Meet Our Vendors - Local Wild Food Festival 2025

We're so lucky to have amazing local vendors across Whakatāne! Meet the people who will run this years Local Wild Food festival food trucks, craft and market stalls. And what they have planned for the festival day. Read on to find out more.

Delicious Kai Providers and their Wild Food offerings for the festival day

 

Food Provider

Wild Food Offering 1

Wild Food Offering 2

Wild Food Offering 3

Wild Food Offering 4

A Bangkok Foodie 

Kao Mun - Som Tum - Venison 

Hor Mok Ta Lae -Seafood Cake  

Goong Ob Woonsen 

Deep Fried Pork Wonton with Prawn Pad Thai Topping 

Akira’s BBQ 

King Fish/ Trevally Spring Roll 

Pāua Empanada 

 

 

Arohaina Kai 

Wild Pork Burger 

Hāngi - Pork 

 

 

Black Label Barbecue 

Wild Wapiti Dish 

Foraged Wild Greens Salad 

 

 

Chez Louis 

Venison Plum Pizza 

Mussel Pizza 

Smoked Kahawai Pizza 

Honey Macadamia Pizza 

Coastal Chaos 

Pulled Venison Burger with Kawakawa Aioli 

Boar Rib-burger 

 

 

Delicious Dosa 

Prawn Masala Dosa 

Kumara Dosa 

 

 

Hinemoana -Tio Ohiwa 

Ohiwa Oysters 

Flavoured Smoked Mussels 

 

 

Ichiban Japanese Street Food 

Yellow Finn Tuna Poke Bowl 

Kakunui Pork Belly Donburi (Braised) 

 

 

Morfi Argentinian Food 

Venison In a Red Wine Reduction Empanada. 

Low N Slow Cooked Brisket Sandwich with Local Salad Ingredients. 

 

 

PANA Food Truck 

Spring Rolls Vegetables with Watercress 

Green Curry Hapuka Fish/ John Dory Fillet 

Sweet Chili Sauce Hapuka Fillet / John Dory Fillet 

 

Sicula Pizza Limited 

Terra (The Land) - Smoke Bbq Pulled Pork 

Fattoria (The Farm) - Beef 

Mare (The Sea) - Smoked Fish 

Selvaggia (Wild) - Mushroom & Truffle 

Taste Of Kiwiana 

Whitebait Butties  

 Mussel Butties  

 Raw Fish in Coconut Cream 

 

The Italians 

Homemade Gnocchi with Duck Ragù 

Homemade Pappardelle with Slow Cooked Goat Ragù. 

Tiramisu With Wild Berry. 

 

Washington Street Filipino Fusion Food Truck 

Adobo – Goat and Watercress 

Seafood Boil 

Venison Spring Rolls 

 

Whakatane High School 

Venison Burgers 

Peacock Sausages (to be confirmed on the day) 

Pulled Goat Sandwiches (to be confirmed on the day)

Watermelon Sundaes 

Snack and Beverage Providers for the festival day

 

Provider

Wild Food Offering 1 

Wild Food Offering 2 

Wild Food Offering 3 

Wild Food Offering 4

Black & White Coffee & Real Fruit Ice Cream 

Lavender And Blueberry Ice Cream 

Elderflower Lemonade 

Hot Or Iced Wild Mint Chocolate 

Iced Dandelion Tea 

Cuore Di Gelato 

Avocado, Mint and Lime Sorbet  

Lemon and Lavender Gelato 

 

 

Native Tree Farm 

Kawakawa Frappe 

Native Forest Cheesecake 

Iced Kawakawa Beverage (to be confirmed on the day) 

 

The Berry Boys 

Julian's Berry Farm Strawberries with Local Manuka Honey Ice Cream 

Julian's Berry Farm Ranui Berries with Kawakaka Ice Cream