The Curated Plate Food and Drink Festival is looking more appetising than ever with more than 90 delicious events over 10 days. This year’s event will be held across the Sunshine Coast between 26 July and 4 August and is a major celebration of local produce and producers.
Three signature food events will be the main course for this year’s program. One of which will be presented by Spicers Tamarind in the hinterland town of Maleny, which will host the popular Sunshine Coast Asian Food Festival across its green fields. Last year the Asian-fused event was a knock-out sold-out event, so this year they’ve added a second day with the two-day feast to be held on 3 and 4 August.
Chefs Tom Hitchcock, Peter Kuravita and Cam Matthews will be at the heart of the program this year as event ambassadors and will join celebrity cook Hayden Quinn for a special Chefs in Conversation event at Altitude 9 in Maroochydore’s City Centre.
Throughout the 10-day culinary festival, many local foods will be featured on menus across the region giving visitors a taste of Queensland’s Sunshine Pantry, some of these producers include Woombye Cheese, PineCo Pineapples, Mooloolaba prawns, Sun Valley Bacon Jam, local wild caught Mackerel, ‘PinksBlush’ custard apple and Green Valley Fingerlimes.
Food lovers can look forward to mouthwatering experiences from some of the Sunshine Coast’s most well-known, well-loved and award-winning restaurants. In the program, you’ll find Tiffany’s Maleny, Spirit House, Spice Bar, Bella Venezia, Harry’s on Buderim, Spicers Clovelly Estate, Fish on Parkyn, The Long Apron and the Mapleton Public House.
The program will offer a variety of experiences including cooking classes, culinary cruises, degustation dinners, long lunches and brunches, farm tours, high teas and more.
Event highlights include:
- The Sunshine Coast Asian Food Festival at Spicer’s Tamarind.
- Tom Hitchcock’s Chef’s Table at Spirit House and special Curated Plate Cooking Classes at Spirit House’s Cooking School
- Peter Kuravita’s ‘Smoke and Charcoal BBQ Lunch’ at Australia Zoo’s Warrior Restaurant
- Brunch on the Balcony at The Mapleton Pub
- The Hinterland High Tea with Adriano Zumbo at Maleny’s Tiffany’s
- Chefs in Conversation featuring Tom Hitchcock, Peter Kuravita and Cam Matthews at Altitude 9
- Spice Bar’s Kaiseki Lunch
- Dinner on the Deck at Harry’s on Buderim
- Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at Yanalla Farm
Two more signature events and the full event program will be announced in April when tickets go on sale. For more festival news, see www.thecuratedplate.com.au.