Enjoying local sourced and superbly prepared local produce, whether served in fancy restaurants and top hotels or in pubs, cafes, food markets and other neighbourhood eateries, has become an increasingly important reason for travel, especially when your meals abroad are accompanied by a bottle of a region’s famous wines. Whether your taste buds are fired by thoughts of wild Pacific salmon or the best lobsters in the world from Canada, exotic Thai curries or delicate dishes from Vietnam, a spread of prawns on an authentic Aussie barbie or organically raised lamb from New Zealand or game steaks in Kenya, Bridge & Wickers can bring the world to your table.

Asia

Food is one of the high points of any holiday to this part of the world, with menus far more imaginative than most people’s experience of Asian dining at home. If you’re worried about excesses of spice and searing heat, don’t; most restaurants dampen the fire to suit western tastes. As well as the pleasures of eating, many visitors also enroll on a short course to learn the secrets of Oriental cooking.

Africa

Cape Town and the Winelands are among the world’s finest destinations for a gastronomic or a wine-tasting holiday. South Africa’s chefs and wine-makers are receiving ever- increasing international recognition for their skill and the high standard and diversity of food and wine is one of the joys of any holiday in South Africa. A number of South African safari lodges provide genuinely gourmet cuisine. Elsewhere, food is generally based on as much fresh, local produce as possible, inventive and tasty. We continue to be impressed by the excellence and variety of meals prepared deep in the bush.

Australia

Australia now firmly challenges Europe not only for the quality of both its award-wining wines, from regions such as the Barossa, Margaret River and the Hunter Valley, but for its home grown, farmed, fished and harvested produce and the brilliance of its chefs who draw inspiration not only from their travels but from Asia. If you are a foodie you can travel to Australia in total confidence.

New Zealand

 
Superb home grown produce and local seafood, treated with respect by innovative chefs and backed by award winning wines, particularly from Hawke’s Bay and the Marlborough area, have conspired to position New Zealand right at the top of the gourmet travellers must-see destinations.

Canada

 
Perhaps one of the biggest surprises for first time visitors is to discover that Canada produces not only superb seafood including amazing lobsters but also excellent beef, an abundance of fruits and award winning wines. And the restaurant scene, particular in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, is now as exciting as many European cities.