QUEENSTOWN MEAT BUSINESS FLYING HIGH
A STELLAR year of growth and recognition on a national scale has seen a Queenstown-based meat business go from strength to strength.
Zamora The Meat Preachers’ is flying high after a record year for its retail and wholesale operations, helped by a loyal customer base and two prestigious gold awards.
South American-born directors Matias Mautone and Nicolas Karlsson launched Zamora in 2010 with a simple objective: recreate the homemade food which they enjoyed with their families growing up.
They both saw the opportunity to combine traditional South American and European recipes and techniques with fine New Zealand ingredients sourced from South Island producers.
Zamora’s pork and sage sausage took home gold in the traditional category at Devro’s Great New Zealand Sausage Competition last October, while their crafted smoke porchetta received a gold medal in the innovative category at the 2017 New Zealand Pork, Bacon and Ham Awards.
At their local deli shop in Queenstown they’ve also been getting rave reviews for their daily-changing lunch menu.
Their wholesale business sees them supply an ever-increasing list of discerning restaurants and awardwinning cafés, and likewise their catering arm for events, weddings and corporate functions.
In seven years they’ve grown to a team of eight – the two directors, five ‘ meat preachers’ and an accountant, and business has experienced exponential growth year-on-year.