Australia’s newest and hottest destination food festival is hitting the Sunshine Coast this month and you don’t want to miss its three-day Food Fair next week! The best names in food will be there….think Peter Gilmore, Lyndey Milan, Darren Robertson.
The Curated Plate, a vibrant three-day Food Fair program where guests can see, touch, sip, smell and taste the best of what the Sunshine Coast has to offer, with masterclasses, chef talks and cooking demonstrations, and a host of local and national eateries over three delicious days at Black Swan Park.
Right next door to trendy, bustling Maroochydore, Cotton Tree is home to sprawling native cotton trees which will provide welcome shade to an array of incredible talent and experiences along the sun-kissed stretch of the Sunshine Coast. Celebrating the relationship between chef and producer, The Curated Plate encourages guests to immerse themselves in the flavours foraged from organic and sustainable practices.
The Food Fair will showcase local businesses and producers with free and ticketed masterclasses, such as the Spirit House cooking school, beer tastings by Your Mates Brewing Co., and how to make coffee-based cocktails and mocktails with Sunshine Coast Coffee Roasters. Each masterclass will be introduced by Kim McCosker, Australian author of ‘4 Ingredients’ and Sunshine Coast-local.
There will be free demonstrations and chef talks from the incredible stable of international and Australian talent involved in the festival, hosted by award-winning food personality, Lyndey Milan OAM. Zaiyu Hasegawa from Den in Japan, recently named the 11th best restaurant in the 2019 World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards, will demonstrate his creative and artistic culinary technique on local produce from the Sunshine Coast region.
Peter Gilmore (Quay, Sydney) and Troy Rhoades-Brown (Muse, Hunter Valley) will share stories of their ‘Own Backyard’ and how this translates into their kitchens, while Darren Robertson (Three Blue Ducks, The Farm Byron Bay) and Clayton Wells (Automata, A1 Canteen) will talk sustainability and sourcing local. Alanna Sapwell (ARC Dining and Wine Bar) will showcase the finger lime in a surprisingly sweet cooking demonstration joined by Jade King of Green Valley Fingerlimes, Joel Valvasori- Pereza (Lulu La Delizia, Perth) will showcase local produce in a pasta inspired cooking demonstration, and Chase Kojima (Sokyo, Sydney and Kiyomi, Gold Coast) will teach the art of fish-skillery with Walker Seafoods Australia.
Over the course of three days, there will be a range of bars and eateries for guests to feast upon such as food festival- favourites, Hoy Pinoy using local products from Gourmet Afrika, and Gelato Messina who will bring their infamous creations to the Sunshine Coast for the very first time. TAFE Queensland will showcase the talents of their highly experienced cookery teachers as well as up-and-coming local apprentice chefs offering a range of Asian-fusion inspired dishes, and The Meatball Company will be serving up a variety of their premium and delicious meatballs. Hartwells and Craftwerk bars will be serving local drinks from Brouhaha Brewery, Your Mates Brewing Co. and Sunshine Coast Cider. Fever Tree, the best tasting mixers in the world, will unveil their Ultimate Gin & Tonic Bar where guests can discover their favourite Gin & Tonic pairing. For the more health-conscious, Coco Shack will be serving up refreshing coconuts.
For more information, head to the website – thecuratedplate.com.au
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