Business Bites is a new podcast series developed collaboratively with Northern Rivers Food and Southern Cross University. The podcasts focus on business topics that will assist our food and beverage industry community and feature local 'talent' from both SCU and the NRF food & beverage industry community. We like to think of it as the yin and yang of business know-how...
Northern Rivers Food (NRF) and Southern Cross University (SCU) are currently planning a collaborative project which will be rolled out later in the year. We are developing a series of podcasts as part of an industry resilience project for the local food & beverage industry in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. Our “Business Bites” podcast series will cover topics that help food and beverage businesses in the region address and overcome some of the hurdles they have been experiencing and aim to help improve their business acumen over time. This collaboration...
Pipit Restaurant is inspired by a coastal sense of place with a focus on creativity, local ingredients and wood-fired cooking. The fine-dining 7 course set menus by chef Ben Devlin are shared in an open-plan space designed for guests to see and learn directly from the kitchen. Pipit is a fine-dining restaurant, showcasing the best of Northern River’s local produce, sustainable seafood, and wood-fired cooking. It is designed around an open-plan kitchen, that lets their guests see into the whole cooking process and learn from chefs. Choose from a 6 or...
Mark Bellman was a baker for many years, operating a pie shop in Lismore before moving into the construction industry. This was until the pandemic hit in 2020 and Mark faced a long period of career uncertainty and decided to swap his tools for a spatula to bake and deliver gourmet pies to friends and family. Fast forward nearly two years, and a period of juggling both jobs and Mark's Gourmet Pies is now an established and much-loved local business. Operating solo from his home commercial kitchen in Tregeagle he prepares...
f you have overindulged over the festive period and are now exploring having a more plants-based diet we encourage you to check out the range of gourmet cheeses from Dilectio Gourmet. At Dilectio they dream of cheese and dream of a world where our cheese indulgence doesn’t have to cost the earth. Welcome to the exquisitely delicious world of Dilectio… where wonderful things can happen. Founders, Mark & Marie, were vegans that struggled to give up the dream of cheese, they missed the taste, texture and indulgence and couldn’t find a plant-based...