For founder Zarn Reichardt and his wh\u0101nau-led team, the latest awards mark another major milestone in what continues to be one of New Zealand\u2019s most exciting seafood success stories.<\/p>\n
What began in Houhora as a passion project, built on generations of mussel knowledge, has rapidly evolved into a nationally recognised brand, known for its premium traditionally smoked mussels, authentic storytelling and loyal customer following.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis one hits differently,\u201d said Reichardt. <\/p>\n
\u201cThree straight golds for Sweet Chilli is huge on its own, but to see our full core range recognised on the national stage really validates what we\u2019re building.\u201d<\/p>\n
Behind the scenes, Reichardt said the momentum is only accelerating.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re incredibly proud of this, but we\u2019re also seriously focused on what\u2019s next. There\u2019s a lot happening behind the curtain right now \u2013 new product developments, exciting ideas and some big moves that we can\u2019t wait to share.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Kutai Guy’s Sweet Chilli Smoked Mussels have now won Gold three years in a row.<\/p>\n
Known for a down-to-earth approach, wh\u0101nau values and strong connection to Te Tai Tokerau, The Kutai Guy has built its reputation not just on award-winning kai, but on authenticity, consistency and innovation.<\/p>\n
For Reichardt and his wh\u0101nau, this latest gold is proof that a proudly Far North brand can consistently deliver at the highest level, year after year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve worked hard to create products people love and this shows the whole range can stand proudly alongside the best.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For founder Zarn Reichardt and his wh\u0101nau-led team, the latest awards mark another major milestone in what continues…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6030,1975,10779,138,176557,564,4241,45640,82216,7560,296,208488,121032,3556,111,139,529,69,6029,7566,28203,2543,4499,112449,11555,427,3502,16800,4758,3755,12806,6923,6027,102],"class_list":["post-404708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-again","tag-at","tag-awards","tag-business","tag-chilli","tag-food","tag-gold","tag-grown","tag-guy","tag-honours","tag-into","tag-kutai","tag-mussels","tag-national","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-north","tag-nz","tag-once","tag-outstanding","tag-producer","tag-signature","tag-small","tag-smoked","tag-started","tag-story","tag-success","tag-sweet","tag-taking","tag-third","tag-venture","tag-what","tag-win","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}