CREATIVELYCurated

The Sunshine Coast’s culinary festival, The Curated Plate returns with a 2022-sized serving. Deb Caruso peruses the menu.

Strap yourselves in and loosen the belt buckle for a tempting, tasty and terrific taste tour of the Sunshine Coast’s food and drink scene when The Curated Plate returns from 29 July to 7 August.

Making its debut in 2019, The Curated Plate showcased local produce curated by international, national, and local chefs to foodie audiences from the coast to the hinterland. Following cancellations in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, the event is back with a tasty twist.

In what the organisers have dubbed a ‘2022-Sized Serving’; The Curated (side) Plate will ‘build from the ground up’ with local businesses driving a creative calendar of more than 85 events from workshops to tours; brunches to lunches; farmgate experiences to gala dinners.

The ten-day program will showcase more than 170 producers, chefs, restaurants and cafes, tourism and event experiences and farm-gate activities with more experiences expected to be added to the program in the coming weeks!

From tours of farms, distilleries, breweries and markets; to masterclasses on fermentation, coffee and organic farming. Sample perfect matches such as Cider and Cheese (who knew?!); Pol Roger and Seafood (of course!) and Mr Barista coffee liqueur and donuts! From a Taste of Switzerland in Coolum; to native bushfoods and seafood cruises; seafood banquets and long lunches galore – there is truly something to suit every taste and budget.

Check out The Curated (side) Plate 2022 program and get booking!

WHAT'S ON THE PLATE

• Producer and Farmgate Experiences

• Workshops and Masterclasses

• Food & Beverage Tours and Experiences

• Hospitality Events

• Brunches and Lunches

To see the full calendar of culinary events, visit www.thecuratedplate.com.au

BELLA VENEZIA

Pol Roger & Seafood Degustation

PARADISE RUM

Cocktail Master Class

Want to know the difference between a Boston shaker and a standard shaker or what glass your cocktail should be served in, garnishes and condiments? Join introduction into the world of muddling, shaking and stirring. Test, try and serve your favourite cocktails on the day and get reserved seating for lunch or dinner depending on your date choice.

Friday 5 August, 2-3pm; Sunday 7 August, 11-12pm

Distillery Tour

Enjoy a comprehensive tour and look into the Paradise Rum Distilling process including a tasting paddle and Paradise Rum hat or t-shirt.

Saturday 23 July; 30 July and Sunday 7 August, 11am-noon, $55 + BF

Enjoy five courses created by Executive Chef Ben Achurch and matched with a line-up of Pol Roger Champagnes including the iconic ‘Sir Winston Churchill’.

Saturday 30 July or 6 August, 12pm-2.30pm

$250+BF

SUNSHINE & SONS

The Sweetest Things

A perfect pairing between Sunshine & Sons showcasing three cocktails based on their ‘Mr Barista’ coffee liqueur and Silver Tongue Foods with three varieties of sourdough donuts!

Enjoy a masterclass showing what’s involved in making and filling handmade donuts while Sunshine & Sons create their next batch of ‘Mr Barista’ coffee, macadamia liqueur before your eyes. Why not order a takeaway pack of donuts and/or pre-mixed cocktails?

Saturday 30 July, 10am-noon

Masterclass, $45 + BF

Takeaway packs from $20 +BF

Bask Eumundi Long Lunch

Celebrating Eastwell Farms

Enjoy a long table lunch with matching wines in a stunning setting with a delectable menu curated by Owner & Chef Jack Madden featuring produce from one of the region’s best regenerative family farms, Eastwell Farms.

Friday 29 July, 12-3pm, $120 including matching wines

HELLO SUNSHINE SUNDAY SOIRÉE!

Savvy! Surprising! Spirited!

Enjoy creative cocktails, local beer and premium wines by The Bartenders, canapes and entrée by Slow Food Ambassador Matt Golinski; mouth-watering mains by Josh Smallwood (Noosa Cartel, ex-Head Chef at Ricky’s Noosa); and The Wonky Loaf’s signature sourdough bread and bespoke dessert handcrafted by their French patisserier. Fashion, Food, Fun – add a splash of yellow to go in the draw for prizes!

Surprise Venue! Sunday 31 July, 12-3pm. $225

Good Harvest

Long Table Farm Lunch

Enjoy an immersive paddock-to-plate organic dining experience with local, multi-award winning chef Zeb Gilbert (Makepeace Island) and Australian Organic Farmer of the Year, Mick Dan Feast on a seasonal menu with drinks from local boutique distilleries and producers and be entertained by the sublime sounds of Andrea Kirwin

Flavours of the Harvest - Long Table Farm

Lunch, Saturday 30 July, 12pm-3pm.

$185 + BF

Lunch & Learn

Get hands-on with Fermentation Fun with Nourishing Wholefoods when Masters Lenni and Shaw will teach you the secrets of fermentation and how to make your own takehome sauerkraut! Or sign up for Home Grown Goodness to go on a farm tour with Mick Dan who will share the principles of organic farming and how you can apply them at home. Both workshops include a warming winter lunch by Frankie’s Woombye with fresh, seasonal produce harvested from the farm.

Fermentation Fun with Nourishing Wholefoods, $50 +BF

Tuesday, 2 August, 10.30am-1pm

Home Grown Goodness, $50 + BF

Wednesday, 3 August, 10.30am-1pm

PODCAST, PINOT & DUCK

If you love our Everyone has a Story: Conversations from the Sunshine Coast and Noosa podcast, you’ll love this! Enjoy a delectable three course lunch prepared by Market Bistro’s Executive Chef Harry Lilai and Head Chef Daniel Dobra and paired with matching pinot and inspiring conversation from some of the Sunshine Coast’s most interesting blokes. Be entertained by chats with local chef and restaurateur Tony Kelly; Powderfinger drummer Jon Coghill; our very own Matt Golinski; and rising star in Australian Motorsport, Harri Jones

The host of IN Noosa and Hello Sunshine Magazine’s Everyone has a Story: Conversations from the Sunshine Coast and Noosa Podcast, John ‘JC’ Caruso, will introduce the guest speakers to share their story over the very best drops of Pinot paired perfectly with duck and dessert.

Market Bistro, Maroochydore

Thursday 4 August 12pm-2.45pm. $120

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