Local Food Innovator: Duff’s Ice Cream

Founded, run, and handcrafted by qualified Food Scientist and Ice Cream Architect, Olivia, Duff's Ice Cream is the perfect combination of science and art. With fresh ingredients, premium handmade ice cream and smashing flavour combinations, Duff's creates an...

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Local Food Innovator: Duff’s Ice Cream

Local Food Innovator: ALAN Foods

After moving to the Central Coast in 2014, Michael Ridley and Alison Parkin built ALAN Foods, a permaculture-framed market garden, quite literally from the ground up. With an "all natural, all local" approach to farming, sustainable and locally sourced produce is...

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Local Food Innovator: ALAN Foods

Local Food Innovator: Tropicana Social Club

When you step through the doors of Woy Woy's Tropicana Social Club, you really could be anywhere else in the world. Described by owner / managers Tim Stockton and Cate Stewart as "Blue Hawaii, meets Twin Peaks, meets Cocktail", this calypso-kitsch pizza bar has...

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Local Food Innovator: Tropicana Social Club

Local Food Innovator: Suq Restaurant

We've all been dreaming of international holidays during lockdown, but what if you could enjoy the flavours of the Mediterranean, Asia, Northern Africa and France... without ever having to renew your passport or pack a bag? That's the concept behind Wamberal's...

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Local Food Innovator: Suq Restaurant

Local Food Innovator: Moobi Valley

A seasoned meat expert with a love for premium dry-aged Wagyu beef, Scott Wilson and his partner Dominique Smith have used their passion to create a one-stop butchery and burger shop. The only one of its kind on the Central Coast, this two-in-one shop features a...

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Local Food Innovator: Moobi Valley

Local Food Innovator: Local Hero

 With a passion to support their community's ‘local heroes’, Elisha Dowling and her husband Caleb embarked on a mission to fuel those working in the community each day. Bringing a wealth of experience for all things coffee from across the state, these born and bred...

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Local Food Innovator: Local Hero