Carb lovers, get ready to loosen your belt buckle – Tasmania's iconic Banjo’s Bakery is set to open its first Gold Coast location in a matter of weeks. Best of all, it’s a drive-thru! Here's everything we know so far ... more
If you possess a soft spot for sourdough and beautifully rustic baked goods, it's fairly likely you're already well familiar with The Bread Social. After eight years baking from The Farm Byron Bay, mates Tom Scott, Sam Saulwick and Paul Giddings embarked upon their most ambitious project to date – an enormous 1259-sqm space in Currumbin Waters that would become The Bread Social's new production facility. In June of last year, we got our first taste of what was to come with a walk-in takeaway kiosk brimming with freshly baked loaves and sweet treats. At long last, the trio has opened the barn doors revealing the next stage of the grand plan. Here's what's inside ... more
Having nailed coastal cuisine with Sofia's Restaurant & Bar and won over the pizza-loving populace with Luna’s Pizza & Wine, Henry Hunt, who heads The Amore Collection hospitality group, has opened the doors to a brand-new European-style bakery called FARINA & Co. Here to conquer daytime dining with pastry, paninis and fresh pasta, the striking new spot has sprung to life in Southport. Take a peek inside ... more
Hold on to your hats, vegans, plant-based pals and oat-milk aficionados! There’s a new vegan bakery in town and its long lines on the weekends prove it’s well worth your patronage. Aptly named Made with Love Bakery, this family-owned-and-operated baked goods spot is slinging plant-based goodies like Nutella doughnuts, sausage rolls and some of the meatiest vegan pies you’ll ever try. more
The humble croissant has experienced a glow-up in recent years. Once a bagged supermarket snack (in Australia, anyway), croissants have become labour-intensive edible works of art, with each one taking upwards of three days to create. Rich, buttery and perfectly flaky, it's no wonder why pastry lovers have embraced the new breed of baked goods with open arms. The latest offering to fuel the city's burgeoning croissant culture is Chevron Island's Dipcro Pastry. Here's everything you need to know ... more
If there's one thing we know for sure, it's that everything is better when bubbles are involved. The sentiment rings especially true for Zachary and Laura Guertin, the owners of Chirn Park's brand-new cheesecakery, Basque. The beautiful new spot walks the line between cake shop and wine store that also sells filter coffee. Here's everything you need to know ... more
It's hard to be unhappy in a bakery. The aroma of sweet doughnuts and pastries coupled with the savoury scent of pies and sausage rolls in the oven is an instant hit of dopamine. In news that’s guaranteed to perk up your pleasure centres, Currumbin and Cabarita’s much-loved Fuel Bakehouse is opening an outpost along James Street in Burleigh Heads. Here’s everything we know so far … more
In excellent news for the Gold Coast – but potentially terrible news for your diet – the eagerly anticipated Tarte Beach House officially opens its doors this Thursday August 10. The impressive new venue, perched on the banks of Currumbin Creek, is actually two-in-one, with downstairs delivering the same Tarte Bakery & Cafe experience you know and love from Burleigh, while upstairs, you'll find a slightly more elevated take. Here's everything you need to know ... more
Like peanut butter and jam (or jelly, for our American pals), croissants and coffee are a match made in culinary heaven. Delicate layers of buttery pastry housed in a crisp, flakey exterior, croissants are, in our opinion, the unsung heroes of baked goods. If you concur, follow the irresistible aroma along the Gold Coast Highway in Palm Beach to Sable on Palm and you'll stumble upon Paris Brest, the suburb's newest French bakehouse. The neighbourhood locale has been open for two months and has quickly found a following of passionate locals who cannot get enough of the venue's chocolate-almond croissants, sourdough and sweet treats. Here's everything you need to know ... more
Croissants have come a long way in recent years. A far cry from the heat-and-eat variety you buy by the bag, the new wave of pastry artisans demonstrate relentless obsession for buttery, flaky pastry perfection. Every step of the process – from the folding to the laminating – represents the perfect union between science and art. Maki Jinno, who many may recognise as the friendly face from the Palm Beach Farmers Markets, has been perfecting her pastry art for 25 years and has recently opened the doors to her very first croissanterie. It's called Bake House Gozen and here's everything you need to know ... more
We have a confession – cookies are our kryptonite. We are powerless to resist as soon as we get a whiff of those freshly baked parcels of happiness. Chocolate-filled, caramel-topped, moreish macaroons – we don't discriminate! If you too share our child-like enthusiasm for cookies, go ahead and get tempted by Mr Treat, which has recently opened in Burleigh Heads. more
Baked goods, in our humble opinion, deserve their own spot on the food pyramid. Buttery croissants loaded with tasty fillings, stacked sandwiches layered with gourmet meat and cheese, sweet treats – bakeries are a gift from the culinary gods. If you share our penchant for pastries, there's a new bakery on Tamborine Mountain that will have you planning a weekend road trip. Here are all of the drool-inducing details ... more
If you quickly stroll past the bakery section of your local supermarkets as a means to avoid loading up your basket with sweet treats, then you might of missed the memo that it's hot cross bun season. These babies start lining the shelves pretty much as soon as the presents are unwrapped under the Christmas tree, which means we get at least four months of devouring our favourite Easter treat. To keep things fresh each season, the team at Coles like to whip up different variations of hot cross buns. This year, they have gone slightly left of field and have created a hot cross bun made using the Special Burger Sauce – and you could say we are at a loss for words. more
Wow, 2022 – what a whirlwind! It's been a massive year for the Gold Coast's food scene at large, but throughout the course of 2022, we were gifted some truly mouth-watering cafes and casual eateries to satiate our starvations. From delightful delis and sandwich slingers to specialty coffee spots and bakeries – we're salivating just thinking about all of the year's new arrivals! Before we close the book on this year, we thought we'd take a minute to look back at some of the year's best cafes and casual eateries. You can peep our lists of best restaurants here and best bars here. more
As much as we love pounding the pavement in search of new spots to sip and snack, a lot can (and should) be said for the hard-working stalwarts on the scene. One such place is Sorrento's The Pastry Emporium. The neighbourhood noshery has plied coffee-loving locals and croissant connoisseurs with almost-too-pretty-to-eat pastries, freshly baked bread, breakfasts and specialty coffee for nine long years. As you could imagine, that kind of longevity takes a toll and the venue's owner and talented pastry chef Adrian Grazioli decided that the time had come to give The Pastry Emporium a fresh new look to ensure it continues to delight diners for another decade. more
Having won over Brisbane's bayside with specialty sips of the caffeinated kind and freshly baked morsels, the team behind Blue Tongue Pantry cafe has headed down the M1 to open a beautiful light-filled bakehouse and cafe in Helensvale. It's called Blue Tongue Bakery Cafe and it's here to fill your days with quality coffee, impossible-to-resist sweets, treats, beautiful baked goods and lunches to-go. Here's everything you need to know about this mouth-watering northern noshery ... more
Seven (long) weeks ago, Northern New South Wales was hit hard by devastating floods. Countless homes and businesses were inundated by an unstoppable torrent. One of its many bricks-and-mortar casualties was the beloved Cubby Bakehouse, perched on the banks of the Tweed River in the heart of Chinderah. The team did everything they could to save the equipment inside and get it to higher ground, but there was no stopping it. The floodwater peaked significantly higher than anticipated and everything inside the shop including the specialised baking equipment, ovens, fridges, coolrooms, coffee machine, was irreparably damaged. Faced with a choice, Cubby Bakehouse's owners Ursula and Ben Watts could cut their losses or they could rebuild. Thankfully they chose the latter and we got our first taste of Cubby 2.0 just prior to Easter. more
Sometimes when you've lived in a city for so long, it can feel like you've wined and dined at every establishment, had your morning cuppa at every corner cafe or had one too many late-night HSP from that trusty kebab shop. If you want to broaden your horizons both from a culinarily and geographical perspective, then we think you should hop in the car and drive to a city not so far away – Logan. Brimming with mouth-watering fare from almost every country you can think of, this epicurean melting pot is worth diving into. Here are some top-notch spots for when you plan on embarking on a self-curated Logan food trail … more
For Tanya Filak and her young daughter, gluten-free is not a choice or a 'sometimes' dietary requirement. The mother-daughter duo, who both suffer from coeliac disease, have been left hungry and deflated more times than they can count after eagerly perusing restaurant menus only to find that dreaded little asterisk, *may contain traces of gluten. And they aren't the only ones. For anyone living with a serious condition such as coeliac disease or a severe allergy, dining out can be near impossible. A trip to Melbourne changed everything for Tanya when she sought out Gluten Free 4 U. She decided then and there she had to bring it home to the Gold Coast, which is precisely what she did. Coeliacs, say hello to your new happy place ... more
As simple as it is to whip up a box cake, sometimes Betty Crocker doesn't quite cut it when you're in charge of bringing dessert along to a celebration. That’s where dreamy dessert-centric concept Peace of Cake comes in with a bevy of beautifully made cakes that are sure to impress your friends and family. All you have to do is order a custom creation then you can sit back, relax and *ahem* 'cake' it easy. more
