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Tweed Taste Trail
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Start the day bright and early strengthening community engagement at our vibrant weekly market. Gather around as we kick off Savour the Tweed 2026 with the official opening at 10am by the Tweed Shire Council Mayor, Tweed Tourism Company and Destination North Coast.
Recognised for its important role within our community, market manager Kaisa Kilponen has created a Tweed Taste Trail market map for you to wander at leisure. Meet the local farmers, producers and stall holders with interactive tastings along the way. She’ll also be leading a Taste Trail for school kids, watch out for that.
Look out for artisan cheese maker Deb Allard who’ll be offering tastes of her handmade cheeses, served with sourdough from neighbouring stall Crabbes Creek Wood Fired Bread. Kaye at Tweed River Pecans will be demonstrating how to crack open pecans from their shells, discover local hand crafted Contento Chocolate and have a taste of one of the seasonal fruit beers from Murwillumbah’s Caldera Brewing and Blending.
Meet chef Jonathan Evans (ex- Juju’s Café), a familiar face at the market who’ll will be doing a cooking demonstration around 10am at the bell tent – Seasonal & Savvy - creating a delicious, budget-friendly family meal using fresh seasonal produce from the market. Pick up simple cooking ideas, learn how to make the most of seasonal ingredients, and enjoy delicious tastings along the way!
There’s a lot going on, so make the most of your morning! Enjoy breakfast at the market and support the resident food vendors - choose from OKI Japanese foods, toasties at What a Mess, wildly fermented and locally sourced bagels at Community Bagels, chia pudding at The Ripe Side, fresh acai bowls at Cool Bananas and tempeh skewers at Tempeh Temple. At the bell tent, pick up a curated picnic box offered by Lulu Blue's Kitchen. Come and celebrate with us at the markets – the heart of the Tweed’s delicious food and culture.
Fruit Farm Feasting
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Start your visit to this renowned family owned, expansive exotic fruit farm with a guided walk around Tropical Fruit World. Harvest and taste your way through the various orchards with a spiked farm juice, made with fresh farm fruits and Birds of Isle bunya nut rum. Stop off for fruity icy pops served in cones from the mobile ice-cream cart.
Your walk culminates in a private, long table lunch in the Macadamia Orchard where you’ll be dazzled by the signature vibrant flavours of in-house head chef Armando Enriquez Icaza. Leaning into his Mexican heritage and the Tweed’s cultural influences, he will direct his cleverly crafted lunch menu, punctuated by the seasonal fruits from the farm – fresh, fermented, pickled, sweetened and astutely spiced. Feel the sense of appreciation and connection to the land, and taste the hyperlocal abundance with every mouthful.
Inclusions
Guided farm tour
Fruit tasting
Birds of Isle bunya nut rum spiked farm juice
Lunch menu
Fresh fruit juices
Wine and beer available to purchase.
Dietaries
All menu items will be gluten free and can be modified to vegetarian. Please advise when booking.
No other menu alterations, substitutions or dietary modifications possible.
Accessibility
Buggy transfer to the lunch location available for people who are blind or have low vision.
Unable to provide wheelchair access due to the location on the farm
Tickets: $129 per person
*Additional booking fees apply.
Boon Luck Farm comes to dinner
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A rare opportunity for our region to experience the captivating Thai sensibilities of organic farmer, restaurateur (Chat Thai and Rice Face), author and TV presenter Palisa Anderson, as she collaborates closely with the dynamic Bistro Livi team. Stepping into the kitchen she shares her rich cultural heritage and culinary prowess using handpicked organic produce from her Boon Luck Farm (situated nearby in Tyagarah).
Get your palates ready for this wild ride bursting with exotic flavours and thrilling textural contrasts where salty meets sour, sweet, savoury and spicy. Ask sommelier and co-owner Nikky to suggest flavour friendly wines from her cleverly curated wine list.
Inclusions
6 course shared plates tasing menu
Meet Palisa Anderson
Drinks purchased on consumption.
Dietaries
No dietaries available
Accessibility
Access is available for people who are blind or have low vision.
No wheelchair access through the front door but happy to allow anyone who requires it to come through the back door and the kitchen. Be mindful this is a tight working space.
Tickets: $160 per person
*Additional booking fees apply.
Argentinean Seafood Parrilla
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Wild caught seafood from the Tweed Coast’s committed fisherfolk gets reinterpreted at Fins Restaurant with Argentinean head chef Leopoldo Ucciardello taking the reins under the watchful eye of seafood maestro and chef/owner Steven Snow.
A stalwart of the Tweed, Snowy has a direct conduit to those who fish the local waters and is a longtime supporter of local farmers and producers for his menus. With a global perspective, he weaves diverse flavours into every dish, embracing multiculturalism through food, a working philosophy he fosters with his team. Tonight you get to experience that with Leopoldo’s respectful seafood-centric menu - and being Argentinean we can’t neglect a steak in the mix!
Expect big, bold, deeply satisfying flavours as locally sourced produce and wild caught Tweed coast seafood are fired up on the papilla BBQ grill at Fins. For those who love a bit of theatre, we will have a roving Pisco Sour cart working the room making cocktails at the table. Get your tastebuds ready.
Inclusions
4 course dinner menu
Drinks purchased on consumption.
Dietaries
Please select either fish or steak for main course when booking.
With prior notification (advise when booking) Fins will cater for vegetarian, vegan, dairy free and gluten free allergies. We request you contact Fins directly prior to booking (dining@fins.com.au) if you have other dietary requirements so the restaurant ensures they are able to cater for your needs.
Accessibility
The venue caters for mobility requirements and low vision requirements.
Tickets: $129 per person
When purchasing ticket – please select either fish or steak for main course.
ENTWINED: Photography Exhibition – Opening Night
ENTWINED: The people behind the Tweed’s culinary scene
Join us at the opening night of Entwined as we celebrate the people shaping the Tweed’s food culture. Entwined is a major photographic exhibition by Rob Palmer – winner of the prestigious National Photographic Portrait Prize in 2020.
Created especially for Savour The Tweed, the Entwined collection brings together large-scale portraits of the farmers, growers, fishers, chefs, makers, producers and other characters who help shape the way the Tweed grows, cooks and eats.
Over a series of trips to the region, Palmer photographed people where they live and work, visiting them on farms, in kitchens, workshops, restaurants and out on Country. Together, the portraits tell a story, not just about food, but about the people, relationships and landscape.
Exhibition opening night party
For one night only, many of the people photographed for Entwined will gather at M|Arts to celebrate the opening of the exhibition and the start of Savour The Tweed 2026.
Food writer and cookbook author Magdalena Roze will host conversations with some of the people featured in the portraits, as they share their stories from the Tweed’s culinary scene. A local DJ will take to the deck to spin some cool tunes and fun vibes.
Included in the ticket price is a welcome drink on arrival with your choice of a beverage from Husk Distilleries, Earth Brewery or Boydell’s Wines.
Join the party and celebrate the Entwined community that inspired this exhibition. Come for the photography, stay for the stories.
Inclusions
Entry to the official opening party for Entwined.
Welcome drink on arrival.
Meet the photographer Rob Palmer.
Conversations hosted by Magdalena Roze.
Food and drinks available for purchase.
DJ and music throughout the evening.
Meet the growers, producers, chefs and makers in the exhibition.
Tickets: $20 per person
Kids (under 10): Free
Drinks available to purchase from the bar.
Entwined will remain on exhibition at M|Arts following the opening night.
*Additional booking fees apply.
