Real people. Real kitchen. Real food.
Made by hand, start to finish—and packed with love
The Family Kitchen is a Mount Maunganui kitchen making fresh, home-style meals and thoughtful care packages for families across New Zealand.
Our chefs Reace, Alex, Corey and Leeroy prepare, portion and pack every meal by hand in our MPI-registered kitchen. We cook fresh, snap-freeze for quality and send our meals in insulated packaging so they arrive ready for the freezer.
We believe food is one of the most practical ways to show someone you care. Whether it is a new baby, recovery, a hard week or simply making family dinners easier, our job is to take one thing off their plate.
Award-winning food
We entered five dishes in the 2022 NZ Artisan Awards — one of the country's largest food award programmes, with more than 1,000 entries that year — and all five came home with a medal:
- Free Range Chicken Tarragon with Kumara Mash — Silver
- Slow Cooked Beef Cheeks with Buttery Mash — Silver
- Vegan Cauliflower Chickpea Curry — Bronze
- Classic Kiwiana Lasagna — Bronze
- Roast Pumpkin Risotto with Almonds — Bronze
Visit or contact us
You can find our real physical store at 40 Hewletts Road, Mount Maunganui. Come in and meet the team, browse the freezers or ask us for help choosing the right meals or care package.
Phone: 07 572 5700
Email: shop@mealprep.nz
We are an ACC-approved meal provider (VBI718) and deliver nationwide.