Nacho Pie Nation & How Mexican Flavours Just Redefined the Kiwi Vegan Pie

A nacho pie has just taken out New Zealand’s top vegan pie honour and honestly, could anything scream 2025 more? Richoux Patisserie’s Supreme-winning “Nacho Pie” blended Mexican spice, crunch, and creamy plant-based comfort into a mash-up that feels perfectly tuned to the times: bold, global, and comfort-driven. Judges called it “flavour-packed” and “innovative”, which is code for this one actually made us smile.

This isn’t just about vegan food tasting good anymore, it’s about food that’s fun, expressive and culturally fluent. The rise of crossover flavours like nacho, Thai and butter “chicken” in this year’s NZ Vegan Society Pie Awards proves the Kiwi bakery scene has stopped apologising for going plant-based. It’s embracing it, remixing it, and serving it hot.

Vegan Society spokesperson Claire Insley noted the influx of new bakeries entering the competition as proof that “vegan food is tasty, and more customers are asking for vegan options across the board”. That shift in demand and the businesses responding to it, makes this year’s awards not just a celebration of pies, but a marker of where plant-based food in New Zealand is headed. Full list of winners HERE.

So yes, the humble pie just got global. And in a year when tastebuds crave joy, spice, and a bit of escapism, a nacho-stuffed pastry might just be the most accurate reflection of how we’re really eating now, less tradition, more fiesta.

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