the foodie stuff

Every region has its foodie treasures and regional foodie is all about highlighting these treasures. Whether it be fabulous foodie treats, or people that we have met, passionate crazy or otherwise, or maybe just something food related that I thought you might be interesting, this is where you are going to find it.

Join me on my journey and let’s all be regional foodies…

The Foodie

You, me and a multitude of others have hidden or not so hidden passions for food, Regional Foodie introduces you to the fun, frivolous, and sometimes even partially crazy amongst them…

The Chefs

The Sunshine Coast is blessed with a diverse range of restaurants with extraordinary talented chefs that take the fresh regional produce of the coast and turn it into magic on the plate. Find out some of their stories, their passions and the food fetishes that motivate them and their menus…

The Producer

What defines the Sunshine Coast more than anything is the diversity in the food grown and produced in the region. The sub-tropical climate lends itself to a vast array of fruit and vegetables, as well as some tropical exotics, native bush foods and some quirky experimental crops and farms. While the produce is spoken about in volumes, find out a little more about the producers that brings these foodie treasures to the table…

The Restaurants

I love to eat out, moreover, I love discovering what’s new or what is different on the menus of Sunshine Coast Restaurants. Regional Foodie reviews some of the Sunshine Coast’s dining establishments and shares the foodie fav’s that make the dining experience so memorable…

The Feature

The Sunshine Coast has so many different foodie aspects; cooking schools, festivals, events and discussions, as well as some special features and collaborations with chefs and producers. These are some of the fabulous things that we get up to… read more

The Books

The next best thing to eating food is reading about it. Whether it is a cookbook, or a foodie novel, pages come alive, flavours and fragrances enliven the imagination and relationships are formed and forged. These are some of my favourite foodie reads and cookbooks…

The Places

No matter where you go in the world, food is always at the central heart of a community. Every region has different treasures that becomes the jewel of the region’s crown. They all celebrate their producers and honour the produce, here is what regional foodie has discovered in its travels…