Provisions, which operates from the heritage site, has been named as one of 10 national winners in Cuisine Magazine's inaugural artisan food awards, the only Otago food provider to receive such an accolade.
The small cooking company was founded about five years ago by Jane Shaw and Pauline Murphy, who aimed to promote Central Otago produce.
Ms Murphy, who was a horticulturist, said she and Mrs Shaw, a former journalist, were surprised at the lack of food producers within Central Otago using the district's produce.
"We really started because there was no-one using the beautiful produce from the area, and there's so much of it.
A lot of our products are based on fruits and herbs that grow really well here, such as wild thyme, cherries, apricots, nectarines, plums, and pears," she said.
Provisions' roasted cherry chutney won Cuisine Magazine judges over, packing a punch of flavour into what was a favourite traditional condiment.
Mrs Shaw said she was proud of the hard work put into Provisions over the years, and of its products, which incorporated "wonderful intensely flavoured local fruit and produce".
"We are so thrilled to have been given this national recognition," she said.
Provisions sells its products to specialty food stores throughout New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong and London.
Mrs Shaw hoped to expand into the United States and China.
