The carnivore- herbivore scale
Six Wellington on a Plate events provoking chat about meat-eating
ALL IN / MEATY
A Pig of a Day
Meet the producers of Longbush Pork on their farm, learn how to cure pork belly for pancetta and then enjoy a wine-matched three-course lunch at Greytown’s La Pancetta restaurant. Sat 12 & Sun 13 Aug, $145
Pop Goes the Weasel
In light of the government’s plans to create a predator-free New Zealand by 2050, The Larder in Miramar presents five courses of local pests (animal and plant). Tue 15 Aug, $99
Bizarre Bites: Hints of a Hen
A competition rather than a full meal: identify five different cuts of chicken while blindfolded and go in to win a bar tab and a whole lotta glory at Dragonfly restaurant. Mon 14 & Mon 21 Aug, $40
ALL OUT / VEGE
The Progressive Herbivore
Olive head chef Jamie Morgan (above) demonstrates how tasty plants can be using progressive techniques from dehydration to fermentation at this sit-down dinner. 15–17 Aug, $99
What Fat Vegans of Wellington Eat
Sweet Release cafe serves up an all-vegan menu of comfort food including plant-based fried ‘chicken’, milkshakes and cakes. Sun 13, Sun 20 & Sun 27 Aug, lunch & dinner, $45
Umami Origami
Explore the fifth taste at this four-course vegetarian and gluten-free feast at Egmont Street Eatery. Origami practice included. 21–22 Aug, $100
Unmissable signature events
Celebrating beer and coffee
Beervana
Outrageous brewery displays and beer-matched silent discos: New Zealand’s annual beer fest is out to prove that beer geeks aren’t boring once more. Fri 11 & Sat 12 Aug, Westpac Stadium, Waterloo Quay.
Meadow Fresh New Zealand Barista Championship 2017
Ogle the action as the country’s best baristas battle it out at this free, two-day coffee competition. Sat 19 Aug & Sun 20 Aug, L’affare Roastery, 102–104 Adelaide Rd, Newtown.
The international line-up
Chef collabs you won’t want to miss
Chef’s Table fans will be stoked: one of the world’s best restaurants, Attica, brings Ben Shewry’s (above left) modern Australian cuisine to Welly’s Ortega Fish Shack. Meanwhile Jenny Gao (above right) of Shanghai’s renowned Baoism joins forces with Wholesale Boot Company, and Melbourne institution Cumulus Inc. pops up at Egmont Street Eatery.
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