Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

Jude Turner … on having a sense of style

Jude Turner, is joint owner with her husband Graham, of the Spicers group of high quality retreats throughout south-east Queensland. HT Editor Michael Berry caught up with Jude at Spicer’s Tamarind Retreat & Spa in Maleny to see inside the Spicers success story. ON FIRST MEETING, Jude Turner is a very disarming woman … a [...]

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Pomodoras On Obi sponsor new management couple

With increasing demands on their time, Jodi and Chris Bond of Pomodoras on Obi recently decided it was time to find a management couple to relieve the pressure. BUT TO THEIR surprise, after an exhaustive search on the Sunshine Coast and throughout South East Queensland, they had to look further afield. Sponsorship provided the solution. [...]

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We need to talk about the northwest …

Forget mediocrity … taste the difference! Well known food writer, broadcaster and farmer, Matthew Evans here confronts issues of regionalism and small scale food production in Tasmania’s north-west. Matthew’s essay surprisingly echoes many of the challenges facing the emerging food industry on the Sunshine Coast. IT HAD BEEN RAINING the first time I visited far [...]

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The Jeffers family affair… with fruit and vegetables

DESPITE BEING a resident for 19 years, I’m still delighted to discover pockets of the Hinterland I’ve not yet visited. Thus it was delightful to venture out to Rosemount to interview Stephen Jeffers on one of his family-managed farms. Rosemount, wedged between Nambour and Diddilibah, is bordered on the north by Petrie Creek and on [...]

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Zehnder Gluten Free … rising to the occasion

After five years operating out of a small manufacturing facility in Maleny’s Lawyer Street, Zehnder Gluten Free recently expanded into a new $5.3 million premises in the Big Pineapple complex. Julie Shelton caught up with Josef and Naomi to find out how they are settling in. HAVING STARTED with an oven, a stainless steel bench [...]

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Tis the Season to go Gluten-free … and Grain-free says Tania Hubbard

GLUTEN FREE grain free guru and author, Tania Hubbard said sticking to a gluten and grain free lifestyle during the Christmas period doesn’t mean you have to miss out. Thanks to a new partnership with Sunshine Coast spice Queen, Vicki Taylor, these two award-winning business women have developed a way for Coeliac sufferers and those [...]

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Thank you for making the Real Food Festival a great success…

Another year over and a great time to review and reflect. This year’s Real Food Festival was a success from many angles but I’d like to explore a few. FIRSTLY, TO THE BIG PICTURE: I started the Festival out of concern for the future of our local food producers. This is partly because the fruits [...]

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Popular Indian Restaurant closes in Maleny

“The reward is people acknowledging the commitment and service we have given to this restaurant. We really try to make it an event for people, and they have rewarded us by being loyal diners over the years.” Sam Kulkarni After six years chef Sam Kulkarni and Ron Coxhell are closing their popular Maleny restaurant, Bombay [...]

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Craig Mitchell remembers… the early days of The Terrace Restaurant

by Faith Baigent To last 20 years in today’s small business world is a milestone worth celebrating. But it is an even more remarkable achievement when that business is in the fickle hospitality industry where food fads come and go. Craig Mitchell from The Terrace Restaurant talks to the Hinterland Times about their twenty year [...]

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EAT UP! … this is REAL food

This year’s second Real Food Festival in Maleny celebrates the myriad relationships along the local food supply chain. Over the weekend of 8-9 September, thousands of visitors will converge on the Maleny Showgrounds to immerse themselves in Sunshine Coast food. THE REAL FOOD FESTIVAL’S four venues will be offering a full program of talks, demonstrations [...]

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