Few people have been so dedicated to the Food and Wine Classic experience as Wellington couple Fiona and Steve Wellgreen, who took a week off work to attend Hawke's Bay's new 10-day festival.
The pair are self confessed "foodies," and booked a total of seven unique F.A.W.C events two months ago after hearing about it at The Food Show in May.
"[Steve] was sick for most of Wellington on a Plate so we had to give most of our tickets away. Basically we love food, we love wine and we love Hawke's Bay, we try to come up two or three times a year," Fiona says.
Their accommodation was also booked in advance with a few nights spent at the Crown in Ahuriri, before moving to Hawthorne House in Hastings.
With so many events on the weekend it was difficult to choose, but they had not been disappointed yet.