Cargo Gantley’s wins Supreme Award at Hospo Awards for Excellence

Cargo Gantley’s Pub & Cafe from Queenstown has won the Supreme Award at the 2022 Lion Hospitality Awards for Excellence.

The pub, based in an historic stone building just outside Queenstown, won the Best New/Redeveloped Food & Beverage category before being chosen for the top award from winners of the other categories.

The awards were announced in Auckland on the final night of the 2022 New Zealand Hospitality Conference. They are hosted by Hospitality New Zealand in partnership with principal sponsor Lion New Zealand and industry partners.

Organisers say there were a record 260 entries for the event, which marked the 24th time the awards have been held.

Hospitality NZ Chief Executive Julie White says Cargo Gantley’s Pub & Cafe was a very worthy winner from a top field of category winners. “They are well-deserved winners, and Hospitality New Zealand congratulates Cody Hughes and his team. They did a fantastic job under another year of the most trying of circumstances, as did every other category winner and finalist.”

There were four new awards this year to celebrate the leaders who got the industry through the past two years.

The Leader of the Year in Hospitality was Jamie Freeman from Joylab, Leader of the Year in Accommodation was Jacqui Cheal from Ramada by Wyndham Albany, Future Leader of the Year was Ashleigh Gee from Miss Gee’s Bar & Eatery, and Chef of the Year was Jiwon Do from QT Museum Wellington.

Peter Norrie was inducted into the Hospitality Hall of Fame and Stacie Warren of Century Park Motor Lodge was awarded the Lynn Braddock Memorial trophy.

Category winners at 2022 Lion Hospitality Awards for Excellence

Best Bar/Pub: Little Blackwood, Queenstown

Best Café: Fusee Rouge Café, Cromwell

Best Destination Venue: Lake Taupo Holiday Resort, Taupo

Best Hotel: Fable Dunedin, Dunedin

Best Luxury Hotel: The Hotel Britomart, Auckland

Best Luxury Accommodation: QT Museum Wellington, Wellington

Best Brand Experience: Heyday Beer Co., Wellington

Best Motel: Palazzo Motor Lodge, Nelson

Best Accommodation (other): Podium Lodge, Cambridge

Best Local: The Elmwood Trading Company, Christchurch

Best Environmental/Sustainable Business: Owen River Lodge, Murchison

Best New/Redeveloped Business – Accommodation: Winner: Eliza’s Manor, Christchurch

Best New/Redeveloped Business – Food & Beverage: Winner: Cargo Cantley’s Pub & Café, Queenstown

Best Restaurant: kingi, Auckland

Best Live Entertainment Venue: University of Canterbury Students Association, Christchurch

Excellence in Gaming: The Elmwood Trading Company, Christchurch

Excellence in Marketing: Fable Hotels and Resorts, New Zealand

Excellence in People & Culture: Future Hospitality Group, Queenstown

W: Full results at hospitality.org.nz/s/awards