A two person kitchen on the South Island

AUSTIN NELSON began with a simple frustration: the shellfish we could buy at the wharf tasted nothing like the shellfish we could buy online. Too much of it had been thawed, refrozen and sat in a display case for a week. So we started packing our own.

We work with a small number of boats out of Marlborough and the wider New Zealand coast. Everything is bought whole, processed within hours of landing and frozen at -18 °C or colder. Nothing is glazed to add weight, nothing is thawed for display.

What we sell

Eight cuts, all in 2 kg boxes: shrimp, crawfish, tiger prawns, snow crab, basa fillets, baby squid, jellyfish and sea stars. Each box carries a clear per kilo price so you can compare cuts without doing arithmetic at the checkout.

How we pack

Orders leave Blenheim in insulated liners with enough dry ice for two days in transit. Everything is portioned so you can take out what you need and return the rest to the freezer.

Talk to us

There is no call centre. If something arrives wrong, you are writing to the person who packed it. Send us a message and we will answer within one working day.