When love brought acclaimed Gold Coast chef Alex to sweetheart Jen's home town of Bundaberg, it seemed only natural that they take their shared love for entertaining and combine it with the abundant regional produce on offer, creating a space, now endearingly known as 'Water Street Kitchen', to share and celebrate incredible food and wine.
The story behind Mary and Terry's Hill of Promise Winery is much more than just the dream to make wine, but a reminder of a grandfather's legacy to his grandson.
With its rich, volcanic red soil and perfect ratio of sunshine and rain, the Bundaberg and North Burnett regions has been farmed for generations, with established farming families joined by more recent additions – with more than a few characters mixed in!
Let's take a moment to chat with a few of the locals who work hard every day to keep food on tables across the country.
Bundaberg North Burnett is one of the largest fresh produce rich regions in Queensland. It's for that reason that the area is sometimes referred to as Australia's tastiest food bowl - or as us locals call it the 'Bundaberg Bowl', growing and producing fresh food that is served on tables right across the county and internationally.
