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  • Joseph Clarke, bronze medal at The Hans Bueschkens World Junior Chef’s Challenge

    Blanket Bay junior chef among best in the World

    Feb 03 2010 | Southern PR

    Junior chef Joseph Clarke added a bronze medal to his collection when he was awarded third place at The Hans Bueschkens World Junior Chef’s Challenge in Chile last week.

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  • Conde Nast Gold Awards 2010

    Blanket Bay tops 2010 Gold List for Asia, Australia and Pacific regions

    Jan 11 2010 | Alexa Forbes

    Conde Naste Traveler’s 2010 Gold List ranks Glenorchy’s Blanket Bay as the second-highest scoring property in the world and the top-scoring hotel in Asia, Australia and Pacific nations

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  • Groundsman Per Lindstrand inspecting the Blanket Bay Worm Farm

    Blanket Bay achieves The Qualmark Enviro-Gold Award

    Dec 21 2009 | Southern PR

    Multi-award-winning Blanket Bay lodge in Glenorchy has added yet another award to its impressive line-up for 2009 -- Qualmark Enviro-Gold.

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  • Blanket Bay recognised by USA Conde Nast Traveler Readers

    Nov 01 2009 | Southern PR

    Glenorchy’s Blanket Bay has been named the third greatest accommodation property in the world and the best hotel in Oceania by readers of the influential American travel magazine Conde Nast Traveler. It is the only property in New Zealand to have made the Top 100 List.

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  • With the New Zealand awards are: Ed Sims from Air New Zealand, Deputy High Commissioner Belinda Brown and Paul Kerr, CEO Small Luxury Hotels of the World who accepted the award on behalf of Blanket Bay

    Conde Nast Traveller UK Readers Awards 2009

    Sep 07 2009 | Alexa Forbes

    Readers of one of the world’s most influential travel magazines have named Glenorchy’s Blanket Bay lodge as the best leisure hotel in Australasia and the South Pacific.

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  • Hotel Management Awards

    Aug 14 2009 | Richard Rosebery

    Blanket Bay wins the title of “New Zealand’s Best Regional Property” at the coveted HM Awards 2009

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  • Award winning Blanket Bay Chefs

    Awards and Accolades on Menu for Blanket Bay

    Jul 10 2008 | South Island Salon Culinaire

    Queenstown’s multi-award winning Blanket Bay, recently voted New Zealand's Leading Luxury Resort, has been recognised again for its excellence – this time in the kitchen

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  • Blanket Bay wins Oscar

    New Zealand Lodge wins Travel Oscar

    Jul 10 2008 | World Travel Awards 2008

    World Travel Awards announced that Queenstown’s multi-award winning Blanket Bay has been voted New Zealand's Leading Luxury Resort 2008

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  • Jason Dell Wins a National New Zealand Tourism Award

    Jason Dell Wins a National New Zealand Tourism Award

    Sep 08 2007 | PATA Young Tourism Professional Award

    The talented South Island chef Jason Dell has won the prestigious PATA Young Tourism Professional Award, announced at the New Zealand Tourism Industry Award Gala tonight.

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  • Joseph Clarke Commis Chef 2007

    Blanket Bay Commis Chef, Joseph Clarke wins New Zealand Commis Chef of the Year 2007

    Sep 04 2007 | New Zealand Culinary Fare 2007

    The New Zealand Culinary Fare is the top event on the hospitality industry calendar where New Zealand’s top chefs, waiters, sommeliers, baristas, butchers, and restaurants battle it out for coveted national titles in dozens of competition

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  • Mark Sycamore, awarded

    Blanket Bay Sous chef, Mark Sycamore, awarded "Chef of the Nation"

    Oct 11 2006 | Southland Times

    Mark Sycamore, Sous chef at Blanket Bay, was awarded the title Chef of the Nation at the prestigious New Zealand Culinary Affair 10th October 2006 in Auckland.

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  • 2006 FHA Culinary Championships in Singapore

    Blanket Bay Chefs win medals at the 2006 FHA Culinary Championships in Singapore

    May 17 2006 | Press Release

    The New Zealand Culinary Team including Blanket Bay’s Executive Chef Jason Dell and Chef De Partie Gina Finlay realised their goals when they finished 4th overall at the 2006 FHA Culinary Championships in Singapore and were awarded a Gold Medal for their 'Live Hot Cooking' and a Bronze Medal for their 'Cold Table Display'

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  • Press Release, Nov 2004

    Blanket Bay amongst The First Five

    Nov 23 2004 | Press Release

    Qualmark New Zealand has just announced that five of New Zealand’s finest accommodation properties are now licence holders in the new Exclusive accommodation category

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  • Sunday Times Travel Magazine Awards

    Sunday Times UK awards Blanket Bay as "The Ultimate Escape"

    Nov 12 2004 | Press Release

    The 2004 Sunday Times Travel Magazine Awards announced the winners of the travel awards in London last week to an invited audience at Britain’s largest travel trade show, The World Travel Market.

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  • Mark Sycamore

    Top Mark

    Sep 30 2004 | Mountain Scene

    Queenstown chef Mark Sycamore returned from London on wednesday 29th of October with a prestigious feather in his culinary cap. Writes Cath Gimour. The Blanket Bay Lodge chef last week came a creditable third in Europe's top competition for chefs under 25 - the Gordon Ramsay Scholar Award grand final

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  • Blanket Bay Chefs Win Gold at Southern Lights Salon

    Blanket Bay Chefs Win Gold at Southern Lights Salon

    Aug 17 2004 | Press Release

    Blanket Bay again set the scene at the Southern Lights Salon Culinaire, after last year receiving top honours in many of the classes entered into, returning this year with a tally of 5 Gold medals, 8 Silver and 2 titles

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  • Sous Chef Mark Sycamore wins Gordon Ramsay Scholarship

    Sous Chef Mark Sycamore wins Gordon Ramsay Scholarship

    May 19 2004 | The Otago Daily Times

    Creating a delicate mousse of goat’s cheese under the close scrutiny of English chef Gordon Ramsay was the “least stressful” stage of a two-day competition, Blanket Bay chef Mark Sycamore, who won the competition in Wellington last week, said.

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  • Executive Chef at Blanket Bay wins National Scholarship

    Executive Chef at Blanket Bay wins National Scholarship

    May 04 2004 | Press Release

    Restaurant Association Education Trust - Scholarship Winners 2004 include Jason Dell who won the Continuing Education Grant. The 1996 New Zealand Chef of the Year, Jason Dell will use the scholarship to learn the many complexities of food and wine matching by attending courses at the prestigious Culinary Institute of America, thanks to his generous continuing education grant of the Restaurant Association’s Education Trust. This grant has also been co-sponsored by American Express.

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  • Chefs Win Gold at Southern Lights Salon

    Apr 14 2003 | Press Release

    Culinarians from Queenstown, Invercargill, Dunedin and Christchurch converged on Invercargills Southern Institute of Technology campus recently for the 2003 Southern Lights Salon Culinaire. The weekend encompassed live cook offs and static events for both junior and senior level industry competitors.

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  • Entree - Gold E of Excellence Award, April 2002

    New Zealand Super Lodges

    Apr 09 2002 | Entree Newsletter

    Blanket bay has been awarded the Gold E Award of Excellence in recognition of being selected as one of the world's greatest hotels...

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  • Blanket Bay Wins "New Zealand Regional Property" Award

    Sep 12 2001 | Press Release

    It brings me great pleasure to tell you that Blanket Bay won the award for New Zealand Regional Property at the Hotel Management Awards. Congratulations, I was delighted to collect the New Zealand Regional Property Award on your behalf. I received fantastic feedback about Blanket Bay from many guests at the Awards. Kate Jenkins - Small Luxury Hotels of the World.

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  • 2001 James Hardie Award

    Lodge awarded major building prize

    Aug 01 2001 | Press Release

    Blanket Bay Lodge has won top honours for excellence

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Featured Articles

  • Joseph Clarke, bronze medal at The Hans Bueschkens World Junior Chef’s Challenge

    Blanket Bay junior chef among best in the World

    Southern PR
    Feb 03, 2010
    Awards
  • Conde Nast Gold Awards 2010

    Blanket Bay tops 2010 Gold List for Asia, Australia and Pacific regions

    Alexa Forbes
    Jan 11, 2010
    Awards
  • The Blanket Bay Staff Christmas Party from the left James,April,Marcin,Brian,Lucy,Janelle and Lilianna

    The Blanket Bay Christmas Staff Party

    Philip Jenkins
    Dec 26, 2009
    Press Releases
  • Groundsman Per Lindstrand inspecting the Blanket Bay Worm Farm

    Blanket Bay achieves The Qualmark Enviro-Gold Award

    Southern PR
    Dec 21, 2009
    Awards
  • Blanket Bay recognised by USA Conde Nast Traveler Readers

    Southern PR
    Nov 01, 2009
    Awards
  • With the New Zealand awards are: Ed Sims from Air New Zealand, Deputy High Commissioner Belinda Brown and Paul Kerr, CEO Small Luxury Hotels of the World who accepted the award on behalf of Blanket Bay

    Conde Nast Traveller UK Readers Awards 2009

    Alexa Forbes
    Sep 07, 2009
    Awards
  • Hotel Management Awards

    Richard Rosebery
    Aug 14, 2009
    Awards
  • Mark Sycamore

    Multi award-winning Mark Sycamore brings New Zealand to the Orient

    Blanket Bay
    Jul 01, 2009
    Press Releases
  • ForbesTraveler Top 400 Hotels

    Forbes Traveler top 400 hotels

    Forbes Traveler
    Jan 01, 2009
    Reviews
  • Mark Sycamore

    Blanket Bay Executive Chef Named

    Philip Jenkins
    Nov 18, 2008
    Press Releases
  • Hiking The Routeburn Track

    Executive Escapes - Quintessential QUEENSTOWN

    Christine Retschlag Brisbane Business News
    Nov 02, 2008
    Reviews
  • Blanket Bay Chalet

    Blanket coverage

    Michelle Rowe
    Nov 01, 2008
    Reviews
  • Award winning Blanket Bay Chefs

    Awards and Accolades on Menu for Blanket Bay

    South Island Salon Culinaire
    Jul 10, 2008
    Awards
  • Blanket Bay Chalet Suite at night

    Blanket Bay Lodge maintains top three ranking

    Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report
    Sep 10, 2005
    Reviews
  • Philip Jenkins

    Philip Jenkins General Manager Profile

    Blanket Bay
    Jan 01, 2004
    Reviews
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