The Curated Plate culinary festival announces debut Food Fair program
The Curated Plate, the upcoming destination food festival debuting on the Sunshine Coast next month, has announced its vibrant three-day Food Fair program. 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 Hasegawafrom 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, plus wineries to be announced soon.
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. More to be announced soon.
Exhibitors and producers of The Curated Plate Food Fair:
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Australian Lychee
Baranbali Farm
Barenuts
Big Heart Bamboo
Boneafide Broth Co
Bunya Red Farm
CC’s Kitchen
Chocolate Country
Cooloola Berries
Crafted Bean
Earth2Plate
Electropops
Falafel Baraka
Flying West Coffee Roasters
Frozen Sunshine
Good Harvest Organic Farm
Gourmet Afrika
Gourmet Fudge
Green Valley Fingerlimes
Groundskeeper Willie
GrowCoastal Food Program
Gympie Gold Regional Produce
Handcut Deli
Hello Honey
Hinterland Feijoas
Homemade Bliss
Honey Honey
Hum Honey
Kenilworth Dairies
Kokopod Chocolate
KW Ceramics
Little White Goat Cheese
Luvaberry
Maleny Cheese
Maleny Food Co
Mallorys Torcino
Montville Coffee
Mountaintop Mushrooms
Padre Coffee
Piggy in the Middle
Pioneer Coffee Roastery
Pomodoras Fine Foods
Pure Mill Chocolate
QCamel
QLD Strawberries
Sow Grow Eat
Strawberry Fields
Sunshine Coast Coffee Roastery
Taste of Africa
Ten Acres
The Bear and the Ladle
The Colombian Coffee Company
The Fermentier
The Fresh Chai Co.
The Greenshed
The Produce Wholesaler
Tielka Tea
Tim Adams Specialty Coffee
Ugly Duck
Vincenza Coffee
Walker Seafoods Australia
Wild Forage Australia
Woombye Cheese Company
Yanalla Farms
Registration for FREE ENTRY is available here, alternatively there will be a $5 entry on the day for adults (children under 16 get free entry) with 50% of proceeds going to The Curated Plate’s charity partner Rural Aid.
The Curated Plate is supported by the Queensland Government through Tourism and Events Queensland and features on the It’s Live! In Queensland events calendar, worth $800m to the state’s economy in 2019.
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