Movie History

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Flying Trestles broke new ground in the movie catering business back in 1992, catering for Jane Campion’s “The Piano”. As time has gone by, business has got busier and busier, and the company grew, with Vertical Limit, Lord of the Rings and King Kong virtually running end-on-end. Not to mention building a solid reputation for catering in Wanaka and Queenstown for every conceivable event that can be imagined.

Some of our rich history:

1992 The Piano, and Tommy Knockers

1994 Heavenly Creatures

1995 Jack Brown Genius

1995/96 Hercules

1998/99 Duggan

1999 Fearless, and Vertical Limit

2001 Atomic Twister, Lost World, Blonde Cargo, and Eco Challenge

2002 The Water Giant, Perfect Strangers, and Beyond Borders (Namibia/Thailand)

2002/03 The Last Samurai (Japan & New Zealand shoots)

2003 Sylvia, Without a Paddle, and In My Fathers Den

1999/2003 Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy was huge, traveling around locations in New Zealand to some of the most remote corners of the country! On the biggest day 1100 people were fed, more typically there were 700 to 800 per day – generally 6 days a week. Among many other things, 285,600 eggs were consumed, 15 tonnes of fruit and 27km of aluminum foil!

2004 King Kong, The Worlds Fastest Indian, and Antarctic Journal

2004/07 Narnia

2006 1000BC, 30 Days of Night, and Waterhorse

2007 Bride Flight

2008 Underworld 3

2008 Wolverine [now showing in cinemas]

Plus numerous TV commercials: Speights, Heineken, Jeep, Mercedes, Subaru, BMW, Holden, Ford, Hummer, etc. etc., and another early contract was operating the cafeteria at Wanaka's Treble Cone Ski Area - this went on for around ten years.

Probably one of the most unusual contracts has been catering for mountaineer Guy Cotter’s [Adventure Consultants] expeditions to Mt Everest. Guy is Wanaka based and this expedition became the envy of all expeditions on Everest at the time, because of the cuisine!

Flying Trestles currently have more than eight trucks, including a coffee truck, freezer/chiller truck and location's truck. Each kitchen truck is basically one huge on-the-move self contained kitchen, equipped with its own generator, water, gas and waste tanks, walk in refrigerator plus a freezer, six hob gas ovens and dishwasher. There is also modular field kitchens – ovens, barbeques, stove tops & water boilers and an alloy cage that can be flown by helicopter into remote locations, plus thermal/hot boxes and a variety of other equipment.

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Movie History