Register Here

Got a toastie that melts hearts, makes pickles proud, and could be crowned NZ’s best? Then enter your toastie into this year’s Great NZ Toastie Takeover by completing the form below. Terms and Conditions for the 2025 Great NZ Toastie Takeover can be found here.

For registration we’ll need your contact information and payment, then details about the toastie you’re entering by 13 June.

Costs:

  • Entrants: $199+GST

  • Eateries with multiple venues $149+GST per venue. Contact us for more info.

  • Past Participants $149+GST per venue. Check your emails or contact us for codes.

Any questions, email deirdre@cookandnelson.com.

Key DATES:

  • 5 May: Entries open

  • 11 June: Confirm your participation

  • 13 June: Confirm details of your toastie (no changes after this date)

  • 20 June: McClure’s Great NZ Toastie Takeover Kit dispatched to you

  • 25 June: Competition Begins

  • 6 August: Finalists announced

  • 20 August: Supreme winner announced

GNZTT 2024 By the numbers

Ready for the ultimate toastie test?

Search for NZ’s top toasted sandwich back for 2025

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Think your toasties taste top? The Great NZ Toastie Takeover is back and we are once again on the hunt for the country’s supreme toasted sandwich.

Johns’ winning ‘Figgy In The Middle’ beat out 169 other entries from across the country, with its innovative combination of dill pickle cheesecake whip, Swiss cheese, sliced figs, Vandy’s streaky bacon, toasted walnuts, rocket, McClure's pickles, blue cheese and a generous drizzle of chilli honey.