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FOOD DISCOVERY TOURS

Western Australia’s most authentic food discovery tours. Small-group journeys across Australia and select international destinations, connecting you with the growers, makers and stories behind outstanding regional food.

This range of thoughtfully designed food tour experiences are the ultimate insider’s guide to a world of flavour. These are journeys for curious travellers who want to go deeper - beyond the tourist trail and into the places where good food and real stories live. Join small group scheduled tours or book your own private group food tour.

From Perth’s vibrant city wholesale markets to remote rural regions and carefully chosen Australian and overseas locations, our food discovery tours take you along back roads, behind farm gates and into the beating heart of local food businesses and communities. Guided by long-standing relationships, you’ll meet the farmers, producers and makers who grow and create with integrity, care and passion — and discover extraordinary places most people never get to see.

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A Tasty Gift!

A Tasty Gift!

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Spoil someone special with this wonderful invitation to enjoy a genuinely memorable experience of good food, warm hospitality and places most people never get to see. Stepping behind the scenes of Perth and Western Australia’s food world to meet local  makers, growers and passionate food industry professionals.

Flavour Founders Perth WA

Flavour Founders Perth WA

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DAY TOUR
Step behind the scenes on a delicious day tour celebrating the people shaping Perth’s modern food story. Every visit gives you insider access to businesses that define local flavour. Pioneer real-bread bakers, coffee roasters ensuring Perth hospitality businesses serve the best cuppa and a family smallgoods producer championing Australian pork.

Morning Bounty Perth WA

Morning Bounty Perth WA

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DAY TOUR
This adventure isn’t just about tasting – it’s about taking a little of Perth’s food magic home with you. Exclusive access to the bustling city wholesale market floor offering plenty of chats with wise market traders, a neighbourhood Freo cafe serves a great brekky, followed by experiences with exquisite chocolates, fresh seafood and  a fresh look at WA wine.

Cream of the Crop Perth WA

Cream of the Crop Perth WA

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DAY TOUR
This tour is a warm and immersive behind-the-scenes experience where you can meet people behind Perth’s everyday essentials. Visit award-winning cheesemakers, step inside WA’s oldest dairy, share a long table lunch at a in a beautifully restored heritage building and explore an urban mill and bakery where local grain is milled and baked on-site.

Urban Traders

Urban Traders

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DAY TOUR
Perth has become a vibrant melting pot of cultures, with generations of migrants bringing their food traditions, skills and entrepreneurial spirit to WA. Urban Traders is a behind-the-scenes journey through Perth’s global food culture where you’ll meet the people helping shape our local food scene making our tables richer, more diverse and endlessly delicious.

Southern Forests WA

Southern Forests WA

Book for October 2026

MULTI-DAY TOUR
Over three days you’ll gain rare access to working farms and small food producers, share memorable meals in beautiful rural settings, and experience one of our state’s most fertile food regions from the inside. This tour allows you to look at food from both sides of the plate – how it’s grown, and how it becomes something truly delicious.

Great Southern WA

Great Southern WA

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Embark on a down-to-earth culinary adventure on a stunning spring road trip through Mt Barker to Albany and Denmark in WA, where the land meets the sea and nature’s bounty flourishes. Join us for a relaxed, authentic experience where the flavours are as rich as the landscapes, and every bite tells a story of connection to the land.

New Zealand

New Zealand

Book for November 2026

MULTI-DAY TOUR
From the wild west coast to the buzzing inner city and sun-soaked islands, you’ll taste the true spirit of Auckland — its creativity, hospitality, and obsession with good food and wine. Tracey co-hosts this tour with another passionate food lover and NZ expert, Elle Armon-Jones. Together they’ll create a memorable experience with much fun and laughter.

Southern Tasmania

Southern Tasmania

Book for November 2026

MULTI-DAY TOUR
Drives through rolling, craggy countryside are so scenic you might not want them to end. Until you get hungry that is. Wide open spaces, high rainfall and lush green valleys. Southern Tasmania offers the freshest produce grown and prepared by down to earth, genuine people who love the bounty this astounding island offers.

Manjimup WA

Manjimup WA

December 2026

WEEKEND TOUR
A magical experience, dining in the midst of a Manjimup cherry orchard. Each year we’re privileged to be invited by one of the regions pioneering farming families to celebrate the cherry season in it’s full glory. Relax and soak up good holiday vibes along with enjoying local food and wine. This is a magical event.

England & Ireland

England & Ireland

June 2027

MULTI-DAY TOUR
Travel through beautiful England and rural Southern Ireland, where vibrant towns give way to rolling countryside and deeply rooted food traditions. Eat across a mix of venues, explore unique markets, and experience places rich in history. Today’s food scene in the UK is dynamic and confident, and rural hospitality is genuine, delicious, and unforgettable.

North West WA

North West WA

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MULTI-DAY TOUR
As the seasons change, so does the source of Western Australia’s food. This remarkable journey follows that story north, travelling through the state’s productive growing regions, coastal communities and vast pastoral landscapes before reaching the Pilbara’s iconic cattle stations and the spectacular gorges of Karijini

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