The humble carrot has won the most important popularity contest of all - it's Australia's favourite vegetable. A new industry survey has found that almost two out of every three households in the country included carrots in their weekly shop between January and March this year...

Queensland's Bundaberg Brewed Drinks has launched a new 'café' range of flavours. The four newcomers are Bundaberg Guava, Bundaberg Blood Orange and Bundaberg Pink Grapefruit. Company CEO John McLean says the drinks have been created to allow consumers to "enjoy the café ex...

“Living history” is how many people describe John Watkins’ mandarin and prawn trawling business at Wisemans Ferry on the Hawkesbury River north west of Sydney. Watkins Orchard has been a family-owned and managed operation since 1836 with the current orchard established at Wise...

The popular British range of Gü chocolate desserts are being launched in Australia. The miniature, rich desserts incorporate quality Belgian chocolate as a key ingredient and come in resuable glass ramekins. The range will l...

Sustainable and money-saving techniques were chief topics at the recent 41st Australian Cherry Industry Conference in Melbourne. Speakers from Spain, Chile, New Zealand and Australia addressed the Melbourne conference, which was hosted by the Victorian Cherry Association. ...

For the first time, the NSW finalists for The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide Awards have been named before the awards night. There are three awards categories -- Restaurant of the Year, Chef of the Year and Best New Restaurant. Winners will be announced at the Good Food...

Far north Queensland will this week join the growing list of Australian regions that celebrate their unique produce when the inaugural Taste Paradise launches at Palm Cove on Friday. Federal funding in the form of a grant has kick-started the festival which organisers anticipa...

A leatherwood honey from Tasmanian producer Blue Hills has won the top award at the sixth Organic Expo & Green Show, to be held in Sydney this week (August 20 to 22). The honey scored the Judges' Choice award, as well as Best Gourmet Food and Best Natural Health Product aw...

Huon Aquaculture’s Banquet Slice Salmon was awarded a perfect 100 points as the Richard Langdon Champion Product in Show at the 2010 Royal Hobart Fine Food Awards last weekend. The Banquet Slice Cold Smoked Salmon was also awarded Champion Seafood and was the only product from...

Australia's first annual National Nude Food Day is to be held on Wednesday, October 13. Supported by Nude Food Movers in partnership with Nutrition Australia, event aims to highlight the importance of eating fresh, healthy, wrapper-free lunches.     ...

Rhubarb was a leading ingredient at many products on display at this year's Royal Hobart Fine Food awards. Judges said the re-discovery of rhubarb has been a key feature of this year's awards. One of the award judges, Judith Sweet, said the vegetable featured in everything ...

Avocados Australia has kicked off a national membership drive this week. “Avocados Australia is proud to represent the interests of all Australian avocado growers, but a lot of growers don’t know that we’re actually a ‘not-for-profit’ membership-based organisation,” said Anton...

Annual epicurean event Gusto: an Exploration of Italian Regions - will be held this year at the Sydney Fish Market seafood school on Sunday September 12. The Council of Italian Restaurants Australia (CIRA) - a Who’s Who of Italian cookery - will treat Sydney foodies to the all...