Cuisine (magazine)

Cuisine

May 2008 issue
Editor Sarah Nicholson
Categories Food and Wine
Frequency Bi-monthly
Publisher Fairfax Media
Year founded 1986 (1986)

Cuisine is a bi-monthly food and wine magazine published in New Zealand. It began publication in 1986, and has also existed in website form since December 2000.

The magazine features recipes, restaurant reviews, wine reviews and travel features. Annual promotions includeCuisine Restaurant of the Year awards and the Cuisine Artisan Awards.

Cuisine has won multiple awards including best food magazine at the Gourmet Voice World Media Awards in 2006, and best food magazine at the 2007 Le Cordon Bleu Food Media Awards.

History

Cuisine was originally started by Hamish Allison, then brought by Julie Dalzell in 1986 and was the first New Zealand magazine devoted to food and wine. In 2001 it was bought by INL who was then in turn bought by the current publisher Fairfax Media. Sarah Nicholson is the current editor.

Cuisine Restaurant of the Year awards

In 2004 Cuisine developed a New Zealand restaurant competition. The awards are sponsored by Mercedes-Benz.

2011 Results

2010 Results

2009 Results

2008 Results

2007 Results

2006 Results

2005 Results

Cuisine Artisan Awards

In September 2008 Cuisine started the Cuisine Artisan Awards.

The awards are open to small-scale producers of foodstuffs other than Cheese, Wine, Olive Oil, Beer and Coffee. Entrants must have been in business for 12 month so that there is proven commercial success.

2011 Supreme Winner

2011 Runners-up

2011 Finalists

Close favourites

2010 Supreme Winner

2010 Runners-up

2010 Finalists

2009 Supreme Winner

2009 Runner Up

2009 Finalists

Wither Hills wine controversy

In 2006, Wither Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2006 was stripped of its five-star rating by Cuisine after scientific tests by the Institute of Environmental Science and Research revealed that the wine submitted for review was not the same as that available in shops. The magazine's wine critic, Michael Cooper, said he was told that the magazine's publishers, Fairfax Media, would not be making public the reason for the reversal. He then went to the New Zealand Herald with the story, and his contract, which was to come to an end the following year, was terminated early.

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