Hawke's Bay Hospitality Awards

About

Presented by The Restaurant Association of New Zealand, the Hawkes Bay Hospitality Awards are the region’s premier hospitality awards. They celebrate everything that is fundamentally hospitality in Hawkes Bay.

Story

Thanks to the Restaurant Association of New Zealand, the Hawke’s Bay Hospitality Awards are living on to celebrate excellence among the region’s food and beverage merchants.

Restaurant Association chief executive Marisa Bidois says the awards are an important ingredient for a region recognised globally for its distinction in wine and food. “It’s imperative the hospitality industry recognises its champions as it provides not only a peer benchmark for excellence but also serves to give consumers valuable guidelines as to how well we are doing.”

In its ninth year, the HB Hospo Awards has become the mark of peer recognition in the Hawke’s Bay hospitality scene. Each year the enthusiasm increases and the recognition gets greater.

Mission

The Restaurant Association is the connection between good food and good business – here to support a vibrant community of business owners be the best they can be.

We are advocates for our members, championing and promoting their rights and views on key industry issues, as many small business owners feel like they don’t have a voice. We provide 24/7 advice on all matters relating to our members’ businesses and offer innovative initiatives and programmes to help them build sustainable businesses and be the best employers they can be.

Our members are the nation’s ‘living rooms’ and welcome people into their spaces everyday, and we are the organisation that cares about the businesses who take care of our community.