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New Heritage Meat butchery brings a taste of provenance to Taupō

Taupō’s newest butchery, Heritage Meat, is rewriting the script for how we think about and buy meat. This isn’t just a place to pick up dinner - it’s about understanding the provenance, passion, and people behind every cut.For owner Huw Taylor, a Taupō local with deep Welsh roots, food has always been his passion. A self-described foodie, Huw has lived in New Zealand for more than 27 years, drawing on both his heritage and his love for culinary storytelling to create something truly spec...

Heritage Vintage Beef - The Inspiration

Nestled in the Basque Hills, between Bilbao and San Sebastian is Asador Extebarri, home to master chef Victor Argunzoniz (pictured).Argunzoniz cooks his entire menu exclusively over fire, on grills he designed himself. He is the true master of this craft. Every course is touched by either the heat, flame or smoke created from a variety of woods, sometimes all three.He has been celebrated by his global chef peers, bestowed with the Estrella Damm Chefs Choice Award in 2021. Asador Extebarri itself...

Celebrate the burger!

My first exposure to the flavour profile of the Galician style of beef we have now introduced to New Zealand was …….MINCE!Fair to say, it was a life-changing experience. Nearly twenty years later, the dream of introducing Kiwi foodies to meat from impeccably farmed older animals, that chefs across the globe consider to be truly exceptional, has become a reality. Our premium steak cuts can now be found in some of New Zealand’s very best restaurants and luxury lodges, and in the arsenal of s...