Top 14 Wellington Food Influencers on Instagram (Dec 2025)
We found 14 Wellington Food influencers (identified because they used 'Food' in their Instagram bio) with the majority of their audience in New Zealand. Here's the top 14 of them. To run a different search, and analyze every creator on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok, get a 14-day free trial of Modash.
Last updated: Dec 4, 2025. To run a custom search, check out Modash's influencer discovery features (free to try).
1. Vicki Young
New Zealand👩🏻🍳Private chef, baking tutor, serial snacker 🍧Pop-ups + desserts 🎨Food styling, recipe development, copywriter ✏️Writes about food @urbanlistnz 📍AKLFollowers4.7kFake followers13.18%Engagement rate2.67%Average Reel plays3.2kAudience gendermale19.43%female80.57%Top performing Reels- 10.4k
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Engagement rate benchmarkAudience location by cityWellington49.24%Auckland15.93%Canterbury2.88%Dunedin2.68%Rotorua1.99%2. Cherie Ayrton
New ZealandMum to 2 gorgeous girls 👭 And twin boys 🐯🦋 Carb queen 👑 Food & brow addict 🤤 Wife to @haydenayrton 💍 Boss lady to @feathertouch_bycherie 👩🎨✒Followers3.5kFake followers19.09%Engagement rate9.52%Average Reel plays10.6kAudience gendermale5.72%female94.28%Top performing Reels- 13.6k
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Engagement rate benchmarkAudience location by cityWellington36.68%Auckland6.42%Palmerston North4.98%Canterbury3.32%Napier-Hastings2.64%
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3. chetan pangam
New ZealandDad| Foodie| Chef | Beef & Lamb Ambassador chef | Ora King salmon Ambassador| winner WOAP burger wellington 2024 | 2023 | Bespoke Food ExperiencesFollowers2.5kFake followers13.54%Engagement rate1.99%Average Reel plays1.4kAudience gendermale66.39%female33.61%Top performing Reels- 1.3k
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Engagement rate benchmarkAudience location by cityWellington22.95%Auckland19.6%Canterbury6.2%Napier-Hastings3.52%Dunedin3.02%4. Sarah Hopkinson I Remembering we are nature
New ZealandCurriculum for a loving world ✌️🌏 Front yard food farmer 🌱💚 Tangata tiriti for ❤️🖤🤍 Joining GLAM dots in it all 🫠🪩Followers2.4kFake followers13.21%Engagement rate1.59%Average Reel plays948Audience gendermale16.13%female83.87%Top performing Reels- 13.2k
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Engagement rate benchmarkAudience location by cityWellington16.19%Auckland14.22%Canterbury8.1%New Plymouth4.16%Dunedin3.06%5. Jack Shewell
New Zealand📍 Ōtautahi Soigne 🤌🏼 Head chef @courttheatrenz Food, life, golf and football. @nufcFollowers1.9kFake followers14.26%Engagement rate2.4%Average Reel plays7.8kAudience genderfemale47.67%male52.33%Top performing Reels- 206
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Engagement rate benchmarkAudience location by cityWellington45.61%Auckland12.96%Canterbury4.32%Dunedin3.37%Melbourne1.89%6. addie
New Zealandfull time adventurer • @fithealthfoodie • fitness, food & mental healthFollowers1.8kFake followers15.94%Engagement rate9.36%Average Reel plays2.1kAudience gendermale36.54%female63.46%Top performing Reels- 266
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Engagement rate benchmarkAudience location by cityWellington29.83%Palmerston North13.33%Auckland6.5%Canterbury2.67%Melbourne1.67%7. Ebin
New ZealandA pinch of travel 🌁🚌 A dash of food 🍔🥗🍛 A whole lot of photography 🎞️📸 Wellington 🌊🍃 | NZ 🇳🇿🐑Followers1.6kFake followers12.06%Engagement rate17.3%Average Reel plays2.2kAudience genderfemale27.49%male72.51%Top performing Reels- 3.6k
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Engagement rate benchmarkAudience location by cityKannur21.81%Wellington10.6%Bangalore7.37%Kochi5.07%Auckland3.99%8. Atina Jayne Poloie Tu'i
New ZealandVisual food + lifting diaries 34 / Mama / Business owner @baycity_studio Loves to move 🧠🏋🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️ @loukacrossfit I help people into employment ⚡️Followers1.5kFake followers14.05%Engagement rate4.42%Average Reel plays2.2kAudience gendermale40.55%female59.45%Top performing Reels- 91.5k
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Engagement rate benchmarkAudience location by cityWellington46.28%Melbourne9.31%Auckland7.45%Brisbane4.26%Sydney3.46%9. Atina Jayne Poloie Tu'i
Visual food + lifting diaries 34 / Mama / Business owner @baycity_studio Loves to move 🧠🏋🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️ @loukacrossfit I help people into employment ⚡️Followers1.5kFake followers-Engagement rate4.42%Average Reel plays-Audience genderNo info availableTop performing ReelsNo info availableEngagement rate benchmarkNo info availableAudience location by cityNo info available10. 𝗧𝗔𝗠𝗦𝗬𝗡 𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗
New ZealandMama to Bodhi and Brax 👶🏼👶🏼 #mumlife Balancing Family, Food and Fitness 🏠 Wellington | NZFollowers1.4kFake followers30.37%Engagement rate2.85%Average Reel plays805Audience gendermale51.77%female48.23%Top performing Reels- 3.8k
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Engagement rate benchmarkAudience location by cityWellington22.02%Auckland13.26%Canterbury6.93%Melbourne4.14%Palmerston North3.77%11. Nick Piesco
New ZealandProfessional nerd, amateur food person, license plate collector, design and type geek, raconteur, bon vivant. FL → PA → TX → NZFollowers1.4kFake followers8.89%Engagement rate2.35%Average Reel plays269Audience gendermale45.84%female54.16%Top performing Reels- 154
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Engagement rate benchmarkAudience location by cityWellington10.82%Waco10.82%Austin8.92%New York City3.23%Auckland1.71%12. Max - 🇫🇷🇵🇱🇮🇹🇩🇪
New ZealandFell in love with NZ Slow food World is your oyster PM for collabsFollowers1.4kFake followers17.05%Engagement rate1.59%Average Reel plays1.2kAudience gendermale53.48%female46.52%Top performing Reels- 122
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Engagement rate benchmarkAudience location by cityWellington25.53%Auckland10.66%Melbourne3.59%Canterbury2.85%Marseille2.48%13. Karishma Thanawala
New ZealandFollowers1.3kFake followers14.69%Engagement rate9.21%Average Reel plays3.1kAudience genderfemale47.35%male52.65%Top performing Reels- 234
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Engagement rate benchmarkAudience location by cityWellington42.35%Auckland16.9%Dunedin3.91%Canterbury3.2%Melbourne1.6%14. Karishma Thanawala
Followers1.3kFake followers-Engagement rate9.21%Average Reel plays-Audience genderNo info availableTop performing ReelsNo info availableEngagement rate benchmarkNo info availableAudience location by cityNo info available15. Courtnay Adele
New ZealandDo you like food? So do I @courtnaycooks Do you like cats? So do I @snooki_the_floofFollowers1.3kFake followers20.93%Engagement rate4.2%Average Reel plays1.4kAudience gendermale19.3%female80.7%Top performing ReelsEngagement rate benchmarkAudience location by cityWellington17.72%Auckland15.19%Canterbury6.08%Melbourne3.04%Napier-Hastings2.78%16. Mell Leenders Photography
New ZealandLifestyle, fashion and food - Wellington, NZFollowers1.2kFake followers19.44%Engagement rate7.41%Average Reel plays-Audience genderfemale40.07%male59.93%Top performing Reels- 1k
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Engagement rate benchmarkAudience location by cityWellington12.57%Auckland4.37%New York City2.89%Canterbury1.95%Greater London1.72%
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