The 2010 Tastes of Gold Coast festival will start the day on the right side of bed with a unique, invite-only launch event at Jupiters Hotel & Casino. Dine on dawn delicacies from under the doona with Breakfast in Bed in the property’s Pavilion Marquee! It will be the Gold Coast’s most impressive pyjama party complete with Eggs Benedict, bubbles and live entertainment.

Wednesday August 11th
9.30am – 11.00am

Graze, groove and sample some of the Gold Coast’s finest cuisine.
Festival goers can sample tasting plates of signature dishes at all participating restaurants, for under $15 per plate.

Stay in one restaurant all night or wander the avenue, sampling several.
Look for the Tastes signage - It’s a progressive feast where you’re in the driver’s seat!

The four full days of festivities kick off on Thursday night with roaming musicians filling the streets.

Join us on Tedder all long weekend.

Participating restaurants
Tedder Ave, Main Beach

Simon Grigalius (MYLK - My Little Kitchen), Brian Meade (Arts Centre Gold Coast) and Paul Smart (Room 81 Sofitel Broadbeach) work their magic creating an array of mouth-watering dishes, that you get to eat! Each chef will prepare three sumptuous courses live on stage, as they discuss recipes and reveal their wonderful cooking techniques.

Saturday September 4th
10:30am

Paradise showroom, Arts Centre 135 Bundall Rd, Surfers Paradise Tickets: $120 each Bookings: 07 5588 4000

As a new initiative of Tastes of The Gold Coast, we have asked Ambassador Chef, Daniel Ridgeway, to set a mystery box challenge especially for you!

Daniel has chosen the ingredients; now follow the steps below:

STEP 1 – GO SHOPPING...
Think local! We suggest:

Ferry Road Markets - Open 7 days

Marina Mirage Markets - First, third and fifth Saturday of the month

Carrara Markets - Every Friday

Bundall Farmers Market - Every Sunday

Palm Beach Currumbin Farmers Market -  Every Saturday

Witches Chase Cheese Co
(2 Gold Medals in Brisbane Cheese Awards 2009) 165-185 Long Road Nth Tamborine

Your DIY Mystery Box Ingredients are:

• Lamb racks
• Witches Chase goats cherve (Mt Tambourine)
• Zucchini flowers, (Mt Nathan)
• Organic Eggs
• Mushrooms (hinterland Swiss Brown Flats or button mushrooms)
• Desiree potatoes
• Red wine (Witches falls)
• Marjoram
• Tomatoes
• Macadamia nuts

STEP 2 - GET CREATIVE

STEP 3 - ENTER YOUR RECIPE AND PHOTOS FOR GREAT PRIZES!

Please add email images and recipe of your dish to tastes@strutnfret.com

YOUR TIME STARTS... NOW!

Satisfy your sweet tooth this festival, with a sumptuous chocolate dessert or cocktail at East 88. As our late night festival venue, you can head on over after a festival event and treat yourself to decadent desserts or cocktails and dancing til late.

August 26th, 27th, 28th, Sept 2nd, 3rd, 4th
Thursday, Friday & Saturday nights

1/88 Surf Parade, Broadbeach

Tamborine Mountain Distillery has joined forces with some of the Gold Coast’s best mixologists to create stunning cocktails especially for the festival. Try one, try them all! Follow the trail and discover these liquid gold treats!

August 26th – September 5th
Participating hotels:

 1. BREAKERS BAR
Sheraton Mirage Resort and Spa Gold Coast 71 Seaworld Drive, Main Beach

2. EAST 88
88 Surf Parade, Broadbeach QLD 4218

3. ALTO CUCINA & BAR
The Oasis, Victoria Avenue, Broadbeach Mall

4. CHELOS BAR
Radisson Resort Gold Coast Palm Meadows Drive, Carrara

5. LONESTAR TAVERN
Cnr Markeri Street & Sunshine Blvd, Mermaid Waters

Step through Stage Door at the Arts Centre to a world behind the curtain. Slip off your shoes and immerse yourself in this on-stage oasis.

Sip champagne and enjoy the finest local food as we entertain you with the best handpicked performers, featuring guest artist Katie Noonan. This inaugural party is destined to become a sought-after annual event so be sure to book early.

Strictly black tie.

Don’t miss out on this evening of the sublime.

Tickets: $135
Bookings: (07) 5588 4000

Stage Door
The Arts Centre Gold Coast
135 Bundall Rd, Surfers Paradise

The recently opened, Little Truffle Dining Room and Bar at Mermaid Beach, will host an exclusive dinner. Chef and owner Daniel Ridgeway has created a decadent five course degustation dinner with selected wines. A glass of French champagne on arrival will set the mood for a dining experience to be remembered. Limited tickets are available.

Tickets: $125 per person
Bookings: 07 5526 5033

Kids, come and cook up a storm for dad on Fathers Day!
Bring the whole family for a breakfast picnic on Chevron Island Park (Korman Family Park).

Come and make an edible Fathers Day card for dad and win some great prizes for the best design.

There will be music, face painting, heaps of cooking and maybe even potato sack races!

Chevron Island, home of premier breakfast restaurants is the perfect place for Father’s Day fun for the whole family!

Chevron Island
FREE

BYO picnic or pick up a hamper at the restaurants

eurofest is back! A fantastic fiesta of food, culture, colour and traditional music that will see Surfers Paradise transformed into a mini Europe for the day. Come and celebrate all of the things that make Europe such a smorgasbord for the senses – the culture, the flavours and the sounds!

FREE Neil Shannon Park, Surfers Paradise

Come down to the Gold Coast City Council stage at Gold Coast Show on Saturday and learn how to cook delicious food, with local produce, whipped up by some of the best chefs on the Gold Coast, live on stage!

Guest Chef Ambassadors will join the show to reveal their top culinary skills and secrets and show you how easy it is to prepare tasty dishes that will impress family and friends.

Gold Coast Show, GCCC Precinct in front of the Showbag Pavilion