Our story

Food, family and a recipe worth keeping.

Heidi and Scott have built a family and spent most of their working lives around food. From cafés, restaurants, retail and food manufacturing to family meals and early market mornings, making something good and sharing it with people has always been part of their life together. Nana Dunn + Co carries that same spirit into every jar.

Family photograph of Nana with Laura and Heidi — Heidi with Nana Dunn and Laura (and yes, a bowl of onions 😭)

Heidi and Nana — From the Nana Dunn + Co family collection.

Scott and Wayne holding a jar among shelves of Nana Dunn jars in a storeroom shed — Scott and Wayne in 2019 when the storeroom was a shed behind OBR restaurant

The recipe

Passed through the family.

Nana Dunn is Laura’s grandmother and Heidi’s Great Aunty Melba. Her pickled onion recipe dates back to 1935. She shared her pickled onions with friends and family for many years, then passed the recipe on to Laura and Heidi. Aged 98 in 2026, she was always on quality control from her home in Matamata.

Nana Dunn + Co was created in 2019 by cousins Laura and Heidi. Today it is owned and run by Heidi and her husband Scott, a chef by trade, from Papamoa. The original pickled onions carry Nana’s recipe. Other products have their own stories, including the curried onion chutney made from Scott’s recipe.

Pickled onions like they used to taste.

The original pickled onions Find a way to serve your jar

Black and white photograph of Nana Dunn and Uncle Ross, dressed up and smiling — Aunty Melba (Nana Dunn) and Uncle Ross

Colour photograph of Uncle Ross and Nana Dunn, dressed up and smiling — Aunty Melba (Nana Dunn) and Uncle Ross

Gold · Silver · Bronze

Award-winning jars.

Gold · 2022
NZ Artisan Food Awards

Original Malt Vinegar Pickled Onions

Silver · 2022
NZ Artisan Food Awards

Red Onion Jam

Bronze · 2023
NZ Outstanding Food Producer Awards

Original Malt Vinegar Pickled Onions

Bronze · 2023
NZ Artisan Food Awards

Curried Onion Chutney

Silver · 2023
NZ Artisan Food Awards

Tomato + Onion Relish

Gold · 2024
NZ Outstanding Food Producer Awards

Original Malt Vinegar Pickled Onions Curried Onion Chutney

Silver · 2025
NZ Artisan Food Awards

Chilli Pickled Onions ACV/Honey Pickled Onions

We operate from a home-based kitchen under a National Programme 2 food control plan. Premises 6352, Registration Plan Number TCC001671/2, expiring 13 July 2027.