Who we are
We are drinks & hospitality experts
We are New Zealand's foremost batched cocktail supplier. We focus on staff training, venue set-up, and supplying handmade, delicious cocktails in bulk to eliminate any and all barriers between your guests and a delicious cocktail.
We are a team of passionate drinks and hospitality experts who believe that life’s too short to drink shit drinks. Since 2017 Black Pineapple has served hundreds of thousands of epic cocktails at events all over New Zealand. During Covid we pivoted into sending cocktails, pro bar kit, glassware and garnishes across Aotearoa via E-Commerce, helping Kiwis get through, One. Espresso. Martini. At a time. NOW we’re here to support hotels, events, venues, stadiums and caterers in executing outstanding cocktails wherever you may be.
Trade Team
Our People
Frankie Walker
Director
Frankie founded Black Pineapple in 2016 after spending over 25 years in the drinks industry in the UK & NZ. From bartending & running top UK bars through to Sales, Marketing, Brand Activation, Education, and Advocacy. Frankie fundamentally believes that life’s too short to drink shit drinks - and Black Pineapple is here to help!
Favourite cocktail: Spritz Italiano
Ben Newman
GENERAL MANAGER
Ben gained his passion for drinks and operations working in some of the country’s top cocktail spots. Ben’s attention to detail and creativity help to drive and inspire everything that we do.
Favourite cocktail: East 8 Holdup
Miles Muir
TRADE ACCOUNT MANAGER
Coming from one of Auckland’s best Cocktail Bars, Miles traded in his shakers at the end of 2022 to join the Black Pineapple Sales team. As your go-to Industry Drinks and Corporate-Gifting Liaison, Miles will be the first one to tell you it’s both his job and his pleasure to cater to your every need.
Miles had his first “Wow!” drinks-moment at home in his kitchen meticulously building his first ever Whiskey Sour. After a couple false-starts and a few cracked eggs, that drink’s silky smoothness flipped a switch in Miles’ brain and he’s been obsessed with Classic Cocktails ever since. Now you can catch him crusading to share that same joy with everyone- one delicious drink at a time.
Favourite cocktail: The Daiquiri
Black Pineapple Trade Cocktails is a great solution for our ever-changing casual staffing pool to be able to manage a cocktail menu in our smaller Arena spaces, and serve a bunch of cocktails all at the same time. Our clients love the perfectly balanced cocktails, and our team finds them really easy to dispense, shake, pour and garnish.
Sam Kennedy - Spark Arena Corporate Events
"From the moment you engage with Black Pineapple, it's evident that they're committed to excellence. Their attention to detail, coupled with a passion for mixology, shines through in every aspect of their service. Their cleverly crafted formula of pre-batched cocktails allows you to deliver large volumes of cocktails in minutes for those private & corporate events, highly recommended!!!"
Vanessa Hutley, Sales Manager ATR / Ellerslie Events
"Frankie, Miles, Ben, and the Team at Black Pineapple are a pleasure to work with and can assist with any question that is thrown their way. It has been a pleasure to have their cocktails on board and they taste delicious to boot. They are super simple to prepare in a high pace environment and take the stress away from remembering the cocktail ingredients."
Samantha Francis, Charters and Events Coordinator, Explore auk
We are so happy that we chose Black Pineapple as our pre-batched cocktail company. They are super helpful and patient when it came to training my staff and their cocktails are out of this world! Our favourite and most popular would have to be the Mango Chili Margarita. It was a huge hit from day one! Best decision we have ever made.
Rachel Johns, Owner/Director, the grounds
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