Snack Masters is a New Zealand cooking competition television show based on the BAFTA-nominated British series Snackmasters.
In December 2021, South Pacific Pictures announced that they were making the series for TVNZ, with production due to begin in early 2022.
[7] The chefs are given to two days to develop their replicas, which are then presented panel made up of workers involved with the manufacture of the snack.
Unlike the original and Australian series, Tom Sainsbury delivers the food items himself with a modified backpack to both teams, but he never sees the contestants until the Cook-off.
Writing for Stuff, food writer Emily Brookes commented on the skills of the chefs, but was critical that they were, due to shooting constraints, all Auckland-based., except ep.3 of season 1, which was based in Wellington and Levin.