As part of our "Meet The Grower" series, we will be having a look at what some of our customers are doing with seasonal produce. 

First up is the Executive chef of Jonah's Restaurant & Boutique Hotel, Whale Beach. Matteo Zamboni using Tomatillos from our good friends at Austchilli.

Tomatillos are like a gift. Tart green fruit that's sometimes confused with an unripe tomato, wrapped in a crinkly husk. Peel the wrapping away and you're left with a world of possibility.

Our annual SDFP pine mushroom trip was a huge success this year except for there being no Pine Mushrooms, the weather this year has been dry and not the best for the season. 

On the other hand, It enabled us to get to know our customers that little bit more, allow chefs to interact with one another, hear Diego’s aka (The Weedy One) stories, team up and make a memorable experience. Thank you to everyone who joined us.

Luke and the SDFP team.

We recently took some of our SDFP customers on a 48-hour escape to delve deep into Tasmania and meet the growers.

We met some extraordinary food producers, enjoyed the best of Tassie food, laughed very hard, went for cold swims and made some fantastic memories.

Thanks again to everyone involved. Luke and the SDFP team.

Later this month we will be taking some of our SDFP customers on a trip to Tasmania to "Meet The Grower" and taste some of the wonderful mushrooms that Bec has to offer at Cygnet Mushroom Farm.

Watch her story right here as part of the "Meet The Grower" series brought to you from Sydney Direct Fresh Produce.

We took some of our SDFP customers on our annual educational forage of the iconic walk from Bondi to Clovelly. We Kicked off with a breakfast at Drake Eatery Bondi Beach and then began our walk in search of edible herbs, leaves and flowers with the passionate Diego Bonetto aka "The Weedy One". He gave us so many interesting facts and wisdom.

It was a real pleasure to take our chef customers out for the day to relax, enjoy the ocean, eat good food and be educated about the hidden food gems that surround us.

We went on a tour of local produce in Tasmania with top chef Massimo Mele and SDFP fruit and vegetable guru Luke Kohler. Tas-Saffron grows only the highest quality saffron with the most fantastic flavour and aroma, Tas-Saff saffron is graded in laboratory conditions against international standards.

As part of our "Meet The Grower" campaign, we recently took a trip to Tasmania to source some of the best produce it had to offer and educate our customers. 

Our good friend and top chef Massimo Mele joined us for the adventure and to cook up some dishes with our findings. Sydney Direct Fresh Produce owner Luke Kohler is always on the hunt to find unique and top quality fruit and vegetables for his customers.

Throughout December 2017 and into 2018 we will be sharing our "Meet the Grower" Tasmania edition with top chef Massimo Mele.

SDFP owner Luke Kohler went on a tour of Tasmania with Massimo to source some of the best produce this stunning part of the world has to offer.

Stay tuned for more from this duo in the coming weeks.

With the heat of summer creeping up on us, the crisp, cooling texture of the Lebanese Cucumber is essential in every salad or sandwich.

The "Meet The Grower" series took Luke to a local Lebanese cucumber farm just a stone's throw away from Sydney Markets. We caught up with the owner Caroline Hatem to find out how the best cucumber is harvested and nurtured.

At the start of 2017, we supported the talented chef James Metcalfe as he put together a fantastic dinner to raise money for OZ Harvest. After this successful event, James decided to kick off his very own pop up dinners through his business JRM Hospitality called "The JRM Social Series".

Sydney Direct Fresh produce is proud to be supporting James and his team on this fantastic new journey of exploring local produce, exceptional wines and creative spaces throughout 2017 and into 2018.

As part of our "Meet The Grower" series, we caught up with one of our favourite growers, Jayson Mesman of The Truffle Farm and the humble James Metcalfe at his recent " JRM Social Series Dinner" at the Urban Winery Sydney. 

We supplied our freshest ingredients and brought some of our customers along to enjoy a night of local wine by Alex Retief, laughter and tasty food.

As we kick off the Blood Orange season in Australia, we caught up with Vito and Leonard Mancini of Red Belly Citrus. 

One of the founding directors of Redbelly Citrus, Vito Mancini, remembers his first encounter with a blood orange, “As a boy, I was always fond of my grandfathers back yard, walking in and around always excited me by seeing what vegetables were planted and what fruits were in season".

This month's "Meet The Grower" Trent De Paoli is the director of the largest chilli company in Australia based in Queensland. Austchilli was founded by his father David and the business encompasses three generations of sustainable farming practices along with state of the art business management systems.

All of Austchilli product is produced in the Bundaberg region. We spent the day with Trent and his team who educated us and our customers on the process of growing the largest variety of chilli Australia has to offer.

Mike McEnearney and his head chef Jeffrey De Rome headed up a five-course menu featuring truffles from Jayson Mesman's Truffle Farm in Mount Majura near Canberra, and matching wines by Bryan Martin of Ravensworth Vineyard in Murrumbateman, NSW. The menu consisted of cobia sashimi with braised truffle mushrooms and radish, spit roast chicken 'demi-deuil' vinaigrette and truffle infused creme caramel.

As we come to the end of another fantastic Truffle season, we had to share with you our recent "Truffle Hunt" with top chefs from the Sofite group. As part of the "Meet The Grower" series we took a coach full of chefs to sample the very best in Australian Truffles at The Truffle Far in Canberra.

As the truffle season kicks off we will be sourcing some of the best black gold in Australia. Please contact your accounts manager to pre order.

Sydney Direct Fresh Produce director Luke Kohler, Mike McEnearney and Jeffrey De Rome from No.1 Bent St took a trip to Canberra to learn more about the process and what makes truffles so special. Check out part one of this adventure before our Truffle Dinner at No.1 Bent Street on the 15th June.

Sydney Direct Fresh Produce Director Luke Kohler took a trip to the new farm in Queensland to find out what it takes to get the perfect leaf on the plate.

Petite Bouche has been delivered to our customers for the past four years. We have always had consistent and innovative produce from the boys at Export Fresh. So when Directors Tony & Paul gave us the green light to film a "Meet The Grower" we jumped to the opportunity.

MEET THE SDFP TEAM as they showcase all the beautiful Australian produce they deliver daily to many of Sydney's leading kitchens at this years Gault & Millau Australi Misen En Place Event 2017.

Sydney Direct Fresh Produce is committed to providing its customers with the best service, reliability, quality produce and educating chefs with the new "Meet The Grower" campaign. 

We jumped to the task as we do with all of our customers. We made a few phone calls and got some interesting little fellah's sent all the way from North Queensland.

From Black Prince, Pink Tigers, Brain Killers, Trinidad Scorpion and Scotch Bonnets, we knew we could blow the roof off Applejack Hospitality for their Annual Chilli Eating Competition. Check out chef Billy's adventures here.

We are so pleased to have supported chef James Metcalfe with his charity dinner to raise money for OzHarvest #CEOcookoff with our donation of fruit and vegetables from local growers.

Here is a clip from the full night if you missed out on a ticket. We all had a fantastic evening of food, wine and bringing people together to raise money for an epic charity.

We would also like to thank Urban Winery Sydney, Export Fresh, Vic's Meat Market, Simon Johnson Providore, Garlands Florist, PFD Food Services and everyone else who donated produce, time and money for this positive cause.