Rolling Out To A Restaurant Near You

Country Culinaire, a boutique dessert company from the Hawke’s Bay, is a prime example of how to create a successful business out of a hobby.

Country Culinaire’s products were originally made on a farm by owner Trish Gibson, for the local farmers’ market. Handmade Pavlova Roulades, Christmas and Sticky Date Puddings quickly became popular, forcing Trish to purchase a bigger factory to keep up with demand.

Word of these gourmet desserts spread to Australia, with Country Culinaire exporting to Melbourne for the first time in July this year.

“It has been an exciting year of growth for our business”, says owner, Trish Gibson.

“We are now exporting to the Australian market, as well as being available all over New Zealand too. Even with this expansion, we still use only the freshest of ingredients, we don’t use preservatives, and our products are consistently sought after. We still hold the same philosophy and hand make all of Country Culinaire’s delights as when we were in our small registered kitchen on the farm and selling at the local farmers’ market.”

Another exciting development in Country Culinaire’s progress is that it is now producing ice cream. Using old-fashioned techniques for a perfectly creamy blended texture, the ice cream comes in eight unusual, exotic flavours such as Orange and Cointreau, Liquorice and Black, and Chocolate and Chilli.

These are about to be released into stores, in convenient, yet unique 650mL roll tubes that allow you to slice the ice cream into perfect rounds. As well as the flavours available in store, Country Culinaire is tailor-making ice cream flavours and sorbets for restaurant menus around the country.

For more information and a list of stockists please go to www.countryculinaire.co.nz. For those people wishing to stock Country Culinaire, phone Patricia Small, 0800 426 8537.