Treat yourself on Tassie’s tastiest tours

Tasmania is famous for its food, from premium produce including oysters, truffles and apples to gourmet products like cheese and chocolate. These small-group tours can take you straight to the source to meet the growers, makers and purveyors, and enjoy their delicious bounty.

Join Mic Giuliani, a longtime champion of Tasmanian food, on his Sirocco South foraging day trips in the south-east. After gathering seasonal foods such as wild asparagus, mushrooms and salt bush, Mic whips up a six-course lunch with additional local ingredients. You can lend a hand, or just relax with something good from nearby Bream Creek Vineyard while a member of their team reveals how it’s made.

The name says it all, especially if you choose Tasmanian Wild Seafood Adventures’ Deep-to-Dish cruise. On this half-day experience you’ll travel from Hobart, down the Derwent River and across scenic coastal waters including around Bruny Island. Along the way there’s lots of seafood such as sea urchins and periwinkles harvested before your eyes, and Atlantic salmon from the at-sea fish farm also on the itinerary.

Take a private half-day tour of the lively Salamanca district, starting with coffee and sweet treats at one of the capital’s oldest bakeries, and concluding with tastings at a leading distillery. In between, Premier Travel Tasmania’s Taste of Hobart Walking Tour reveals local history along the way to more yummy stops for cheese, chocolate and more.

Get off the beaten track with Eat the Wild, whose tour van is also a mobile kitchen, and your guide’s a chef. Choose from two daytrips departing Hobart. The Bruny Island tour showcases local delights including cheese and oysters, while Beyond the Cellar Door visits under-the-radar vineyards where you’ll enjoy tastings with the winemakers and a paired dish freshly made at each stop.

Mix up tasty experiences with the island’s other attractions on Bruny Island Safaris’ Foods, Sightseeing and Lighthouse Tour, which departs from Hobart. Between stops to sample local goodies like honey and fudge, plus a great pub lunch, the day’s filled with everything from spotting white wallabies in the wild to a Cape Bruny Lighthouse tour. The views from the external balcony are epic!

Whichever you choose from Unearthed Tours’ four north-eastern daytrips you’re going to eat well – even on the Cradle Mountain Walk, which includes a gourmet hamper and Tasmanian sparkling wine. If food’s your focus try the Chefs Tour or Cradle Mountain with Private Dining, both of which offer the chance to eat and greet on the Cradle to Coast Tasting Trail, plus a long lunch and local wines.

Decisions, decisions! Which of Tasmania Gourmet Food Tours’ four daytrips would you prefer? All departing Hobart, they include East Coast Splendour, Bruny Island Magic and Huon Valley Gourmet Delights, from apple pie to apple cider. The Agrarian Kitchen Eatery tour is much more than lunch at this renowned restaurant, taking in Derwent Valley pleasures starting with Devonshire tea at Glen Derwent Tea Rooms. Customised private tours are also available.

Information included in this blog is correct at the time of publishing. Please contact individual operators for further information.