Food

Maciej Zimny from Hippopotamus in Wellington is the newly-awarded Sommelier of the Year. Audio

Including a recipe for Mama Rosa' Polpettine. Audio

Auckland chef Geoff Scott is participating in the Living Below the Line challenge. Participants will live on $2.25 a day, the New Zealand equivalent of the global extreme poverty line, for all their… Audio

Sunday actually is the Christchurch vegetarian expo - the biggest vegetarian event in the country. Melanie Patterson is on the vegetarian society committee and joins me. Audio

Often called Europe's father of fusion cuisine. Audio

Amelia Nurse talks to chef Al Brown at his new Montreal Bagel factory and shop, Best Ugly Bagels. Audio

NZ Food awards supreme winner - Magills Meats Audio

She's been described as the hero of Tokoroa. Julie King is the heart and soul behind Love Soup, the soup kitchen that feeds more than 200 people per week. A few months ago they were told by council… Audio

Philip van der Waal owns the Penguino Ice Cream Cafe in Nelson. And he's been crafting up all sorts of new adult flavours. Audio

Mark Dickson is the co-owner of Taste Nature, an organic grocery store and eatery in Dunedin. He has a small market garden at Waititi and a home flock of chickens. The eggs for his shop are sourced… Audio

Pollination & Apiculture team leader at Plant & Food Research's Ruakura campus in Hamilton, who has trained his dog, Ollie, to sniff out underground bumble bee nests. Audio

Including her weekend wine selections. Audio

Jacob Brown of The Larder, Wellington. Including a recipe for Pickled Sardines. Audio

A greenhouse that is also a strict containment facility allows scientists to experimentally add apple genes to apple trees to speed up the breeding of new varieties Audio

On his favourite eating places. Audio

Amelia Nurse travels north of Albany to visit a Buffalo Cheese company. Audio

Look out all you Oyster lovers, new to the festival this year , free farmed oysters, these are the same variety as the Bluff Oyster, but produced sustainably in the Marlborough Sounds. From the same… Audio

Ray McVinnie, appearing at the Whitianga Scallop Festival this weekend Audio