Dunedin's Best Cafe owner Jessica Marks faces a "feeding frenzy" of customer demand and is taking nothing for granted as her fourth Bluff oyster season begins.
Marks drove to Bluff at the weekend, and returned to Dunedin with 50 dozen oysters — some obtained on Sunday and others yesterday — so they were available in her city cafe from 1pm yesterday.
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She had a good relationship with her oyster supplier, but continued to phone each day, both to check on availability for the cafe's standing order and to see if any more of the southern delicacy might become available.
She took over in 2017 as owner-operator of the cafe, which her great-grandfather Patrick Collins had established in 1932.