Testimonials
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André Venter
Originally from South Africa, now based in New Zealand (Whakatane), we are not a cookie cutter corporate business, in fact, we are the antithesis of this model. We love the challenge of creating spectacular meals and believe in creating a feast for all to enjoy.
Menus are customized to suit your occasion, each dish is prepared with love and expertise from locally sourced seasonal ingredients. Our menus from around the world offer something for everyone.
We offer variety for every palate, whether you are planning a wedding, business meeting, fundraiser, reception, family gathering, birthday party or any other occasion, we can meet your catering needs.
Being good to our environment by sourcing local ingredients / produce for each dish prepared is also very important to us. We feel doing our best to leave a beautiful Earth for our children, grand-children, and anyone thereafter is the least we can do.
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26th April 2024 – What a privilege to cater backstage for SIX60
1st February 2025 – Farm Wedding Awakeri
10th January 2025 – Tauranga – Private Event
20th December 2024
Thank you very much for a lovely kai today. We had great feedback from many who attended on how delicious all of the food was, Meri Kirihimete to you and your team! Enjoy the summer 😊 Ngā mihi Kayla Rusden
7th December 2024
Hey Andre, thank you both for the amazing food on Saturday! It was delicious and we had so many people come up to us and comment on good it was.
Thanks for getting some drone footage for us as well, when it’s ready you can post the usb to, cheers Nikki
7th December 2024
Morena Andre,
Thank you for the pictures and for the Beautiful food You and Misa Prepared!! People can’t stop talking about it!! And we’ve been eating left overs since. Keitha
30th November 2024
24th November 2024
17th November 2024
16th November 2024 – Whakatane High School Private Event
27th October 2024 – Beautiful day for a special delivery in Coastlands
28th September 2024 – Gisborne Wedding
Hey Andre, From the bottom of my heart your food was delicious
🤤 Everyone really enjoyed it ! Best smoked kai ever 🤩
Liahona Downes
Hey Andre
From the bottom of my heart your food was delicious 🤤
Everyone really enjoyed it !
Best smoked kai ever 🤩- Liahona Downes
28 September 2024 – Private Event – Awakeri Events Centre
27th September 2024 – Kawarau – Private Event
26th July 2024 – Private Event – Eastland Generation Limited – Kawerau
13th July 2024 – private event – Kawarau
4th July 2024 – Waiotahe Solar Farm Opotiki – Private Event
25th June 2024 – Whāngārā Angus – Gisborne Bull Sales
Hi Andre, I have been meaning to email for a while, just wanted to say
thank you for the job you did at the Bull Sale in Whangara / Gisborne
last month. The food was excellent and we very much appreciate the
effort you both did on that wet miserable day.
Thanks once again.
Kind regards, Rachel.
12th June 2024 – Riverlock Packhouse – Opotiki
Wedding Celebration – The Run 15 – Matata – 18th May 2024
27th April 2024 – Wedding Celebration – Waingarara Valley Wedding Venue
23rd March 2024 – Wedding Celebration – Rotorua
21st March 2024 – The Mill Whakatane – Private Corporate Event
16th March 2024 – 40th Birthday Celebration – Awakeri
March 15th 2024 – Wedding Celebration – Waingarara Valley
March 9th 2024 – Wedding Celebration – Waingarara Valley
March 2nd 2024 – Wedding Celebration – Waingarara Valley
28th February 2024 – Mataatua Marae – Private Event
25th February 2024 – at Waingarara Valley Wedding & Event Venue
03/02/2024 – Opotiki – Opape Marae – Private Event
Private event 27/01/24 Opotiki
Beautiful day out catering 20/01/2024 at L’Orangerie Wedding Venue Tauranga
16th January 2024 – Welcome Christchurch Volleyball Team
31st December 2023 – Wedding Celebration – Matata
21st December 2023 – CLL Solutions Limited Tauranga – Year end function
16th December 2023 – Woodward Chrisp Lawyers – Gisborne – Private Event
15th December – Campbell Infrastructure Rotorua- Private Event
14th December 2023 – Year End Function – Whakatane
Te Puna Ora o Mataatua
10th December 2023 – Post Wedding Brunch – Whakatane
9th December 2023 – Wedding Celebration - Rotorua Wedding & Function Venue
Leighton and I wanted to tell you the biggest Thankyou for the delicious food you provided for us on Saturday. Honestly, that was the best food ever, and so many of our guests were raving all night about it! Sorry, I didn’t get your wife’s name, can you please say thank you to her also, you both were so lovely and we were just so lucky to have such awesome caterers!
Thank you again, Claudia & Leighton
25th November 2023 – Waiotahi Contractors LTD Whakatane – Year end function
18th November 2023 – Waingarara Valley Wedding & Event Venue – Wedding celebration
Thank you so much for everything this weekend. People are still talking about how good the food was- beef brisket and milk tart were definitely the crowd favourite! Dayna.
11th November 2023 – Waingarara Valley Wedding & Event Venue – Wedding celebration
4th November 2023 – Opotiki Volunteer Fire Brigade – Private Event
3rd November 2023 – Old Forest School – wedding celebration
16th September 2023 – 50th Jubilee – Liberty Church Whakatane
22nd July 2023 – special day catering at a Marae in Ruātoki.
21st June 2023 – Opotiki – Private function
13th May 2023 – Wedding celebration – Tāneatua
15th April 2023 – Wedding celebration – Whakatane
18th March 2023 – Wedding celebration @ L’Orangerie wedding venue – Tauranga
We had a lot of great comments about the food. It was an amazing feast and
continued to be enjoyed on the Sunday. Regards, Jeremy Woolerton
11th March 2023 – Ohope Beach Wedding
3rd March 2023 – Wedding Celebration @ Waingarara Valley Wedding & Events.
18th February 2023 – Private event – Wine and food pairing – Coastlands
11th February – Wedding celebration at the Black Barn
4th February 2023 – Wedding celebration – Opotiki
29th January – Private event – Awakeri
22nd December 2022 – CLL Tauranga – Private event.
21st December – Lockwood Rotorua – Private event.
17th December 2022 – Nga Kakano Foundation Te Puke- Private event.
16th December 2022 – Campbell Contracting Ltd Rotorua – Private event.
15th December 2022 – Riverlock Opotiki – Private event.
3rd December 2002 – Wedding Celebration – Kawarau
2nd December 2002 – Private event – MEL Engineering Consultants – Awakeri
26th November 2022 – Papamoa – Wedding Celebration
25th November 2022 – Liberty Church private event Whakatane
19th November 2022 – 21st Birthday Celebration – Te Teko
18 November 2022 – Riverlock Opotiki – Private Event
12th November 2022 – Wedding celebration – Whakatane
22nd October 2022 – Wedding celebration – Opotiki
Thank you so much Smokey Flame Catering! Your food was absolutely amazing. Everyone said how incredible it was and we had lots of leftovers which was perfect for the day after and even a bit for today. So delicious. One very happy bride here, it was such a happy wonderful day, Thank you again, so grateful for your workmanship, professionalism and tasty food! Cheers, Mr & Mrs Franklin.
26th September 2022 – Private event – Whakatane
23rd September 2022 – Wedding Celebration – South Waikato
4th September 2022 – Te Pahou Marae – Private Event.
13th August 2022 – Private Function – Baptist Church – Whakatane
July 6th 2022 – Grand Opening Mainfreight Whakatane
5th July – Private function – Whakatane & Gather & Co.
3rd June 2022 – Whakatane High School
10th June 2022 – Riverlock – Opotiki – Private event
Thank you Riverlock Packhouse & Coolstore – Opotiki for yet another great day catering for your special event, everyone so friendly and always a pleasure to be there, cheers, Smokey Flame.
Menu: Beef cheeks, Corn bread, Pork belly, Asian style BBQ chicken legs, Deconstructed Greek salad, Moroccan cabbage salad.
4th June 2022 – Private party – Opotiki
16th April 2022 – Wedding Catering – Whakatane
9th April 2022 – Rotorua – Tironui Wedding Venue Rotorua.
2nd April 2022 – Tiny Restaurant – 6 people – Otao Reserve – Ohope
26th March 2022 = Silver Service – 6 people – Whakatane
13th March 2022 – Prize Giveaway
5th March 2022 – Wedding Celebration – Te Teko
4th March 2022 – Wedding Celebration – Awakeri
26th February 2022 – Wedding Celebration – Tāneatua
24th February 2022 – Private Catering – Small Group – Whakatane
19th February 2022 – Wedding Celebration Awakeri
12th February 2022 – Wedding Celebration – Cambridge
21st January 2022- 40th Birthday Celebration – Ohope
16th January 2022 – Wedding Celebration – Tauranga
01/01/2022 – Birthday Celebration – Ohope Beach
31st December 2021 – New years party – Whakatane
23rd December – Christmas Function – Waiotahi Whakatane
22nd December – Christmas Function – Riverlock – Opotiki
18th December 2021 – Christmas Function – Coastlands
17th December 2021 CLL Solutions Tauranga – Christmas Party.
10th December 2021 End of year celebration Whakatane
4th December 2021 Private Function Whakatane
27th November: 21st & 18th Birthday celebration @Whakatane
Wedding menu tasting November 2021 Whakatane
20th November: 50th Birthday celebration @ Coastlands
9th November: Bunnings Whakatane: 15 Year celebration.
Hi Andre
Thank you for today’s wonderful burgers and drinks what a lovely lunch, most enjoyable.
Cathy Seal.
Bunnings Whakatane.
30th October Engagement Celebration Whakatane
14th August Spit Roast Edgecumbe
July 3rd 2021 Whakatane (Lyceum Club).
June 25th 2021 Opotiki (Riverlock Packhouse & Coolstore)
18th June 2021. Opotiki OPAC / Seeka Limited
20/02/2021 (Hutec Engineering Kawerau).
23/12/2020 (Waiotahi Whakatane).
Ohope Beach TOP 10 Holiday Park November 2019.
07/12/2020 (The Electrical Training Company Limited Tauranga).
29/02/2020 (Matata Private Party).
South Africa Testimonials.
- Hi Andre: Thank you so much for catering for our wedding and 2 other days in Oct 2018. The food was incredible, your professionalism was on point and keeping it to a lot of local dishes was delicious!! Our guests are still raving about all 3 days your catered for Us! Will be using you guys again in the future!!!! Thank you!!! Sam and Kristen
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- Weereens baie dankie vir die amazing kos! Ons het soveel goeie komplimente ontvang. Kampala 03/03/2018 Groete, Eloise
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- Marelize and Andre I would just like to thank you and your husband for yesterday. You were very professional you have exceeded my expectations.The spitbraai was delicious and even though I had a package that was supposed to cater for 30 people there was more than enough. We actually had spitbraai for lunch today. Thank you for being as punctual as you were. I gave you a time and you delivered.I will surely recommend your spitbraai catering service to anyone. Keep well.
Geraldine Barnardo (Bonnievale). 29/07/2018
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- Hi Marelize and Andre
Just to let you know, the food was excellent and everyone had a good time.
Thank you.
Kindest
Neil (Stayed at Pinotage House 25th November).
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