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Matakana Bacon
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Their Story
The Matakana Bacon Company was founded in February 2016 by Steve Charnley and his friend Matt Fox (also referred to as Matt Watts), a local butcher. The inspiration arose from their dissatisfaction with the quality of bacon available for their children, noting its high water content, nitrates, and…
What They Make
- Loin Bacon (dry-cured, Manuka smoked, nitrate-free, sugar-free)
- Streaky Bacon (dry-cured, Manuka smoked, nitrate-free, sugar-free)
- Sausages (nitrate-free, sugar-free)
- Traditional Bacon Butties (nitrate-free Matakana Bacon on lightly toasted buttered bread, with options to add egg and/or cheese)
- Famous Bacon Baps (locally baked baps with Matakana bacon and homemade onion jam, with options for egg and hash brown)
- Beef Burgers (sumptuous beef patty with homemade onion jam, special burger sauce, and Matakana bacon on a freshly baked bun, with options for cheese, egg, and a 'Full Monty' which includes all toppings plus a hash brown)
- BLT Beef Burgers (seasonal/holiday offering)
- BLAT Chicken Burgers (seasonal/holiday offering)
Awards & Recognition
- Outstanding NZ Food Producers Awards — Finalist(2017)
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How to Get Their Products
Direct Sales
Big Green Shed 2 Matakana Valley Road, Upper Carpark, Matakana 0985, New Zealand
Delivery (via Delivereasy for hot food from Bacon Butty Shop, via Naturally Organic for packaged products), Physical Store Pickup (from The Big Green Shed), Farmers Market (Matakana Village Farmers Market), Retail Stockists (various supermarkets and specialty stores across Auckland and Northland).