beverage industry and celebrate creative innovations from Kiwi food and beverage manufacturers. The awards judging panel includes celebrity judges Bite magazine’s Ray McVinnie, chef Geoff Scott, World Kitchen television host and chef Nici Wickes, and New Zealand’s only certified cicerone (beer expert), Josh Scott. The winners will be announced at a gala dinner at the SkyCity Convention Centre on October 17.