If you’re after fresh, healthy, and locally grown produce then look no further than the Hunter Valley!
We have compiled a list below of our favourite places to stock up on creamy cheeses, smoked meats, and all your other picnic and party favourites.
Lovedale Smokehouse Produce
This smokehouse deli showcases an extensive range of cold and hot smoked produce made on-site by Owner/Chef Ben Sales. Ben and his team work closely with suppliers sourcing premium quality and, wherever possible, local ingredients before curing and smoking in small batches to ensure every product receives the attention it deserves.
If artisan food is more your taste, the Lovedale Smokehouse also showcase a carefully curated range of artisan produce.
Hunter Valley Cheese
Boutique cheese producer and retailer, the Hunter Valley Cheese Company, is your one-stop shop for all of your cheese requirements.
The Hunter Valley Cheese Factory range has a strong emphasis on quality and innovative nature. Sitting alongside their award-winning Branxton Brie, Grape Vine Ash Brie and Hunter Gold Washed rind, are the well-accepted Riley’s Fromage Blanc, Hunter Valley Marinated Feta, and the renowned Pokolbin Smear Ripened!
Woodlands Olive Grove estate
Woodlands Olive Grove is home to over 6,000 olive trees established with a mixture of varieties mainly originating in Spain and Italy for both eating (table) olives and for olive oil production.
In addition to providing cold-pressed Olive Oil of the highest quality, Woodlands Olive Grove also provides tastings, allowing you to taste their estate-grown olives and authentic virgin olive oil paired with fresh, crisp bread.
Pukara Estate
Freshness, flavour and quality are the characteristics that set Pukara Estate apart. The Estate has become renowned for producing a range of distinctive, sophisticated and flavoursome extra virgin olive oils, vinegars and along with a range of gourmet products including dukkah, tapenades, relishes, mayonnaises, pestos, salts and savoury jams from their own oils and vinegar.
The extensive range of gourmet products are produced and packaged on-site, guaranteeing the freshest product throughout each season.
Organic Feast Wholefoods Market and Café
Organic Feast is Newcastle and the Hunter Valley's only local certified organic store and Home Delivery service. They offer the largest range of freshly harvested, local, certified organic food.
Organic Feast also has its own organic bakery with freshly baked slow-fermented sourdough, and handmade pastries, using organic grass-fed butter, traditional organic wheat, spelts and gluten-free flours.