Event Archive — 2019

Best Design Awards 2019

The Best Awards 2019 ceremony will be held at Spark Arena. Includes dinner, drinks and after party. Dress your Best!

Ben Hurley will be your MC for the evening. 

Ticket Sales close 6pm Thursday 26th of September.
No refunds after the 18th September.

Tables seating 10 or 11 people. If you are booking for your studio or company we will seat you together. 

Please let the Best team know of any SPECIAL DIETARY REQUESTS at info@bestawards.co.nz

VENUE
Spark Arena
Mahuhu Crescent
Auckland

PROGRAMME
18.30 – 19.10: Drinks and reception
19.30 – 23.00: Dinner and awards ceremony
23.00 – 01.00: After-party & DJ's 

DJs
Sam Jones
Half Queen
Sweet Mix Kids Live - with Sax & Dancer

BEVERAGES SERVED
Mineral Ltd will provide:

Cocktails

Black
Mr Black Cold Pressed Coffee Liqueur, Flor de Cana Rum, Seedlip Spice, Hakanoa Ginger Syrup

G&T with a twist
Cannabis Co ’The Myrcene’ Hemp Gin, Quina Fina, Tonic Elemental 'Grapefruit & Hops' Bitters

Seedlip & Tonic 
Seedlip Spice, East Imperial Burma Tonic

Bubbles
Vallformosa Brut NV, Spain
Mesta - organic Spanish white
Mesta – organic Spanish red

Panhead Custom Ales will provide:
Supercharger APA
Quickchange Pale Ale
Sucky Monmon Japanese Lager

MENU
Even though we have vegetarian and vegan options we still need to you to advise info@bestawards.co.nz so that Collective can make enough vegetarian and vegan meals for the night.

Bread
Artisan wild wheat sourdough with salted butter and pink salt

Entrée
Miso glazed Big Glory Bay Salmon with lemon caviar, puffed sushi rice, dashi and sake dressing (gf, df)

Vegetarian – green pea and mint panna cotta, parmesan crackle, dill creme fraiche and pea feathers (gf)

Vegan - heirloom tomato salad, ruby grapefruit segments, truffle green beans and tomato gazpacho jelly (df,gf)

Main Course
24-hour cooked Ocean View beef cheeks, celeriac puree, green beans, pickled mushroom and reduced braising liquor (gf, df)

Turk’s free-range five-spice roast chicken breast, broccolini, grand mere potato with spring onion and apple, red wine jus, salsa verde (gf, df)

Vegetarian main - pan fried bread and spinach dumpling with caper beurre blanc, shaved parmesan and roasted vine tomatoes. Please advise info@bestawards.co.nz if you need a vegetarian meal

Vegan main - pan fried bread and spinach dumpling with fried capers, salsa verde and roasted vine tomatoes Please advise info@bestawards.co.nz if you need a vegan meal

Dessert platter
Rum baba
Salted caramel and pecan tartlet
Honey and raspberry truffles (gf)
Passionfruit and coconut truffles (gf)
Chocolate and horopito truffles (gf)

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Platinum Partners
Better by Design
BJ Ball Papers
HP New Zealand
Logick Print
Soar Print

Gold
AUT
Autex
ECC Limited
Harrows
homestyle
Italian Stone
Massey University College of Creative Arts

Silver
Dulux
Fisher & Paykel Appliances
Idealog
Panhead
Tile Warehouse

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Fly
Milk
Motion Sickness
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