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Meaty expectations
Edible art
Meat @ Millers offers one of the best ranges of quality and delicious meats, and is run by a dedicated team of experienced butchers who know what they’re doing and know what they’re talking about.
Lindy Roxburgh has a pretty sweet job; in fact her popular sugar-art really takes the cake.
Owner Chris Miller has been a butcher since he was 16 and has 30 years industry experience. He established the first Meat @ Millers branch in Fendalton 14 years ago which is run by shop manager Rob Lees.
Historically edible art has been around for some time. The ancient Greeks and Romans modelled sweet pastries in the shape of animals to be offered to the gods, and medieval nuns made delicate marzipan figurines. However, with sugar scarce and pricey, proper sugar craft and cake decoration art didn’t really take off until the relatively recent mid 17th century.
Due to earthquake damage the Fendalton branch needed to be revamped and when Chris learned that his staff wanted more responsibility, he thought a good way to carry on the business was to expand. So on August 12 this year, a second branch was opened on Waimairi Road; a great all round opportunity for both business and employees. “I’ve noticed that when some butchers close down another one doesn’t open. I thought to myself do I stay or do I go and I just thought I wanted to revive it a little bit, have some fun, keep the trade going; it’s still exciting. I needed a challenge and it keeps me busy,” Chris says. All the meats are prepared onsite and perfected by the team of hardworking butchers. Each employee has around 20 years’ experience and pour time, effort, passion and personal attention into their work. Meat @ Millers proudly supports local suppliers, such as Rural Livestock, Alliance and Pork Corp.
If you’d like to make a suggestion or ask a question, the friendly butchers would love to hear from you. The team has the expert knowledge to offer you the best advice and will listen to feedback to improve their service and expand the product range. Outstanding service, quality meats, fresh and delicious: because life’s too short for anything less. Meat @ Millers 407a Ilam Road Fendalton Christchurch T (03) 351 8266 205 Waimairi Road Ilam Christchurch T (03) 358 7004
Meat @ Millers has a wide range of specialty meats, so whether you’re looking for beef fillets, chicken, salami, legs of lamb or fresh salmon from Akaroa, you’ll find everything to suit your needs and help you to make the perfect dish. Handmade, gluten free ham, free range dry cured bacon and gourmet sausages, are also available. With Christmas around the corner, your dinner table wouldn’t be complete without mouth watering plates of meat. Meat @ Millers offers delicious free range turkeys, chicken, lamb, and duck, so you’ll have everything you need and more to complete the perfect Christmas meal.
Today, the availability of refined cane sugar and ready-made icings offer an exciting opportunity to make something special and Lindy has been showing people how to do just that since the early 80s. She began importing JEM products to the Sultanate of Oman to supply her students with equipment and continued to do so once she moved to Dubai in 1995. Demand grew steadily and she began sourcing supplies from Patchwork, Sugarflair, PME and Rolkem. While the business was sold when she left Dubai, it continues to operate there while our little corner of the South Pacific gets to benefit from her expertise.
With an impressive 27 years of cake decorating experience under her business belt and 20 years of tutoring, Lindy has built as global reputation for excellence. She has taught in the UK, Dubai, Sultanate of Oman and South Africa, as well as within New Zealand at adult education centres, various cake guilds and through private lessons. In November 2011, she obtained the PME Masters Diploma in Cake Decorating under the tutelage of Tony Warren and a certificate in Sugar Flowers from Squires Kitchen, under the tutelage of Alan Dunn. Cake & Sugar Art 1552 Old West Coast Road West Melton Christchurch T (03) 318 1111 www.sugarcrafthawkesbay.co.nz — Advertising Feature
Lindy moved to New Zealand and re-entered the industry in 2007, joining the online shopping scene in 2010 with Sugarcraft Hawke's Bay. — Advertising Feature
Supplies quality New Zealand Pork to discerning customers. Proudly associated with Meat @ Millers
She has entered a new phase in the business with a move to Christchurch and the opening of a retail ‘boutique and academy’ called Cake & Sugar Art, although to try to avoid location confusion, the online business will remain Sugarcraft Hawkes Bay.
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