8-11 Sept 2025 | ICC SYDNEY, DARLING HARBOUR

Food retail

Increasingly chefs are incorporating native ingredients to their menus with a growing appreciation for the unique and diverse flavour offerings.
Phillip Kuoch describes himself as a planner, but there’s no way he could have predicted the pandemic trajectory of Goldeluck’s, his Melbourne bakery. “The last 12 months have been a crazy time for us,” he says.
Fine Food Australia exhibitor and natural sweetener company, Lakanto Australia, have just won Product of the Year as Ones to Watch in Natural Sweeteners for their Classic and Golden Monkfruit Sweeteners, resulting from a survey of over 1000 Australians.
With major food retailers unable to keep pace with consumer demands, customers turned to their local village grocers and found boutique retail a bonus.