The 2nd NZ HOT SAUCE FESTIVAL is on again at Sweat Shop Brew Kitchen in Auckland. This years event promises to be even hotter with more HOT sauces and chilli products for you to try! We even have some of the biggest names in the Australian chilli world coming over […]
Clint Meyer owner of Fire Dragon Chillies Hot Sauces was interviewed by Stuff NZ. Check out this very cool news article below and on the stuff.co.nz website… Extreme chilli eating: like swallowing a hot coal Chilli grower and reviewer Neil Smith tested out a big black mama at the annual […]
NZ Chilli Competition! Eyes were streaming, foreheads exploded with perspiration, and in the end, one hardened chilli-eater was left standing at the Chilli Eating Championship on Saturday night. A crowd of nearly 400 people crowded Auckland’s Sweat Shop Brew Bar for the fire-breathing competition in which 34-year-old Josh Shotter took […]
Two Northland chilli producers are hot property after capturing one gold and one bronze medal in the 2016 World Hot Sauce Awards. Hokianga’s organic growers, Fire Dragon Chillies, owned by Clint Meyer, took out the gold medal for the third year in a row in the extra-hot section with their […]
New Zealand Reigns Supreme at the 2016 World Hot Sauce Awards New Zealand won a combined haul of 11 medals at this year’s World Hot Sauce Awards. The American-based World Hot Sauce Awards are considered the most prestigious and coveted Chilli awards in the world. This year over 1000 products […]
A Hokianga family has a super-fire recipe for creating super hot chilli sauces. Fire Dragon Chillies, established in 2008 by Clint Meyer, won the Ultra Hot division of the World Hot Sauce Awards with its Dragon’s Fury sauce. The awards were held in the United States in July. “I’m pretty […]
