Every Bite - Queenstown April 2026

Every Bite’s back and we want you to join us! 

Wastebusters, with our friends at Sustainable Queenstown, is stoked to be bringing Every Bite back to Queenstown in 2026. Every Bite is our food waste prevention programme designed to help households cut back on their food waste, become more food resourceful, and save money in the process.

This four-week programme provides you with the resources, support and loads of tips, tricks, and tasty recipes for keeping your kai in date and on your plates. It’s super easy, and with the average household throwing away more than $1300 worth of food a year, a few small tweaks to your daily habits can make a big difference to your household food waste and your grocery bill.

What to expect:

• The 4 week home-focussed programme consists of two in-person sessions (one at the start and one at the end), with some simple strategies for you to try at home to help you reduce your food waste.

• At the first in-person session on Wednesday 29th April (from 6.00pm - 8.00pm) at the Lake Hayes Pavilion, you'll be treated to a delicious dinner prepared by professional chef and zero waste champion Alvaro Briones (Crowne Plaza & Patagon Kitchen), as he shares his industry tips for reducing spoilage, ideas for recipe substitutes, and loads more.

• You’ll receive newsletters during the programme with updates, recipes and ideas to keep you on track and you’ll have access to a private Facebook group where you can share your progress and ideas with other participants, ask questions, discuss challenges and celebrate your wins.

• We’ll be holding a mid-programme Zoom call where you can catch up with your fellow participants, share how you’re getting on and pose any burning questions.

• We’ll come back together on Wednesday 27th May (from 6.00pm - 7.30pm) at the Lake Hayes Pavilion to have a kōrero, enjoy a light dinner and hear how you got on.

Registration includes dinner and drinks at both the launch and wrap event, with all proceeds going to Kiwiharvest. 

Wastebusters is proud to deliver Every Bite as part of the Ministry for the Environment’s National Food Waste Reduction programme. It is co-funded and  supported by Queenstown Lakes District Council’s Zero Waste District Programme as a Resourceful Communities event.