Growing up with a serious sweet tooth and a love for baking, she’d long dreamed of creating something of her own. Back home in Napier, she noticed a gap – at the time there wasn’t a space purely dedicated to indulgent, handcrafted sweet treats. So, as a determined young woman in her early 20s, armed with a wild dream and a ‘now or never’ attitude, she decided to build it from scratch – right in the midst of a global pandemic.

A story about a business coming together through eating burgers and helping the community!

St Georges Restaurant has become an iconic landmark for its previous wine production, unique Dutch architectural design, and transformation over time. What began as a family-owned vineyard is now a notable restaurant with its own vegetable garden, rich in history and on the brink of a new Hawke’s Bay legacy.