Feature Story
Media Release Feb 2008
Reckon helps bring bush foods to city plates The mention of bush tucker may not do much for your appetite but the cuisine has come a long way from roasting goanna on a spit or munching raw witchetty grubs ala Crocodile Dundee.
The Bush Food Sensations Aboriginal Mentor Program, a new 13-month initiative of the NSW Government, will soon be bringing kangaroo, crocodile, emu, witchetty grubs and many other delicacies to the table.
Launched in Newcastle at a gala event in late January, the program focuses on the expansion of ten Aboriginal food businesses primarily across the northern part of the state through effective marketing, management and administrative efforts. The aim is to enable each café, restaurant and catering service to sustain …
Welcome to Bushfood Sensations
Bushfood Sensations brings together a diverse range of Aboriginal Restaurants, Cafes and Chefs from all across NSW.
For thousands of years a huge variety of herbs, spices, seeds and animals have been used in the food and medicine of the Aboriginal people of Australia and the knowledge of these foods is still known by many Aboriginal people today. The Bush Food Sensations members apply this knowledge in fusion with recipes from around the world.
Members businesses range from fine dining restaurants, cafes and catering, the common thread being quality Australian produce with traditional bush flavours located from Bonalbo in Northern NSW to Sydney.
To learn more about this wonderful program click here.
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