Taste Port Douglas to welcome 10,000 visitors to FNQ
Australia’s top chefs and hospitality talent expected to draw huge crowds to Far North Queensland for the sixth Taste Port Douglas.
Taste Port Douglas returns for its sixth edition this weekend, attracting foodies from across the nation to see Australia’s top chefs and hospitality talent cook up a storm next to local talent in tropical Far North Queensland.
The four-day festival will welcome 10,000 visitors from across Australia and overseas, more than doubling its local population from 11-14 August in the idyllic Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort. Visitors to the festival will enjoy an action-packed weekend of culinary masterclasses, signature dinners and unique dining experiences hosted by an all-star line-up of Australian chefs, beverage experts, local producers and suppliers showcasing the best of the region's tropical produce and suppliers across Port Douglas.
Taste Port Douglas event founder and culinary director, Spencer Patrick says, “It’s a great honour to have some of Australia’s most diverse and talented culinary elite join us in Port Douglas to collaborate and dish up a vast programme with more depth and flavour than any other year."
He adds, “Their commitment has been the key ingredient in helping elevate the festival’s reputation as one of Australia’s most celebrated and dynamic gourmet weekends of the year, putting Far North Queensland's produce, producers and suppliers in the national spotlight."
The lineup features festival favourites and new faces, including Manu Feildel (My Kitchen Rules), Adrian Richardson (Good Chef Bad Chef), Adam D’Sylva (Lollo, Coda, Tonka), Jerry Mai (Pho Nom, Bia Hoi), Ben Williamson (Anges, sAme sAme, Honto), Colin Fassnidge (Kitchen Nightmares), Jake Nicolson (Blackbird, Donna Chang) and many more.
Presented by Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort, the festival celebrates the greater Port Douglas community and local businesses across the event, solidifying the region’s reputation as a premier culinary destination.
“We are thrilled to be a partner to Taste Port Douglas again this year. With the best chefs arriving in Far North Queensland from around Australia, the festival elevates the region’s reputation as a premier culinary destination, even further. There’s a real sense of excitement in the community as we welcome back interstate and international visitors to Port Douglas and this extraordinary event this year,” says Steve Molnar, General Manager, Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort.
For more information, visit www.tasteportdouglas.com.au.
