Starts 8.30am
Finish 4.30pm

Cost: $120.00
Tour Code: WID-EUR

Climb aboard a comfortable bus and have someone else drive us to some of the hidden European finds in Sydney. Discover some of the great sources of strudel and sauerkraut, kugelhopf and kransky, along with great breads, chocolates and endless delights from Croatia to Germany and beyond. Includes lunch.

Tour Departs from Central Station

Starts 8.30am
Finish 4.30pm

Cost: $120.00
Tour Code: WID-LEB

Come aboard our comfortable bus and let us take you into a world of exotic spices, meats cooked over charcoal, the freshest salads and dips and luscious desserts. We visit the best places to shop and find all the ingredients you need to make simply delicious food - immerse yourself in emporiums full of wonders, visit bakers and palaces of sweets. This is a day of discovery, endless tastings and great shopping!

Tour departs from Central Station

Starts 12.30pm

Cost: $110.00
Tour Code: APRES

Winter French banquet - We do love snuggling in from the cold and giving ourselves up to the joys of beautiful French food that's perfect for winter.  So think twice cooked goats cheese soufflé, slow braised lamb shoulder and a magnificent dessert... all with French bubbles and good Aussie wines.

Beautiful Spring lunch - Some of our regulars come each time to enjoy the delicious French fare at this lovely spot tucked behind Potts Point. Start with French bubbles and then indulge in a delicious meal of many lovely courses with matched red and white wines.  Chef Martin Webster will be drawing his inspiration from Provence so expect dishes that sing with fresh spring produce.

Starts 8.30am
Finish 5.00pm

Cost: $135.00
Tour Code: WID

Climb aboard our comfortable bus and have someone else drive us to some of the best French finds in Sydney - discover great coffee, croissants and pastries, delicious chocolates, cheeses, pate, great cooking utensils and enjoy a special two course lunch... huge fun, loads of treats and tastes and great shopping.

Tour Departs from Central Station

Starts 10.30am

Cost: $100.00
Tour Code: GRK

Start with a Greek coffee and some wonderful freshly baked biscuits and pastries from one of the best bakers in Sydney. This is a find tucked away in Marrickville. Then we drive to colourful bustling Illawarra Road to visit a number of family owned Greek businesses including a butcher with some of the best lamb and louganika (Greek sausages), taste and learn about the range of olives and fetta cheese, discover the best Greek bread shop in town and pop in to a spice merchants and deli before settling into traditional banquet style lunch at our favourite Greek restaurant.

Starts 9.30am
Finish 4.00pm

Cost: $120.00
Tour Code: IND

Climb aboard our comfortable bus and let us take you to the best sweets places in Sydney. Try Portuguese custard tarts - pasteis de nata, Turkish delight, great chocolates, icecream plus more....huge fun, loads of treats and tastes and great shopping - this is the safari for those who love their sweets! Light lunch included.

Starts 9.15am
Finish 4.30pm

Cost: $120.00
Tour Code: WID-EARL

Climb aboard our comfortable bus and have someone else load up the shopping and drive us to some of our favourite places in Marrickville and Earlwood - we visit a boutique chocolate maker who also does a great coffee, one of the friendliest and best stocked Greek emporiums, a baker who makes Greek olive bread to die for, a butcher with some great souvlaki and if there's time, stock up on your Indian spices and sandalwood soap. Tastings and lunch included. Great fun!

Tour departs from Central Station

Starts 12.30pm

Cost: $110.00
Tour Code: AZUMA

Enter a world of exquisite flavour and beauty at the Azuma Kushiyaki Restaurant in the heart of Sydney's CBD, in a little precinct that's fast becoming a mini Japan. You'll be introduced to some of the key flavours and implements that go into making Japanese one of the world's most refined cuisines. The team at Azuma Kushiyaki is dedicated to showing off their skills with a menu that will have you in awe of the master chef Kimitata Azuma's skills. We will start with bubbles and some beautifully crafted bites that sing of clean fresh flavour and move through a number of delicious courses, including the now famous tuna salad with ponzu dressing and wagyu beef served with garlic soy sauce. The desserts are spectacular!

Starts 8.30am
Finish 4.30pm

Cost: $120.00
Tour Code: WID-ITALY

Climb aboard our comfortable bus and have someone else drive us to some of the finds of Inner West Sydney places that are hidden Italian gems... discover great coffee, a big deli selling beautiful prosciutto and cheeses, an Italian butcher, try some delicious Sicilian biscuits and cakes, have a light lunch of wood fired pizza with a glass of wine and end the day with a palate cleansing gelato... huge fun, loads of treats and tastes and great shopping.

Tour Departs from Central Station

Starts 10.00am

Cost: $100.00
Tour Code: ITA

Visit delis full of beautiful olives, cheeses, small-goods, oils, pasta and sauces, bakeries famous for bread, a fresh pasta maker, expert cheese maker, some of the best Italian fruit and vegetables - all at friendly family-run businesses. For lunch we indulge in some great homemade pasta and wood-fired pizza followed by a visit to a beautiful pasticceria and then onto the bottle shop for a taste of limoncello.

Starts 10.00am

Cost: $95.00
Tour Code: LEB

We're joined by fabulous Lebanese guide Jinan Afiouny Ammourh to explore some of the most delicious Lebanese food and ingredients in Punchbowl. Discover delicious pizzas made with fragrant zaatar - the spice mix of sumac, sesame seeds and dried oregano, a bakery, spice emporium filled with great finds plus more. Have a banquet lunch followed by some amazing sweets.

Starts 12.30pm

Cost: $110.00
Tour Code: LUCIO

Consummate restaurateur Lucio Galetto started this wonderful warm restaurant 27 years ago, filled it with art and consistently excellent food. It's now an institution in Paddington and Lucio is an OAM for his services to the community as a restaurateur and author, and his support of arts organisations. From the first warm welcome with a glass of bubbles to chef Logan Campbell's delicious rendition of the cuisine of Lucio's home in Liguria, to the kiss on both cheeks as you leave, everything is just right. The pesto featured in Italian Food Safari will be teamed with a home-made pasta and there are generous servings of some wonderful regional specialties. See you there!

Starts 8.30am

Cost: $120.00
Tour Code: WID-MED

Come aboard our comfortable bus and be transported to our favourite Greek baker, Middle eastern spice and nut emporium, souvlaki king, have lunch at a local mediterranean style restaurant and then finish the day with some delicious icecream. Lots of great tastes and shopping along the way.

 Tour departs from Central Station

Starts 12.30pm

Cost: $110.00
Tour Code: MORO

Continuing with this very popular safari, we are again heading to Out of Africa Restaurant in Manly for a fantastic long lunch.  You may have seen Hassan M'souli on Series 1 of Food Safari, and now you have the chance to meet him and learn the secrets of preserved lemons, how to use a tajine and couscousier, taste the fragrant traditional mint tea, have your hands painted with henna and indulge in the most delicious mix of dishes from chef Hassan and his team. Accompanied by wine from Wine Selector.

Starts 11.00am
Finish 2.30pm

Cost: $90.00
Tour Code: PER

The Queen of Peruvian caramel, Carmen Almenara and her husband Luis, the King of Pisco (the spirit of Peru) open their beautiful home for this wonderful brunch to introduce Australia to the flavours of their beloved homeland. Expect delicious home-cooked food you would never find in a restaurant plus some warm luscious caramel to finish off.... and of course a Pisco Sour, made with fresh lime juice.  Numbers limited. A memorable and very special Sunday brunch.

Starts 12.30pm

Cost: $110.00
Tour Code: PER-SEA

Peruvian chef Jorge Chacon is on a mission to prove that his country is the gourmet destination of South America... and having hosted a number of very successful safaris at his restaurant, we are right behind him. On this safari, Jorge wants to concentrate on the many delicious seafood dishes of Peru - and they are nothing short of spectacular. The lunch will feature two types of ceviche (marinated fish), some wonderful shellfish and calamari, fish and crustaceans all combined with the fresh zing of lime and Peruvian magic. Come and join us for some warm Peruvian hospitality, our meal accompanied by wines from Wine Selector and a Pisco Sour to kick us off.

Starts 10.00am

Cost: $85.00
Tour Code: PIZ

Ever wanted to make beautiful traditional pizza at home? It's easy with the right recipe and technique... learn the secrets of perfect home-cooked pizza in this fun 90 minute class in one of the temples of great pizza, Napoli in Bocca Restaurant in Haberfield. Hands on class, recipes, plus your own pizza to take home. Numbers strictly limited.

Starts 9.45am
Finish 2.30pm

Cost: $100.00
Tour Code: POR

Start with a coffee and an explanation of Portuguese cuisine from one of its founders in Sydney, Fatima Barroso. Then visit the home of the best custard tarts in Sydney, sample smoked chourico sausage, flattened chicken with peri peri sauce and visit a well-stocked deli and the local wine store, which stocks a large range of wines and ports from Portugal and finish with a banquet lunch.

Start: 9.30am
Finish: 12.30pm approx
Meet: House, 202 –210 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills. Just near central station, next to the old Golf House with its famous neon sign.

Cost: $85.00
Tour Code: SUJ

Days starts with tea and welcome from chef Sujet Saengkham, a run through of Thai ingredients and then cooking class with 5 recipes – enough to be able to cook a Thai banquet!

You will be able to taste each recipe (so you probably won’t need lunch!) afterwards Sujet will take us to a nearby Thai emporium with fresh and dry ingredients.

Starts 12.30pm

Cost: $110.00
Tour Code: SW-IND

Ajoy Joshi is the talented and enthusiastic chef that has made this restaurant one of the temples of great Indian food in Sydney. Come and settle in for a lunch featuring some of the best regional cuisine from South Western India... expect some glorious dishes such as prawns reichado, fish caldine, poori bhaji, pav, Bhel poori and kolhapoori goat plus demonstrations of how to make the lovely Indian cheese paneer and lovely golden fried puris. We start with French bubbles and move on to red and white wines to enjoy with lunch. Don't miss this wonderful exuberant chef and his delicious food.

Starts 8.30am
Finish 4.30pm

Cost: $120.00
Tour Code: WID-SPICE

Join us on an adventure into some of the best spice emporiums in Sydney, fragrant with cinnamon, cumin, saffron, cardamom and curry leaves. Learn how to use spices in some simple, achievable recipes across a range of cuisines and enjoy a glorious lunch with a glass of wine and cooking demonstration.  This safari features cuisines as diverse as Persian, Lebanese, Turkish, Indian and Sri Lankan. Includes tea, tastings and lunch.

Tour Departs from Central Station

Starts 11.30am

Cost: $110.00
Tour Code: THAI

Enter the elegant surrounds of Spice I Am to a warm welcome from top Thai chef Sujet Sangkaem and his attentive staff. We start late morning with a glass of French bubbles and a cooking demonstration which opens up this spicy and complex world. We then indulge in a banquet lunch to really get your taste buds dancing.  Demonstrations, recipe sheets, lunch and wine included.

Starts 12.30pm

Cost: $110.00
Tour Code: PERAMA

Join the talented David Tsirekas and his Mum Jenny for a special lunch featuring many of the dishes that have made him famous. Start with a glass of bubbles and then watch as Jenny uses grape leaves to make the yummiest dolmades... and rolling her own filo pastry for David's filo pie. Expect his famous lamb skarras, octopus and some of the other huge hits of this beautiful welcoming restaurant in Petersham. You'll also meet our favourite Greek Island guide Liz Kaydos who will just be back from her four island journey for Gourmet Safaris. A huge day of delicious food and fun.

Starts 10.00am

Cost: $100.00
Tour Code: TUR

Start with a Turkish coffee or tea in a beautiful Aladdin's cave of a café and learn about Turkish food and ingredients then discover some of the riches of this vibrant suburb - emporiums filled with spices and delicacies and implements including pretty tea glasses for Turkish apple tea, Real Turkish Delight, great bakeries and butcher, followed by a generous lunch and a visit to the inspiring Gallipoli mosque.

Starts 11.00am

Cost: $100.00
Tour Code: VIE

Start with tea and Vietnamese rice paper rolls and learn about the various ingredients and the many herbs used in this cuisine. Then take a guided walk through colourful and vibrant central Cabramatta and explore the shops before settling in to a light lunch at one of the top local Vietnamese restaurants.

Starts 12.30pm

Cost: $115.00
Tour Code: WATERFRONT

At the end of the lovely old Jones Bay Wharf and overlooking the sparkling harbour, Flying Fish is the domain of our talented friend Peter Kuruvita who grew up learning the best of Sri Lankan cooking from his grandmother. Peter's food is a modern take on the cuisine and there are many delights in store for us at this special lunch....the menu covers no less than 20 dishes! You won't want to miss this one! We start with a glass of bubbles on the beautiful deck that overlooks the harbour then move into the restaurant for a spicy feast.