Wild about Wild Canary Producer Lunch

The Scenic Rim Producer Lunch at Wild Canary Botanical Bistro was a sell-out success. The lunch was one of a number of pre-Eat Local Week events held in the lead-up to the festival of food and farming. Wild Canary Head Chef Glen Barratt is an enthusiastic supporter of...

GOMA Discovery + Degustation Tour a hit

The GOMA Discovery + Degustation tour of the Scenic Rim was a hit. Held on Saturday June 11, guests were at GOMA Cafe Bistro early for coffee and a welcome by QAGOMA executive chef and Eat Local Week ambassador Josh Lopez. The tour took the group to the Scenic Rim...

Would you like sea salt with your Scenic Rim Veg?

Scenic Rim farmers and producers left the farm for a very local lunch on the Gold Coast last week. The Eat Local lunch at the QT Gold Coast was a celebration of the producers who farm in the green paddocks behind the gold and was one of a handful of pre-Eat Local Week...

Terri’s tasty tour of Tamborine Mountain

Chef and slow food advocate, Terri Taylor, has been living on Tamborine Mountain for nine years. For the past six she has run her popular Tamborine Mountain Cooking School from her scenic home. She knows the local producers and farmers well and is in love with the...

Kooroomba serves region on a plate

Kooroomba Vineyard and Restaurant has new owners and they’re keen to embrace the local producers and ingredients grown in abundance on their doorstep. Kooroomba executive chef Mark Naoum has created a seven-course degustation menu that showcases the Scenic Rim’s best...

Picnic with the Alpacas

The kids will love this Eat Local Week activity. It has it all – space to run, yummy local products and gorgeous alpacas. Emma Johnson is offering her Alpaca Picnic Experience over three days during Eat Local Week. She invites visitors to bring a picnic to her...