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Ronnies Cafe & Bakery Win Gold at Bakels Supreme Pie Awards! Ronnies Cafe & Bakery win gold at Bakels supreme pie awards! See page 3 for more ISSUE 453 • 3 August 2021 • Phone 07 888 4489 • Email: [email protected] • www.sceneonline.co.nz • PRICELESS Stuff with Caron... www.sceneonline.co.nz i and welcome to August. Well, what a weekend! I thought I many. Hopefully in coming weeks, I’ll be able to share some of Hwas a bit of a clever clogs on Saturday when, after spending the progress with photos of what I’m sure, is going to turn this most of the day painting a new archway for my garden (can I beautiful house into someone’s forever home come auction day just add that painting two sides of trellis is not the picnic you – and with the cherry on the top being a big fat donation to a might think), I then repurposed an old low fence kind of thing by hospital complex we all take immense pride and ownership of. sawing it up to fit the new spot and tickling it up with a new coat Well with that said, I guess that’s about me for now so until next of paint. You know that feeling when you’ve finished something – time be good, be kind and be careful and I’ll see you round like a even like mowing the lawns or trimming a hedge, and you stand wrecking ball. back and take a bit of personal glee? Well, I did that and, after planting a nice wee Star Jasmine (Love, love, LOVE the smell of these when they flower), “may” have popped out a few times just to check it still looked as cool as I thought it had the gazillion times before? On Sunday morning however, I realised that my “big” achievement kinda paled in significance to what can be achieved when you get a ton of burly rugby players, a dozen or more skilled tradies, and a couple with a plan to really boost the funds of Pohlen Foundation Trust all in the same place! NEW ONLINE MEDICAL You’ll remember a couple of weeks ago, reading about Ross SERVICES!! and Gilly Alexander who bought a house in town, only to realise soon after, that it wasn’t required. Rather than appease the FREEDOM TO MANAGE government with a fairly sizable bright line tax donation, they YOUR HEALTH AND decided to gift the profit to the Foundation. Being a charitable WELLBEING trust, this was completely within the rules and a fantastic way to help ensure major capital works planned for the complex become a step closer. Arriving to the Koromiko Place residence on Sunday morning, a sea of tradies vehicles, utes (heaven forbid… mostly petrol or diesel driven and certainly not draining the grid) and people power lined the cul-de-sac. There was certainly no mistaking which house on the street was about to undergo a massive makeover! Once inside, whoa! In just a few hours, bathrooms were removed, walls were stripped, ceilings were texture free, doors and hinges were removed, flooring was uplifted, curtains, tracks, fittings and fixtures came down – even the infamous brick arch of the eighties went back to the era of big hair and plastic earrings! Outside, it was more of the same. It was pretty cool seeing the garden shed securely attached to a hiab before it went up and ABOVE: Pohlen Foundation Trust fundraising manager, Gilly over the fence onto a waiting truck ready for delivery to its Alexander was absolutely delighted to have members of UMS, new home. The mood was high, the help was amazing and all in local tradesmen and volunteers offer their time on Sunday for the all, the first day of the major renovation was an epic effort by beginning of an exciting renovation project for Pohlen. PETE’S LOSS...YOUR GAIN! THUR FRI SAT SUN TUE WED Come grab a GREAT MEAT DEAL Today! FILM NAME 5 AUG 6 AUG 7 AUG 8 AUG 10 AUG 11 AUG ANTOINETTE IN THE 1.10pm Hey Owee, how 1.10pm 4.00pm 6.10pm 3.20pm CEVENNES (M) 7.50pm come my pay didn’t BLACK WIDOW (M) 5.40pm 5.45pm go in last week? DREAMHORSE (PG) 3.45pm 8.00pm 3.50pm 6.00pm 6.00pm Mate, whaddya HERSELF (M) 6.00pm 6.00pm 8.15pm 3.45pm expect when you 1.30pm 3.30pm 1.15pm 11.15am 1.30pm QUEEN BEES (PG) 3.30pm keep selling top NC 5.40pm 5.50pm 5.50pm 3.40pm 5.40pm quality meat at SPACE JAM: A NEW 3.20pm that price! LEGACY (MA) THE GODMOTHER 3.20pm 3.20pm Broadway, Matamata (M) Phone 07 888 8957 11.00am 1.00pm 1.00pm 11.00am Locally owned & operated THE JUSTICE OF 8.00pm 1.00pm BUNNY KING (M) 8.20pm 8.20pm 5.50pm 1.50pm 6.00pm 1.45pm Proud to promote local news, local 3.15pm 8.30pm 11.00am 6.15pm THE MISFITS (M) 8.10pm advertising and local ownership. This is our community and we’re proud to keep THE MOLE AGENT 3.40pm 1.00pm 3.50pm it that way! (E) 11.40am 11.15am 1.30pm 11.30am EDITORIAL Contact Caron: WAITING FOR ANYA 3.10pm 1.30pm 1.30pm 3.50pm (M) 6.10pm 6.20pm 4.00pm [email protected] 6.00pm 0274 127 062 11.15am 1.15pm 3.30pm 11.15am WARRIOR QUEEN 1.30pm 1.15pm ADVERTISING Contact Milly: (M) NC 7.50pm 8.15pm 8.15pm 8.15pm [email protected] 12.50pm 10.50am 027 827 4773 JUNGLE CRUISE (M) 5.30pm NC 5.40pm 3.10pm CLASSIFIED / GENERAL ENQUIRIES [email protected] Visit our website for up to the minute screening times: Opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of management. www.tivolicinema.co.nz Layout and Design: Scene Printing: Horton Media NC - no complementarys Distribution: By awesome locals to 6,700 homes weekly! Tickets: Adults $18.00 Seniors & Students $14.50 (F) = Final Screening Cheap Tuesday: Adults $15.00 Senior & Students $12.00 before 5pm 88 Arawa Street, Matamata | 07 888 4489 www.sceneonline.co.nz www.tivolicinema.co.nz | Bookings 07 823 5064 | 32 Lake Street, Cambridge 2 SCENE 3 August, 2021 Scene around... www.sceneonline.co.nz YOUR LOCAL Gold award winners - “so excited man!” PICTURE FRAMERS hen you love the and, in its 24th year, the awards have become the premier event Wbusiness so much you for New Zealand bakers. “To win gold is something very good” decide to buy it, you’re says Ny. “We have entered the competition a few times before, so bound to succeed and, to win this year was a very exciting time for the team.” for Ny Chan and Tien Also featuring in the Bakels event, local apprentice Baker, Chung, success doesn’t Raquel Voschezang was delighted to hear that she placed in the get any better than being top third of apprentice bakers. Having started her apprenticeship recognised with a national at New World following the end of her year 13 Matamata College Wholesale prices too! award. education, Raquel says it’s awesome to be learning as you go in Having entered a busy, hands on environment – without a huge student loan PHOTO PRODUCTS CREATED IN STORE three varieties of hanging over your head. “I had been working in grocery, and their infamous Matthew, the owner of the store, asked me what I was looking Ronnie’s Café & at studying this year” says Raquel. “I told him I was umming Bakery pies to and arring between AUT in Auckland and Wintec in Hamilton the recent Bakels to do patisserie training. He then offered the opportunity to do Canvas Collage New Zealand my apprenticeship here at New World – and I was so excited, I From Design from $59 $30 Supreme Pie almost immediately accepted. I have never regretted my decision Awards, the and, with such an amazing and supportive crew to learn from, Let us save, re-new ABOVE: Ny Chan and Tien Chung are the couple were am looking forward to one day, having my name on a gold Bakels or re-create your proud owner/operators of Ronnie’s Cafe & “excited man”, to award!” Caron Stewart photos Bakery who won gold with their mince and hear their store cheese pie at the Bakels New Zealand Supreme favourite, the All at great value prices! Pie Awards. mince and cheese pie, won gold at the prestigious nationwide competition. Making everything they sell from scratch, Ny says he just loves 60 Arawa St 07 888 8560 baking. “You cannot pick the job” he says, “the job picks you. We bought Ronnie’s three years ago in October and really love the people that keep supporting us and how much they enjoy our food. It’s important to us and our team that we do the best we can everyday and we all work very hard to make that happen.” On average, Ronnie’s make between 200 and 240 pies daily, but since the announcement of their Bakels gold award, demand has increased so much that they are now producing around 400 each day! “We are very happy” says Ny. “Many people have come in just to try our mince and cheese pie and agree that it is very good Reclaimed Clothing with beautiful pastry and the balance of cheese and mince.” ABOVE: First year apprentice at New World Matamata, Raquel it’s new to you. With 11 categories in the annual competition, Bakels New Voschezang was delighted to place in the top third of nationwide NEW ARRIVALS IN STORE NOW! Zealand Supreme Pie Awards see entries from across the country entries at the Bakels New Zealand Supreme Pie Awards.
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