Announcing the Puhoi Valley People’s Choice Award regional winners

Kiwis have voted, the results are in and the regional winners of the Puhoi Valley People’s Choice Award are to be congratulated. 

The People’s Choice regional awards are part of the 2017 Meadow Fresh New Zealand Café of the Year awards and recognise the most popular café in each competition region, determined by the highest number of customer votes. 

The 2017 Puhoi Valley People’s Choice Award regional winners are: 

Upper North Island region | Surf Shack, 123 Emerton Road, Waihi Beach 

Auckland region | Calendula Cottage Café, 12 Collie Road, Glenbrook 

Lower North Island region | Catching Pen Café, 78 High Street, Dannevirke 

Wellington region | Sweet Vanilla Kitchen, 49 Pretoria Street, Lower Hutt 

Christchurch region | Arabica Licensed Café, 36 McMillian Street, Methven 

South Island region | Jester House, 320 Aporo Road, Tasman 

These local cafés have won their regional crown. The café with the highest number of votes in the country overall will receive the National Puhoi Valley People’s Choice Award at an event held in Auckland, February 2017. 

“We are proud to sponsor this award, congratulations to the café owners and staff for their success,” says Melanie Bayes, Puhoi Valley Marketing Manager. 

For the fifth year running, the 2017 Meadow Fresh New Zealand Café of the Year Awards highlight the diverse, the delicious and the most delightful of our great NZ café culture, shining a light on outstanding cafés across the nation. Additional categories include the Hellers Classic Kiwi, Hellman’s Best Suburban, Tucker’s Ridge Pies Best Rural and Tararua Best Metro/CBD. Stay tuned for the announcement of the Regional Winners of these awards later this month.