Upbeat Food has decades of experience catering to the very best in the music industry.
Having relocated back to our homeland, New Zealand after touring with high profile bands in USA, Europe and the U.K. since 1999, we bring the kind of in depth knowledge and expertise that our experience abroad has given us. Upbeat is delighted to be home cooking with New Zealand's fresh and unique produce. After our vast global experience we have evolved and developed our flight cased kitchens to work in any situation. Our extensive knowledge of various cuisines and dietary requirements, health and safety, food hygiene and logistics will make us your caterer of choice! Upbeat Food, established in 2006 looks forward to bringing the rest of the world home to NZ! |
WHAT WE DOBackstage Artists Catering and Dressing room riders
Private and Corporate functions. We are pre-qualified with Auckland City Council and any others who use the PREQUAL scheme. |
NEW ZEALAND CLIENT LISTSir Paul McCartney
Bob Dylan The XX Sheryl Crowe and Melissa Etheridge Take that Auckland City Limits festival 2018 Fall out boy Lorde Alison Moyet Bruce Springsteen Jet and Marlon Williams S Club 3 B*witched Liberty X Ed Sheeran Rudimental Foy Vance Passenger Neil Finn- UK/ Europe tour |
PAST TOURS
Taylor Swift, Barry Gibb, Josh Groban, RUSH (3 tours), Donny & Marie Osmond, Red Hot Chilli Peppers (3 tours), Eagles (2 tours), STING, R.E.M, Paramore, Metallica, Ben Harper, Lily Allen, and many more...
See testimonals
See testimonals
Chris Littleton
Tour Manager / The Eagles and Shania Twain
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Shania Twain tour in Europe in 2003. We were so knocked out by their great food and the care with which they looked after us, Shania decided on the spot to take them with us on the entire tour including the United States and Canada. It was a match made in heaven. When it was time for the Eagles tour of Europe in 2009 it was simply a no-brainer to ask Toni, Hugh and Upbeat to come along. Fantastic food and fabulous people sums up how I feel about Upbeat Catering
Chris Littleton
Chris Littleton
Tour Manager / The Eagles and Shania Twain
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Bill Rahmy
Production Manager / Red Hot Chili Peppers Year 2006
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Before I toured with Upbeat Catering" I weighed 850 pounds, after six weeks of eating their delicious and nutritious meal plans, I now weigh a svelte 280 pounds and am back wrestling on the Dixie highway circuit! Thanks Toni for making my dream a reality! All the best...
Bill Rahmy
Production Manager / Red Hot Chili Peppers Year 2006
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Bob Whittaker
Tour Manager / R.E.M
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It's music to a tour manager's ears (and taste buds). There is nothing better for overall morale than a crew and band that WANT to get to the venue, driven by hunger and baited in by fresh and fabulous food, provided day in and day out. The small tight knit, hard hitting team of Upbeat consistently provided the draw/catalyst for many early arrivals that resulted in soundcheck and in turn flawless show after show. Sleep is catch as catch can; it's the food that truly powers the machine. Upbeat, priceless added value to a tour.
Bob Whittaker
Title / R.E.M Tour Manager
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Liam Birt
Tour Manager / Rush
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One of the important facets about touring is that of making healthy choices, and Upbeat has always shone in delivering healthy meals to my crews. But not only are they skilled in the art of preparing feasts, the other equally important quotient is in their staffing, which has always been of the highest caliber. The right people, with the right skills and attitude, now that's a hard combination to beat.
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Dominic Anderson
Tour Manager / Lilly Allen
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Fantastic food, even better people... the perfect combination for a touring catering company. Upbeat will now be my "Go To" company for all future tours. They might be Kiwi's but they can fucking cook!
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Craig Blazier
Production Manager / Rush
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Hi Hugh and Toni,
Once again I want to thank you all for putting together an outstanding crew! Your team is made up of some of the best chef's in the business and I'm not just saying that to make you feel good!! I've been touring for 38 years and have never had better catering nor service. You and your staff (Viv, Brendan & Eamon) made our run truly enjoyable! We looked forward to coming to work just to eat your food!!! Wish you could travel with us in North America!! Can't wait until we see you again!
Once again I want to thank you all for putting together an outstanding crew! Your team is made up of some of the best chef's in the business and I'm not just saying that to make you feel good!! I've been touring for 38 years and have never had better catering nor service. You and your staff (Viv, Brendan & Eamon) made our run truly enjoyable! We looked forward to coming to work just to eat your food!!! Wish you could travel with us in North America!! Can't wait until we see you again!
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Zac Fox
Head of Operations / Killimanjaro
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My experience of Upbeat on the UK leg of the Metallica tour was that they were great to deal with on the advance and a real pleasure to work with on the road. The food was amazing and constantly surprising. If you want straightforward food in the right sized portions at the right times then there are many tour caterers you can choose from. What impressed me about Toni and her team in particular was the level of imagination and creativity they brought to doing this and the little things they did that make a long day easier, such as the incredible home-made biscuits with my mid-morning cuppa!
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Ian Greenway
Director / LarMac Live Interactive
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For us, successful shows are all about having real professionals coming together in a healthy and positive environment - and boy do Upbeat fit in to that!
Team Upbeat not only fed and watered us, but we're instrumental in keeping my crew going on the latest Donny and Marie tour throughout the UK.
With a gruelling schedule and some tough legs, there wasn't a second we weren't looked after…… whether we were at The O2 or in the Bournemouth International Centre, which is no easy task!
We look forward to the next time….
Best,
Lar.
Team Upbeat not only fed and watered us, but we're instrumental in keeping my crew going on the latest Donny and Marie tour throughout the UK.
With a gruelling schedule and some tough legs, there wasn't a second we weren't looked after…… whether we were at The O2 or in the Bournemouth International Centre, which is no easy task!
We look forward to the next time….
Best,
Lar.
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CONTACT UPBEAT FOOD
ADDRESS
Upbeat Food. 11 Monk Road, RD 1, Helensville 0874. New Zealand
EMAIL
info@upbeatfood.com
PHONE
Office +64 (0) 94202777
Cell+ 64 (0) 2102865858
Upbeat Food. 11 Monk Road, RD 1, Helensville 0874. New Zealand
info@upbeatfood.com
PHONE
Office +64 (0) 94202777
Cell+ 64 (0) 2102865858