Cuisine

Do you remember when ‘dining out’ on the Sunshine Coast meant going to the takeaway shop to get fish and chips and heading to the nearest beach to dine? What about walking into a coffee shop and thinking that ordering a macchiato sounded like a different language? Read more >

My calendar is already cleared in mid-May because I will be going to the annual Noosa International Food & Wine Festival. This four day festival is considered Australia’s leading regional food and wine festival and as a Sunshine Coast local, I feel privileged that this amazing event takes place in my own backyard.

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The Sunshine Coast is fast gaining recognition for its fabulous food and beverage producers.  As the Farmers’ Markets will tell you, we not only have a vast range of produce we also have vast range of top quality produce, with much of it being sought after by national and international markets.

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I spend a lot of time eating out, and every now and then I come across a nice little surprise. Cartwright’s Restaurant & Bar was one such surprise and a most unexpected one at that.

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Off we go, in our bus. Some beautiful scenery beckons and great food tasting is, well, the cherry on top. We are on a food and wine tasting trail with SunAir, a company many of us will know as the bus that runs to-and-from the airport. Paul, our driver, is already cracking wonderfully terrible jokes. I hope he knows his way round the coast better than he does around a comedy routine.

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Take a giant pineapple, add lots of bursting fruit and vegies, throw in an alpaca, a bit of music and lots of drinks and nibblies and you have the Big Pineapple Growers and Fine Food Market. In the shadow of the eponymous Big Pineapple, just outside Nambour, this cute and vibrant market explodes into life every Saturday, 6.30am to 12.30pm, nestled in the rolling hills and under the wide sky of Sunshine Coast farmland. As an addition to the abundant farmers’ market style sites on the Sunshine Coast, this is a new and excellent offering. Read more >

I have many foodie weaknesses, amongst them, attending cooking schools. I love being amongst others that cook as there is always something new to learn.  Add to that equation stunning scenery and a bonus of a celebrity chef and you have my attention. Read more >

The Noosa Farmers Market is a ‘must visit’ for anyone spending time on the Sunshine Coast.  While the region has many markets, the Noosa Farmers’ Market is pretty much the top of the list… and is the absolute pinnacle for foodies. Read more >