Seasonal Produce
As the days get shorter and the temperature starts to drop, the season is changing. Patrons will be looking for warming and comforting food. With autumn’s bounty there is plenty to choose from in the way of fresh produce. Look out for what’s in season in April.
Fruit
- Apples: bonza, gala, golden delicious, Granny Smith, Jonathon, red delicious
- Bananas
- Berries: raspberries
- Figs
- Grapefruit: yellow
- Grapes: Muscat, sultana, Waltham cross
- Kiwifruit
- Lemons
- Mangosteens
- Melons: honeydew
- Nashi pears
- Nuts: almonds
- Papayas/ pawpaws
- Peaches
- Pears: beurre bosc, red sensation, Williams
- Plums
- Pomegranates
- Rambutans
Vegetables:
- Asian greens
- Beans: butter, green, snake
- Cabbages: red
- Carrots
- Celeriac
- Celery
- Chokos
- Leeks
- Mushrooms: button, cup, field, flat, pine, Slippery Jack (bolet)
- Okra
- Olives: black, green
- Potatoes
- Pumpkins
- Salad greens
- Silverbeet
- Spinach
- Squash
- Sweet potatoes
- Tomatoes
- Zucchini
Enjoy... Martin
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Martin Duncan is the owner of Freestyle Tout and Freestyle Escape, and is passionate about the hospitality industry.
He is regularly featured in the media promoting the hospitality industry and also consults to others in the industry.
Martin is continually helping to promote QLD food events, such as the Celebration of Australian Food & Wine Noosa Style, Hilton Masterclass and Smartfood.
