Vegetarian stand wins Best Food Site award

Dhruva Reid has never tasted meat in all his 32 years.

He is the owner of One Love, a vegetarian food stall at Fieldays that has won this year’s Best Food
Vendor Site award.

Along with a certificate, they were given a hamper, containing things like chocolate, biscuits, wine,
and drink vouchers.

Reid runs the business with his wife, and they specialise in events.

“Many of New Zealand’s bigger events, you’ll see us,” Reid said. They attend around 12 events a year,
but usually have several sites at each event.

Reid, who believes in Vaishnavism, found it difficult to explain the reason behind the stall’s name,
saying that for him, it referred to God, in any form and with any name.

He said he has been in the kitchen since he was knee height, and has been making samosas for 20
years.

“I come from a lineage of catering,” he said.

He believes they won the Best Food Vendor award because of their caravan design.

“It’s a big, great, tasty-looking rig,” he said.

“It has personal features like serving from the ground. Also the kitchen’s very translucent. You can
see in, you can see out when you’re cooking.”

He said this design is better because it makes serving customers more personal.
This is their second time serving food at Fieldays.