ACTON’s brands and products can be found in many New Zealand household pantries; this has not happened by accident. 44 years of hard work and dedication in providing customer first service to our suppliers, retailers and brands has delivered outstanding results. The Thomas family have created many enduring partnerships with brand owners and suppliers since beginning the business in 1978 with a number of these relationships still active today.
Entries are now open for Lee Kum Kee New Zealand Developing Chefs Challenge 2022
Have you got what it takes to compete at a national level?
The Lee Kum Kee New Zealand Developing Chefs Challenge is back, and organisers are looking for aspiring young chefs to compete for a $3,000 cash prize and the title of this year’s developing chef.
Would-be contestants have until 31 July to get their entries in. Open to all chefs aged 40 years and under and who are either working or training in New Zealand, entrants must first submit a Chinese or Chinese-inspired dish and video online, using a minimum of three Lee Kum Kee sauces or condiments.
Lee Kum Kee are proud to have several of their sauces recently endorsed by Coeliac New Zealand.
The Crossed Grain logo is a symbol nationally and internationally identified by those who need to follow a gluten free diet.
The logo gives consumers a quick reference point when shopping and faced with the uncertainty of hidden gluten in a product without the need to read the nutritional information panel.
By carrying the crossed grain logo, consumers can be assured that products are tested and certified to be gluten free, therefore ensuring there are choices on the shelves and in restaurants for everyone.
Lee Kum Kee is working with Coeliac New Zealand to have more of its range certified gluten free in the coming months.
Aspiring Palmerston North chef Jacob Aomarere-Poole has taken out top place at the Lee Kum Kee New Zealand Developing Chefs Challenge 2021.
Aomarere-Poole, a sous chef at Palmerston North’s Amayjen, competed alongside other finalists to take the top prize at the competition held in Auckland on February 21, 2022.
