Taste Food Tours

08/03/2025

For International Women’s Day 2025 the theme is to ‘Accelerate Action’ for gender equality, which is very close to our hearts.

We’d also like to acknowledge the fiercely passionate wonder women who have kept TASTE going for the last TEN DELICIOUS YEARS!

66% of our guides, 70% of our Board, and 100% of our Head Office members are amazing women (including migrants and refugees) from all over the globe.

From Egypt to Libya, Afghanistan to Syria, Malaysia to South Korea, Colombia to Taiwan, Turkey to Pakistan, India to Vietnam, and BEYOND.

We can’t thank you enough for everything you’ve done to make our team so magical, and for making Sydney AND Australia FAR richer by sharing your knowledge, culture, stories, passion, and endless talents.

Special thanks to the crew who got us through COVID and post-COVID times, including: Sahar, Lesley, Fiona, Alaa, Latife, Noorlindah, Hayley, Tae Kyoung, Anamika, Maria, Frances, Lori, Julie, Vy, Joanna, Sue, Meng, Emma, Anh, Nish*tha, Alex, Farhat, Ezzy, Christie, Cathy, Shazia, Ivy, Shaista, Samira, Nayereh, Thao, Viktoria, Parastoo, Sophie, Sea, Rachel, Anne Marie, Sylvia, Natalie, Yingying.

Thank you from the bottom of our hungry hearts!

08/03/2025

🌙✨ LAKEMBA’S RAMADAN NIGHT MARKETS LIKE YOU’VE NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE! ✨🌙

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🍽️ Taste the best of Ramadan street food—without the wait!

🍢 Connect with local Muslim guides who will lead you to their favourite stops

📖 Hear the stories & traditions behind this beautiful month

🌃 Enjoy the energy of Sydney’s most vibrant night markets

🌙 Discover hidden gems & must-try dishes.

🥙 Skip the massive queues—we’ve pre-ordered for you!

❤️ Support migrant-run and family businesses & grow social impact!

🚨 Tours are only available in March! Don’t miss out—these will SELL OUT. 🚨

📅 Public tours: Thursday, Friday & Sunday (8PM - 10:30PM)

👥 Private tours: Email [email protected]

✨ Eat incredible food. Hear stories of Ramadan food and traditions — stories you’d never get by going on your own! ✨

🎟️ BOOK NOW: https://bit.ly/taste_of_ramadan2025

13/02/2025

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☪️☪️☪️ Ramadan is the holiest month in the Islamic calendar for approximately 2 billion Muslims around the world.

✨🌙 ✨ Have you ever wanted to know more about Ramadan, it’s history, traditions, stories, and food?

🌃🌃🌃Experience the joy of a vibrant community coming together on our ‘Taste of Ramadan’ tour at the Lakemba Night Markets, while being led by one of our gorgeous Muslim guides.

☪️☪️☪️ Learn more about this beautiful month and skip the massive queues as we’ve already selected some of our favourite dishes for you.

🌃🌃🌃 Tours are only available in the evenings in March.

🌙 🌙 🌙 Bookings are essential: https://bit.ly/taste_of_ramadan2025

✨✨✨ Public tours are running Thursday, Friday, and Sunday evenings from 8pm-10.30pm.

✨🌙 ✨Private tours are available Monday-Wednesday: contact us @ [email protected] if you want to book a private tour for you and your friends/family/colleagues.

🌟🌟🌟All tour tickets support training and employment for refugees, migrants, local youth, and more.

🌟🌟🌟 All tour tickets also support local businesses, many of which are family-run migrant businesses.

🌟🌟🌟We are Sydney’s ONLY cultural food tours run by a charity & social enterprise.

EAT FOR GOOD!

08/12/2024

Find out more: https://bit.ly/Taste_Gift_Card

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💵 Gift Cards are available for any money value!

🍜 The person you’re buying for can use their Gift Card towards any public tour they’d like.

💰 Depending on the amount you purchase for them, and the tour they choose, they can add money or keep the remaining value for future tour purchases.

🎫Adult tickets for tours average from $109 - $155, but you are welcome to purchase for any amount you like!

🎁 Our Gift Cards make the perfect pressies for holidays, including Christmas, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, anniversaries and more. They’re also a great way to say thank you to colleagues, friends, staff, or clients!

🙌Eat for Good:
Taste Tours is a Sydney-based charity and social enterprise which aims to connect people through shared food and cultural experiences. Our unique tours in Sydney suburbs support education and work opportunities for migrants, refugees, and local youth. With a commitment to local family-run migrant/refugee businesses, we have spent over $450,000 supporting local restaurants, food stores, and specialty shops in Sydney’s multicultural communities.

Buy now: https://bit.ly/Taste_Gift_Card

🤝 Support local Sydney businesses!
🙌 All tour tickets also support training and employment for refugees, migrants, local youth, and more.
🌟 We are Sydney’s ONLY cultural food tours run by a charity & social enterprise.
❤️ EAT FOR GOOD!

26/11/2024

🍜 🫖🥗🍜 🫖🥗 🍜 🫖🥗

https://bit.ly/taste_of_mediterranean_asia

🌏 Explore food and culture from Asia to the Mediterranean and hear stories from pre-colonial times through to modern migration

📍 Discover the vibrant sights and tastes of Parramatta, where the food, culture, and history are rich and plentiful

🍽️ 🥢Indulge in terrific tastings, from the Mediterranean, Indonesia, Vietnam, and China (we promise you won’t need dinner afterwards for the evening tour or lunch after your afternoon tour)

🤩 Discover hidden gems: even guests who live, work, and study in Parramatta are surprised at all it has to offer

💬 Hear stories of Burramatta’s First Peoples through to colonial settlers and more recent arrivals

👋 Our local guides have their own tales of migration, food, and culture, and they help share the stories of local businesses

✅ Learn about additional cultural and foodie highlights for your next Parramatta visit

🫶 This tour is generously supported through a City of Parramatta Community Grant

Eat for Good:
Taste Tours is a Sydney-based charity and social enterprise which aims to connect people through shared food and cultural experiences. Our unique tours in Sydney suburbs support education and work opportunities for migrants, refugees, and local youth. With a commitment to local family-run migrant/refugee businesses, we have spent over $450,000 supporting local restaurants, food stores, and specialty shops in Sydney’s multicultural communities.

https://bit.ly/taste_of_mediterranean_asia

🤝 Support local Sydney businesses!

🙌 All tour tickets also support training and employment for refugees, migrants, local youth and more.

🌟 We are Sydney’s ONLY cultural food tours run by a charity & social enterprise.

❤️ EAT FOR GOOD!

15/09/2024

🙏 Thank you, Bacchus Advisory !

💗After working virtually with the incredible team at Bacchus Advisory for over 4 years, we were excited to take 11 delightful and hungry team members on a private tour with us to Merrylands!

✨ Together we explored food, history, and culture from Afghanistan, Persia, Syria, and beyond. Nick Bartik, Partner at Bacchus Advisory, said, “a big thank you to TASTE for an authentic and unique team bonding experience. We loved the food, and the company, and that we also supported TASTE’s important charitable work. We all had a great night.” We love taking work teams on tour — it is always a deliciously bonding experience — but it’s extra special to meet a team for the first time in person, after working together for years.

🤩 TASTE Tours Manager Sahar Elsemary said, “Times have been extremely challenging since COVID and we’ve been so lucky to be working with the fabulous Bacchus Advisory team. Their financial and accounting services and their strategic advice have been invaluable. Thank you to Lisa and Charene especially for their patience and always going above and beyond!”

🎉 We can take large groups - 40-60 and potentially up to 80 (depending on the location) — perfect for corporate groups or looking for a holiday/end-of-year event that is fun for their teams but also gives back to local communities. Want to know how we can help your team have a delicious time?

Private tours: https://bit.ly/Taste_Private_Tour

Taste of Afghanistan, Syria, and Persia: https://bit.ly/taste_of_afghan_syria_persia

10/08/2024

https://bit.ly/tour_taste_of_the_world

Join us in Liverpool on a world tour including the Balkans, The Middle East, Fiji, and India! This tour is great for shopping & tasting and if you are a pastry-lover, you simply can’t miss out!

-Enjoy Balkan, Middle Eastern, Serbian, Turkish, Indian delights, including some of the best burek and falafel to be had in Sydney!
-Delight in a smorgasbord of eating and shopping from local producers, with their own farms and smokehouses. The tour is plentiful so arrive hungry.
-Indulge in a 3.5 hour guided cultural food tour with a knowledgeable local, sharing the stories of Liverpool, the shops and the food.
-Meet local businesses with amazing hospitality, generosity and stories to share. Prepare to leave the tour FULL.
-Medium walking, some steps; very vegetarian friendly! (Not ideal for GF)

Find out more: https://bit.ly/tour_taste_of_the_world

14/07/2024

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Sydney food tour, tasting & shopping extravaganza. The Horsley Drive is another hidden “Little Italy” in Sydney. Eat, shop, and support amazing local producers on our “Taste of Aussie Produce” tour of The Horsley Drive.

https://bit.ly/tour_taste_of_aussie_produce

☕︎ Award winning coffee
🍩 Award winning doughnuts
🍋 Award winning limoncello
🧀 Award-winning cheese
🍦 Award-winning gelato
🍅 Spectacular fresh fruit, veg, eggs
🇲🇹 Amazing pastizzi
🇮🇹 Handmade focaccia & authentic pizza (why we call it Western Sydney’s “Little Italy”!)

🛍️ Bring your coolers/eskies in your car so you can stock up on goodies for you and loved ones
🎁 Buy extra scrumptious treats to take away
🤝 Support local Sydney producers!

🙌 All tour tickets also support training and employment for refugees, migrants, local youth and more.

🌟 We are Sydney’s ONLY cultural food tours run by a charity & social enterprise.

❤️ EAT FOR GOOD!

08/07/2024

TASTE Cultural Food Tours is seeking a dynamic permanent part-time General Manager (0.6 Full-Time Equivalent to 3 days a week) to lead our team and grow the business. We are after someone who can bring fresh energy, insight, and drive to a small established team, balancing commercial value with social good. Could it be you?

Position description, selection criteria, and application information here: https://bit.ly/TASTEGM24

  Taste Cultural Food Tours is seeking a dynamic permanent part-time (Hybrid) General Manager (0.6 Full-Time-Equivalent to three days per week) to lead our team and grow the business. We are after someone who can bring fresh energy, insight and drive to a small established team, balancing commercia...

27/06/2024

https://bit.ly/tour_taste_of_migration

Our Taste of Migration (Bankstown) tour is our most popular private tour, especially for schools and other large groups. We’re running a rare public tour during the school holidays: Thurs 11 July! Join us! https://bit.ly/tour_taste_of_migration

• Join us on Thursday 11th July only!
• This tour was featured in SMH last year as one of the best things to do in winter
• Enjoy delicious Vietnamese and Lebanese delights!
• Indulge in a 3-hour guided cultural food tour (fab for food-loving kids and teens; supports curriculum for Food Tech and Society & Culture)
• Feast on freshly made rice paper dishes and a fruit shake or coffee from Vietnam
• Enjoy the best Manoush and a spice emporium from Lebanon
• Explore Sydney’s first Baklava sweet shop
• Learn about the changing face of Australia and relish in our diverse community
• This tour can cater to a large variety of dietary restrictions
• Every ticket and gift card purchased supports the training and employment of refugees, migrants, and local youth

https://bit.ly/tour_taste_of_migration

06/05/2024

Taste Cultural Food Tours is seeking a dynamic part-time General Manager (0.7 Full-Time-Equivalent) to lead our team and grow the business. We are after someone who can bring fresh energy, insight and drive to a small established team, balancing commercial value with social good! Could it be you?

Find out more: https://bit.ly/taste_gm

04/05/2024

Treat Mum to a tour or a gift card for Mother’s Day!

- We still have tickets left for our Taste of Afghanistan & Syria tour (Merrylands) and our Taste of Chinatown tour (Haymarket) on Mother's Day, Sunday the 12th of May.
- Or give Mum a gift card for her to book in a tour another time!
- Every ticket and gift card purchased supports the training and employment of refugees, migrants, and local youth.

Join us in Merrylands: https://bit.ly/taste-merrylands

Join us in Haymarket/Chinatown: https://bit.ly/taste_chinatown_syd

Buy a gift card: https://bit.ly/Taste_Gift_Cards

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