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We provide a range of menus for Starters, Spitroasts, BBQs, Desserts, Suppers and Packages, as well as special menus for Breakfasts, Picnics, Lunches, Afternoon Teas, Christmas Day and corporate catering.
On each menu page you can read the menus or download printable menus (PDF, 740KB), then make a booking via this website or through the booking form at the end of the PDF menu.
Either scroll down this page to view all the main menus in one set, or click on these buttons to view specific menus.
(Minimum - 20 people- all prices are per person)
 
All starter platters are presented on our rimu trays and
are available 1 hour prior to your main (other times by
arrangement). DIY platters are presented on our custom made cardboard trays. Ask about having your food presented on our white
platters and/or served as a table buffet.
Kebab and finger food platter $12.95
Served 1½ hours prior to Main
Selection of tasty kababs including:
- Prawn kebabs
- Pork yakatori with ginger soy dip
- Lamb kababs with yogurt dip
- Mountain wraps filled with smoked chicken, salad and sun-dried tomato cream cheese
- Smoked salmon and caper tartlets
- Pepperdews filled with feta and lemon
Celebration platter $10.95
- Gourmet club sandwiches
- Mountain wraps filled with smoked chicken,
salad and sun-dried tomato cream cheese
- Smoked salmon pinwheels
- Shrimp cocktail tartlets
- Triple cheese filo (v)
- Salami and blue cheese rolls
- Beef and gherkin rolls
Design your own platter (POA)
- Select the items you want and we will price it for you
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Finger food platter $9.50
- Smoked salmon pinwheel sandwiches
- Pepperdews filled with feta and lemon
- Mountain wraps filled with smoked chicken,
salad and sun-dried tomato cream cheese
- Salami and blue cheese rolls
- Beef and gherkin rolls
Sandwich platter $6.95
- Assorted club sandwiches
- Mountain wraps filled with smoked chicken,
salad and sun-dried tomato cream cheese
- Smoked salmon and caper pinwheels
Antipasto platters $5.95
Our sumptuous platters for your guests to enjoy
including . . . a selection of gourmet breads, home
made dips and spreads, vegetable batons, sun-dried
tomatoes, olives, pickled onions and cheeses (v)
Gourmet breads and Spreads $4.95
Breads including: Ciabata, Foccacia and Walnut bread served as a table buffet with our homemade dips and spreads
Risottos, soups, salads and terrines available now! Our team of chefs can custom-make
a huge variety of soups and entrees for your
event. Enquire now for more details.
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(Minimum: 40 people - all prices are per person)
 
DIY (cold) $15.00 / Serviced Buffet $19.95
(Served as a buffet with side plates and forks)
1 - 1½ hours of buffet service time is included. On-site heating facilities are required for this menu.
Chilled platters
- Assorted club sandwiches
- Mountain wraps filled with smoked chicken, salad
and sun-dried tomato cream cheese
- Triple cheese and onion tartlets
- Blini topped with pumpkin and feta cheese
Hot nibbles
- Mini spring roll and samosa with sweet chilli sauce
- Assorted savouries
- Baked prawn toast
- Pork, garlic and chive dumplings with soy dipping sauce
And either
- Hot Manuka smoked ham on the bone with fresh bread roll, mustard and relish
- Or select 3 items from the cocktails and canapé menu
DIY $8.95 (packed cold for you to heat at your venue)
Serviced buffet- available by arrangement
- Assorted savouries
- Open ploughman sandwich
- Assorted club sandwiches
- Pinwheel sandwiches
- Prawn pastry puffs with dipping sauce
- Mini spring rolls
- Samosa with sweet chilli sauce
DIY $6.50 (packed cold for you to heat at your venue)
Serviced buffet- available by arrangement
- Assorted club sandwiches
- Assorted savouries
- Mini quiche
- Mini spring roll, sweet chilli sauce
- Mini samosa, sweet chilli sauce
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DIY (cold) 21.95 / Serviced $29.95
The food is presented on our white platters and handed
around to you and your guests for approx 2 hours. On-site heating facilities are required for this menu.
Select 14 items from the following lists:
Hot items (max 7 hot items)
- Bacon and brie quiche
- Prawn pastry puffs with dipping sauce
- Assorted petit savouries
- Real battered fish bites with our aioli dip
- Mini spring rolls and samosa with spiced dipping sauce
- Vegetarian money bags
- Field mushroom and capsicum vol-au-vent
- Crumbed prawn cutlets with caper mayonnaise
- Mini chicken kebabs
- Baked prawn toasts
- Lamb meatballs with yoghurt dipping sauce
- Pork meatballs with ginger and sesame dipping sauce
- Pork, garlic and chive dumplings with soy dipping sauce
- Aged ribeye on French bread with onion marmalade
- Swiss button mushrooms filled with Grana Padana cheese and fresh parsley
Chilled items
- Blini topped with pumpkin and feta cheese
- Open ploughman‘s sandwich
- Prosciutto wrapped asparagus spears
- Gourmet club sandwiches
- Smoked salmon pinwheels
- Smoked salmon and caper tartlets
- Triple cheese and onion tartlets
- Salami and blue cheese bites
- Roast Beef and gherkin rolls
- Sushi with wasabi, pickled ginger and soy
- Chilled prawn kebabs with coriander, lime and chilli
- Mountain wraps filled with smoked chicken, salad
and sun-dried tomato cream cheese
- Island style tuna with coconut cream, lime and chilli
- Soy marinated tuna with soy, mirin and pickled ginger
- Peppadews filled with feta and lemon
- Crisp tofu pockets filled with blue cheese and caramelised onion
- Chilled chicken and pesto roulade on herb polenta
- Shrimp cocktail tartlets
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Minimum: 20 people for DIY, 40 people for serviced
(smaller numbers by arrangement)
 
DIY $28.50 / Serviced Buffet $35.95
Select any 5 mains from the list below.
Select any 8 from our Salad & Vegetable selection.
Served with gourmet potatoes tossed in herb butter, a
variety of freshly baked breads, condiments and
gravy.
Mains
- Turkey with traditional herb stuffing with
cranberry sauce
- Venison wrapped in streaky bacon, served with
red currant jelly
- Whole Ribeye with black pepper and horseradish
- Smoky whole porterhouse with our own aioli
- Pork loin with apricot and cashew nut stuffing
- Chicken breasts rolled with mushrooms, sundried
tomato, and bacon
- Manuka smoked ham with wholegrain mustard
- Prime quality beef rump, American pepper
and wholegrain mustard
- Roasted pork with crackling and applesauce
- Semi boneless chicken filled with traditional
seasoning
- New Zealand lamb (hogget) with garlic mint
rub and mint jelly
- Char-grilled vegetable terrine baked in a rich
tomato sauce (v)
- Mushroom and cashew nut loaf with tomato
and tarragon sauce (v)
- Seafood platter: smoked salmon, marinated
calamari, mussels in the half shell, marinated
mussels, shrimp and surimi cocktail
Salad and Vegetable selection
(min 4 salads, max 4 hot vegetables)
- Thai noodle salad, dressed with chilli and lime
- Fresh tomato, mozzarella, red onion,& basil with
balsamic dressing (v)
- Shrimp and surimi pasta salad
- Caesar salad
- Greek salad (v)
- Rice salad, marinated with soy and mushrooms (v)
- Roast vegetables, aioli, & toasted sesame
seeds (v)
- Mesclun salad (v)
- Kumara and bacon salad
- Broccoli, toasted almond and red pepper (v)
- Roast carrot & watercress salad with saffron
mayo (v)
- Cous cous with lemon, almonds, olives,
capsicum, and dried apricot (v)
- Mediterranean pasta salad with olives, sundried
tomatoes and peppers (v)
- Potato salad with capsicum yoghurt and chives (v)
- Baby beetroot in red onion vinaigrette (v)
- Mild curried egg salad (v)
- Country style coleslaw (v)
- Pickled vegetable salad (v)
Hot vegetables (v)
- Minted peas - Glazed carrots
- Roast pumpkin - Green beans
- Steamed corn - Cauliflower cheese
(v) – vegetarian
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DIY $23.50 / Serviced Buffet $28.50
- Roasted whole beef rump with American
pepper and wholegrain mustard
- New Zealand lamb (hogget) with garlic mint
rub and mint jelly
- Manuka smoked ham with wholegrain mustard
- Semi boned chicken with traditional seasoning
Served with gourmet potatoes tossed in herb butter,
fresh bread rolls, gravy and condiments
Gourmet salads
- Mesclun salad (v)
- Kumara and bacon salad
- Pickled vegetable salad (v)
- Potato salad with capsicum, sour cream and chives (v)
- Roast carrot & watercress salad, saffron mayo (v)
- Couscous salad with lemon, almonds, olives and capsicum, and dried apricot (v)
- Or swap in any salad from the Kiwi Spitroast
Free Swap!
Replace any of the meats in the gourmet main for Roasted Pork with
Crackling and apple sauce
Winter specia (May-Aug)
Replace any salad for hot peas and
carrots at no additional charge (v)
DIY $19.50 / Serviced Buffet $24.95
- Roast pork with crackling and apple sauce
- Roast whole beef rump with American pepper
and wholegrain mustard
- Semi boneless chicken with traditional
seasoning
Kiwi salads
- Mild curried egg salad (v)
- Potato salad with capsicum, sour cream and chives (v)
- Baby beetroot in red onion vinaigrette (v)
- Mediterranean pasta salad with olives, sundried tomatoes and peppers (v)
- Country style coleslaw (v)
- Pickled vegetable salad (v)
Served with gourmet potatoes tossed in herb butter,
French bread, gravy and condiments
DIY $12.95 (Minimum 20 people)
Serviced buffet – available by arrangement
- Roast pork – moist and succulent.
- New Zealand lamb (hogget) with garlic and
mint rub
Served with fresh long rolls (2 each) with country style
coleslaw, hot gravy, apple sauce and minted mayo.
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We always provide enough food with our catered menus. These options are great for your day-after party, casual get together, or just a great way of keeping your workload down at your next dinner party.
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DIY $250 (approx 10kg ham)
- Glazed with our orange and star anise glaze
- Package hot - ready for you to carve and serve
- Will feed 30-80 people
Ask about our bread roll and pickle range to serve with your hot ham.
DIY from $595.
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DIY $485 (approx 25-30kg lamb)
- Cooked on the spit at your place
- We provide the spit (and gas), the lamb, deliver it all and set it up
- You cook, You carve, you Serve
- Will feed 20-50 people
- We pick up the spit the next day, take it away and clean it
Ask about our gourmet salads and breads to complete your meal
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(DIY catering: 20 people minimum. Serviced BBQ catering minimum: 40 people.
Smaller groups by arrangement.)
 
DIY $26.50 / Serviced Buffet $36.50
Select 8 salads or hot vegetables from the
Connoisseurs Spit roast selections.
Select 5 mains from the following list:
(Minimum of one from each section)
Served with gourmet potatoes tossed in herb butter,
Varity of fresh bread, BBQ sauce and tomato sauce.
Whole joints finished on the BBQ at your place
- Butterfly lamb legs, rosemary, mint and garlic
- Porterhouse - prime quality beef cut cooked whole
- Manuka smoked ham
Smaller cuts cooked at your place
- Lamb sausages with a touch of mint
- Bratwurst sausages
- Chicken breast fillets with Skippers canyon
seasoning (a mild Cajun)
- Portobello mushrooms with sun-dried tomato
butter (v)
- Sirloin steaks with our Hurunui seasoning
- Tuna steaks, subject to availability. Cooked with our Kaikoura seasoning and served with fresh lemon
- Twice cooked pork belly, marinated and slow baked then sliced and BBQ'd with our BBQ sauce
- Marinated lamb chops finished with Mackenzie blend seasoning
- Half shell mussels, finished with our Thai vinaigrette
- Marinated scallops lightly marinated and seasoned with our famous Kaikoura salt
- Prawn kebabs, lightly marinated
- Lamb kebabs, tandori marinade
- Salmon fillet, lightly marinated and seasoned with our famous Kaikoura salt
- Seafood platter: smoked salmon, marinated calamari, marinated mussels, shrimp and surimi
cocktail.
For our DIY Spitroasts we prepare and cook all the hot foods
at our premises. We then package these in foil trays and into
insulated boxes. All cold foods are packed into presentable
disposable bowls and platters and packed into a returnable
insulated box with the appropriate condiments and our napkins.
For our DIY BBQs we cook all the large cuts of meat at our
premises on our bbq. We then package these in foil trays and into
returnable insulated boxes with the hot potatoes and any hot
vegetables required. All the smaller cuts of meat are packed into
plastic bags – seasoned and lightly oiled ready for you to cook on
your bbq. All our homemade salads are packed into presentable
disposable “clamshell” type containers and then packed into a
returnable insulated box with the appropriate condiments and our
napkins.
DIY suppers and starters are all packaged in disposable
platters and boxes. All foods are packed into returnable insulated
boxes. Suppers are best served within 2 hours of your pick-up
time and consumed within 1 hour of serving. Foods that require
heating are chilled and packed into a combination of oven ready
foil trays and cardboard trays, then into insulated boxes.
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DIY $21.95 / Serviced Buffet $29.50
Mains
- Butterfly lamb legs, rubbed with rosemary, mint and garlic salt
- Marinated rump steaks
- Chicken breast fillets, with our special marinade
- Lamb sausages, seriously good
- Prawn kebabs, lightly marinated
Traditional Salads
- Mesclun salad (v)
- Kumara and bacon salad
- Potato salad with capsicum, sour cream and chives (v)
- Roast carrot & watercress salad, saffron mayo (v)
- Couscous salad with lemon, almonds, olives, capsicum, and dried apricot
- Pickled vegetable salad
- Or swap in any salad from the Original BBQ
Gourmet potatoes tossed in herb butter,
Fresh bread, mint jelly, BBQ and tomato sauce
DIY $16.95 / Serviced Buffet $25.95
Mains
- Marinated lamb chops
- Seriously good sausages
- Twice cooked pork strips
- Marinated rump steaks
Original Salads
- Potato salad with capsicum, sour cream and chives (v)
- Baby beetroot in red onion vinaigrette (v)
- Mild curried egg salad (v)
- Country style coleslaw (v)
- Pickled vegetable salad
- Mediterranean pasta salad with olives, sundried tomatoes and peppers (v)
Fresh bread, BBQ and tomato sauce.
Gourmet potatoes tossed in herb butter are provided for the serviced option only on this menu.
For all of our serviced buffets we provide uniformed and professional staff. We also provide the buffet table and table
cloth, crockery, cutlery, utensils and all catering equipment
required to present and serve your meal to our high standards.
For spitroast meals we arrive approx 1 hour prior to your main
course. For BBQs we arrive up to 2.5 hours prior to your main
course. For suppers we arrive approx 15 min prior to your eating
time.
We have a full range of hire equipment available including cutlery, crockery, glassware, spitroasts, hangi, tables, chairs, linen and more .... Details »
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(Serviced buffet, Minimum 30 people. All prices are per person)
 
To start (handed around to you and your guests up to 1 hour prior to dinner)
- Mountain wraps filled with smoked chicken, salad and sun-dried tomato cream cheese
- Triple cheese filo
- Salami and blue cheese roll ups
- Beef and gherkin rolls
- Gourmet club sandwiches
- Pepperdews filled with feta and lemon
Spit roasted mains
- Pork loin apricot and cashew stuffing
- Chicken breasts rolled with mushrooms, sun-dried tomato and bacon
- Smoky whole porterhouse with our aioli
- Manaka smoked ham with wholegrain mustard
- New Zealand lamb (hogget) with herb seasoning and mint jelly
Select 8 salads or hot vegetables from the Connoisseurs Spit Roast selections.
Served with gourmet potatoes tossed in herb butter, Fresh bread rolls and rich gravy
Dessert
- Pavlova with passionfruit couli
- Fresh fruit salad
- Lemon meringue pie
- Black forest gateaux
Served with filter coffee and a variety of teas
To start
- Assorted club sandwiches
- Mountain wraps filled with smoked chicken, salad and sun-dried tomato cream cheese
- Smoked salmon pinwheel
Spit roasted mains
- Roasted whole beef rump with American pepper and wholegrain mustard
- New Zealand lamb (Hogget) with garlic mint rub and mint jelly
- Manuka smoked ham with wholegrain mustard
- Semi boned chicken with traditional seasoning
Gourmet salads
- Mesclun salad (v)
- Kumara and bacon salad
- Pickled vegetable salad (v)
- Potato salad with capsicum, sour cream and chives (v)
- Roast carrot & watercress salad, saffron mayo (v)
- Couscous salad with lemon, almonds, olives and capsicum, and dried apricot (v)
Gourmet potatoes tossed in herb butter
Fresh bread, gravy and condiment
Winter special (May - August)
Replace any salad for minted peas and carrots.
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To start (handed around to you and your guests up to 3 hours prior to dinner)
- Marinated Tuna with coconut cream, lime and chilli
- Prawn skewers with thai style marinade
- Pork yakatori with ginger soy dip
- Pepperdews filled with feta and lemon
- Blini topped with pumpkin and feta cheese
- Salami and blue cheese bites
Main Course
- Spit roasted New Zealand lamb with herb seasoning and mint jelly
- Spit roasted pork loin with apricot and cashew nut stuffing
- Bbq'd salmon fillet with our own Kaikoura spice
- Chicken breast fillets with Skippers canyon seasoning & chive creme fraiche
Select 8 salads or hot vegetables from the
Connoisseurs Spit Roast selections
Served with gourmet potatoes tossed in herb butter
A variety of freshly baked breads, rich gravy
Sweets
Platters of individual sweet treats delivered to each table. Served with lightly whipped cream and chunky berry couli.
Each table of 8 would be served the chef's selection of the following:
- Bitter chocolate creme brulee tart
- Caramilised lime tart
- Assorted French pastries
- Chocolate truffle cake
- Manuka honey and roasted pecan cheesecake
- Citrus and almond cake with Zesti cream cheese icing (gluten free)
To finish
Filter coffee and a variety of premium teas
A variety of New Zealand cheeses, crackers and fresh grapes
Spit roasted mains
- Semi boneless chicken with traditional seasoning
- New Zealand lamb (Hogget) with garlic mint rub and mint jelly
- Manaka smoked ham with wholegrain mustard
- Seafood platter of smoked salmon, marinated calamari, marinated mussels, mussels in the half shell, shrimp and surimi cocktail
Potato salad with sour cream and chives (v)
Kumara and bacon salad
Country style coleslaw (v)
Greek salad (v)
Broccoli, toasted almond and red pepper salad
Pickled vegetable salad (v)
Gourmet potatoes tossed in herb butter
Fresh bread, gravy and condiments
Dessert
- Pavlova with passionfruit couli
- Fresh fruit salad
- Our home made trifle
- Christmas pudding and fresh custard
Free swap with Festive dinner
Replace Christmas pudding for black forest gateau
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(Available with any main course - Minimum 40 people;
smaller numbers by arrangement)
 
- Pavlova with passion fruit couli
- Fresh fruit salad (g)
- Chocolate mousse
And select one from this list:
- Berry cheesecake (g)
- Black forest gateaux
- Baileys gateaux
- Lemon meringue pie
- Tiramisu
- Our home made trifle
- Christmas pudding with fresh custard
Looking for something different? Ask what else we can do for you.
(g) - gluten free
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Handed around to you and your guests:
Chocolate truffles, Mini Chocolate éclairs, Mini fruit kebabs,
Petit fours, Sponge roulade, Fudge slice
Pavlova with whipped cream and passionfruit couli, and
fresh fruit salad
A selection of local cheeses with water crackers, and grapes
- Served as a buffet with your tea and coffee
- Served as a table buffet, one or two platters to each table
- Served as an extra with dessert
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