PLANT - BASED CAFE . MURCHISON, NEW ZEALANDDelicious,Nutritious,
Plant-Based Food
Real food, made from scratch with organic ingredients, served with love in the heart of the South Island.
Our Story
A Family Kitchen,
Born From Passion
Zen's Kitchen first opened summer 2016 after many months of transforming a 1969 caravan into a fully commercial kitchen. It's named after Zen, the owner and chef. Originally from the Czech Republic, he came to New Zealand in 2007, loved it and never left. Fast-forward to the present day in the small South Island town of Murchison. We are happy to be embarking on our ninth season. Thanks to some good old neighbourly help, local support, and a lot of hard work, we are providing locals and travellers alike with real, organic where possible, quality plant-based food. It's a small family run business.
Our Story
Zen’s Kitchen first opened summer 2016 after many months of transforming a 1969 caravan into a fully commercial kitchen that can make…almost anything. It’s named after Zen, the owner and chef. Originally from the Czech Republic he came to New Zealand in 2007, loved it and never left.
He has been working as a chef for over twenty five years. From small ski chalets in the hills of the Czech Republic, to the 5 star Prestonfield house Hotel in Edinburg and some of our Wellington favorites Fidel’s café and Commonsense Organics to name a few.
Zen first became interested in Vegan food during his time in Edinburg, but it wasn’t until living in Dunedin that the idea of running his own vegan food caravan was seeded.
Fast-forward to the present day in the small south Island town of Murchison we are happy to be embarking on our tenth season. Thanks to some good old neighbourly help, local support and a lot of hard work, we are happy to be providing locals and traveller alike with real, organic where possible, quality plant based food.
It’s a small family run business..
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Our Space
From our beloved caravan to our new converted shipping container venue — come see what we've built.
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