Brands/Exhibitors
Exhibitor applications are invited from the following:
BBQs and accessory specialists – Breweries – Restaurants – Cafes – Food Trucks – General Stalls – Beverages – Organic/Vegan operators – Catering Companies.
A great opportunity for cuisine related businesses to showcase or launch products.
Benefits
This is a fantastic opportunity to:
* Showcase your business
* Expand your client base
* Network with other businesses
* Get brand exposure
* Stimulate sales coming into a busy time of the year
* Introduce new brands or products
* Marketing & Promotional Yield
* Stand name and or cuisine dishes listed in official programme – distributed to each attendee on entry as well as sponsors, media
* Listing on Battle of the BBQs website stallholders page
* Specialty dishes will feature in media articles, press and magazine – local, national print
* Gain brand or product exposure through the Battle of the BBQs Facebook Page
* Featured on the Instagram page
* Sponsorship packages available, please contact us to discuss further
Brands/exhibitors
Major Sponsors
Rum and Que spung to life at New Zealand’s first BBQ Competition – Meatstock 2016. A bunch of mates that loved food, flavour and the chance to try their hand at something new. Armed with homemade rubs and sauces we immersed ourselves into a scene like no other.
Read more about Rum and Que
Fast forward to today, Rum and Que has evolved into a family run business. Staying true to our beginnings, we’ve hung on to our flavours and continued to create and perfect a range of products we are proud to have on shelves and in the hands of competition teams and fellow food lovers to enjoy as much as we do.
For us BBQ means family, a BBQ family that we absolutely love being part of.
Culley’s – named after owner and founder Chris Cullen, a playful nickname now crafting its way as a household brand around the globe.
As an ex-chef, Chris’ creativity is endless. Chris’ boundless enthusiasm and drive is what will see Culley’s continue to challenge and make their mark on the world hot sauce stage.
Our trailer has a commercial kitchen in and is family owned and operated. Operating primarily at the Auckland Night Markets but we are also available to do private functions.
Here at Texanz BBQ we are huge barbecue enthusiasts and have researched the biggest Texan flavours by visiting the biggest bbq joints in Texas. Travelling from the DFW area to Corpus Christi and everywhere in between. We believe we have captured the taste of Texas barbecue in our rubs for you to take home.
BBQ Equipment
Since the 1980’s, Aber Living has brought New Zealanders products that make living better! Distributing charcoal related brands Heat Beads, Charmate, Masterbuilt, Oklahoma Joe’s and Kamado Joe, Aber Living is constantly reading the trends and adapting to the ever changing outdoor demands of New Zealanders. Whether you prefer a traditional charcoal barbecue or want to try something more high tech, Aber Living has a product to suit your needs.
Craft beer
Panhead is New Zealand’s very own craft brewing monster truck rally, putting the frighteners on anyone who thinks beer should mind its own business and cower behind the wine rack. Launched in 2013 out of the old Dunlop tyre factory in darkest Maidstone, we were embraced enthusiastically from the get-go by Wellington’s beer cognoscenti of beardy app developers, design grads and contractors from the Ministry of Social Development
Little Creatures was originally brewed in Australia in 2000 by a bunch of mates who loved hoppy pale ales, so decided to brew one themselves. A huge shed (and former crocodile farm) on the water’s edge in Freemantle was to become the home of this beer and the birthplace of Little Creatures Brewing Co.
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It has since grown to the most successful craft brewery in Australia and is now brewed in Melbourne, Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, San Francisco and London. Little Creatures gets its name from the live yeast cultures present in the beer – affectionately known by brewers as ‘Little Creatures’, which is what gives the pale ale its distinctive cloudy appearance and unique flavour.
Hobsonville Point
Little Creatures Hobsonville Point opened in February this year. Housed in an historic seaplane hangar, built in 1939 to house TEAL’s giant Seaplanes and overlooking the Hauraki Gulf, it offers a range of Aus favourites and NZ Limited releases brewed on site. There are three dining options including, the main Little Creatures dining hall, Salty’s Fish n Chips and Kittyhawk Cocktail and Wine Bar.
And now we have our 1st Little Creatures ‘Outpost’ in the beautiful Bay of Plenty. Located in the new Bayfair Shopping Centre’s ‘Dine’ precinct; The Freeport Tavern offers all the classic Little Creatures styles, as well as some limited release options fresh from our brewery at Hobsonville Point.
Slab Brewing brew our beer in the Bay of Plenty with big flavours on a tiny brew system, chuck it in big ass cans, and it’s enjoyed by the local Tauranga community. They don’t filter their beer, and it contains no artificial flavours, preservatives or animal products – she’s all natural baby!
Wine
EXPRESSIVE WINES THAT LET NATURE’S INFLUENCE SHINE THROUGH
The ultimate expression of our minimal-intervention winemaking philosophy, Stoneleigh Wild Valley is crafted using fruit picked at optimum ripeness and is wild fermented by the micro-flora that occur naturally in the Rapaura environment.
Mills Reef Winery was established in 1989 by the Preston family.
Through commitment and dedication to excellence, the Mills Reef brand has established itself as one of New Zealand’s premium labels with a particular reputation for outstanding Bordeaux varietal reds and Syrah and exceptional Chardonnay.
Read more about Mills Reef Winery
Mills Reef Wines are produced from superior grapes grown in the Hawkes Bay region, they are hand crafted by our winemaking team in Tauranga,
New Zealand, employing 100% sustainable practices throughout the winemaking process, from vine to glass.
We look forward to serving some stunning wines at Tauranga’s newest Food, Wine and Music Festival. See you there!