30 EntErtainmEnt
Taste
for Travel Sparks Journey with
and
Travelling, Talent Tempeh
By Kat Duggan
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matt Hellriegel is an ideas man,
well known around town as one of
the brains that brought ritual Café
to life in 2012.
After selling up in 2015, Matt and his partner
Tati Märtzová left the comforts of Blenheim
to travel, passing through much of South and
Central America and spending time in Dublin
and Slovakia, which is home for Tati.
The pair returned to Marlborough at the end
of 2017, and have been bringing national
and international performers to play at their
intimate gig venue, The Plant, ever since.
The Plant is also home to their second
business venture, Found Tempeh.