Horowhenua Taste Trail
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Experience Horowhenua’s tastiest event - the Horowhenua Taste Trail - showcasing 13 Horowhenua specialist food producers.

The 13 producers on the Trail grow and craft a variety of excellent food, drink and produce, and include Turk’s, Lewis Farms, I &G Silver Olive Oil, Bagrie Dairy Farm, The Baked Dane, Waikawa Fresh, The Ultimate Egg, Genoese Pesto, Thoroughbread Foods, Woodhaven Gardens, Soul Sisters Kombucha, Ōhau Wines and Ohau Gourmet Mushrooms.

​The Taste Trail is a unique experience where producers open their doors and provide you with an opportunity to experience the paddock to plate journey, see how your food is produced and then enjoy it directly at the source. It’s a foodies dream, with five cafes and restaurants partnering with producers to serve the freshest, finest local produce through five signature dishes: our Horowhenua Taster Plates.
 
Along the way you’ll have a chance to purchase other tasty treats and stock up on fresh produce.

Ticket Information

Join us for the 4th annual Horowhenua Taste Trail on Saturday 23 November 10am - 4pm. We have a variety of ticket options to suit all appetites. We will not be selling any tickets on the day, so you need to pre-purchase if you don’t want to miss out!
 Mains Tickets
For all the foodies out there, this option allows you to take your own vehicle and go at your own pace while enjoying the Taste Trail produce in its finest form. Includes entry into all seven sites and our five Horowhenua Taster Plates, or for under 12 years, a Taste Trail Lunchbox. 
  • Over 12 years - $60
  • 12 years and under - $20​

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Entry Tickets
Take your own vehicle and go at your own pace. Enjoy the Taste Trail your way, with this entry only ticket. Food an additional cost on the day.
  • ​​Over 12 years - $20
  • ​5-12 Years - $5
  • 5 years and under - FREE​

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Deluxe Ticket 
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A bus tour from your chosen location. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the Horowhenua Taste Trail in style. Join the VIP day out with a tour guide, visits to selected sites, four Horowhenua Taster Plates, wine tasting, entry to a Savour Event, and a must have Horowhenua Taste Trail Market Bag.
  • $100 - $150 dependent on tour start point​
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Taste Trail Tip - For the best value Horowhenua Taste Trail experience, purchase a Mains Ticket where your five Taster Plates are already included
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Passionate foodies can extend your Taste Trail experience and sign up for a series of Savour Events to wrap around their day. Get in early as places at Savour Events are strictly limited.
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Horowhenua Long Table Dinner
Friday 22 November | 6-10pm 
Te Takeretanga o Kura-hau-pō, Levin
$80| Includes cocktail on arrival, canapes and two course dinner | Cocktail dress.
A long table dinner prepared prepared by Chef Tom
Hutchison of Wellington’s culinary institution Capitol
Restaurant. T
his fine dining experience will feature the best of Horowhenua produce. 
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Classic Breakfast by Capitol Restaurant 
Saturday 23 November | 8.15am – 9:45am
Genoese Pesto, Levin  
Tickets: $30 | Includes breakfast, a glass of orange juice or freshly brewed filter coffee, a chat with the owners, and a private tour.
Capitol’s Head Chef Tom Hutchison will be plating up a real Horowhenua treat! Genoese Basil Pesto and poached eggs, on a potato and gourmet mushroom rosti, with mushrooms from Ohau’s newest producer. ​
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Breakfast & Bubbles
Saturday 23 November | 8.15am – 9.45am 
Lewis Farms, Poroutawhao

$35 | Breakfast by Ocean Beach Eatery and a glass of bubbles (or juice) and a private tour.
Alternate drop of Tendertips Asparagus, creamy leeks, spinach, ricotta and baked egg, with toasted bread or a quinoa porridge with honey balsamic, Lewis Farms strawberries and toasted hazelnuts. Enjoy a glass of bubbles with your breakfast.
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Breakfast at the Farm by Artisan Kitchen
Saturday 23 November |  8.15am – 9:45am
Bagrie Dairy Farm, Waiterere   
Tickets: $30 | Includes a shared style breakfast, a natural flavoured milk, and a meet and greet with the farmer.
Savour in shared plates of buttermilk pancakes with strawberries, rosemary honey & whipped vanilla cream; French toast with strawberry compote; and chia pudding with honey and strawberries.
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Taste Trail Happy Hour | Finish the day off in style at one of our two happy hours 
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Happy Hour at Lewis Farms 
Saturday 23 November | 4.00pm – 5:30pm
Lewis Farms, Poroutawhao
​Tickets: $25 | Includes a cocktail & spit roast roll.
Kick back with a strawberry gin cocktail or an asparagus inspired Martini, at the Ocean Beach Eatery Bar at Lewis Farms. Tuck into a slow roasted spit roast pork roll, with grilled asparagus and hollandaise. 

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Happy Hour at Genoese Pesto 
Saturday 23 November | 4.00pm – 5:30pm
Genoese Pesto, Levin |
Tickets: $30 | Includes two beers and pizza.
Woodfired pizzas, beer and cocktails… the perfect way to wind down after a busy day adventuring. Sit back and relax under the trees at Genoese Pesto, as Capitol stoke the woodfired pizza oven. Delight in a basil, strawberry & vodka spritzer cocktail, or a Greek basil & lemon soda, as margherita pizzas are served around. 
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COMBO  Experience all that is on offer by purchasing  a range of events and save.
Buy any Mains Ticket and Savour Events and use the code COMBO to receive 15% discount at checkout.
Valid when buying Mains and Savour Events together.
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