Business

This month we share the stories of our Local Taste Bundaberg Festival Ambassadors, like Joey Caruana from The Garden Mill, and what makes them passionate about growing, producing and cooking in the Bundaberg Region.

Locals and visitors are encouraged to explore farm gate stalls and food businesses along the Taste Bundaberg Festival Taste Trail.

Local Taste Ambassadors Nat and Mark Albert from Childers Fine Foods love a good hot sauce and said the rich volcanic soil, water supply and beautiful sunshine were the perfect ingredients to create their Carolina Reaper chilli products.

Local businesswoman and industry trailblazer Sonja Pressler-McHugh of McHugh Steel was one of the local winners honoured at the 2024 Housing and Construction Awards, taking home the Women in Building Award.

Gooburrum State School was recently awarded funding from the CRT Primary Schools Program to supply more books to the school.

Local Taste Ambassadors Tash and Ant Sfettina have been in the hospitality industry for almost a decade and share their story on how they started up 384 North Brewing.