World ExpeditionsBig Adventures. Small Footprint.https://assets.worldexpeditions.com/BlogTasmania’s top food experiences: Peter Kuruvitahttps://assets.worldexpeditions.com/Blog/PostId/4901/peter-kuruvita-tasmanias-top-food-experiencesCommunity,Guides and staff,Destinations,Australia, New Zealand &amp; the Pacific,AustraliaTue, 07 Sep 2021 02:52:02 GMT<p>With so much packed in such a small island, where does one begin when exploring Tasmania’s food scene? SBS TV personality and one of Australia’s foremost seafood chefs, <a href="https://worldexpeditions.com/Blog/interview-with-chef-peter-kuruvita" target="_blank">Peter Kuruvita</a> unwraps some of the island’s best culinary highlights. </p> <p>He’ll be returning to Tasmania in 2022 with even more premier food experiences, check out his <a href="https://worldexpeditions.com/Australia/Culinary-Tours/Tastes-of-Tasmania-with-Peter-Kuruvita" target="_blank">food tour</a>. </p> <h4>Top 3 foodie experiences you shouldn’t miss when in Tasmania? </h4> <p>1. Cruising down the Derwent River to Bruny Island for a Gourmet Seafood Seduction Tour eating Tasmanian seafood plucked straight from the sea. </p> <div class="dynamicImageWrapper" switchsource="image1"><carouselsource aspectratio="4x3" data-plugin-options="{'items': 3, 'margin': 10, 'nav': true, 'dots': false}"><img alt="It doesn't get much fresher than this on your Tastes of Tasmania trip with Peter Kuruvita | <i>Peter Kuruvita</i>" class="responsiveImage" cropdataid="1013490" dynamiccroppedimage="1" src="/croppedImages/Logos/WWOT-images/Fresh-Lobster_-1013490-200px.jpg" variablesrc="/croppedImages/Logos/WWOT-images/Fresh-Lobster_-1013490-###width###px.jpg" /> <img alt="Watch your Guides dive for sea urchins on your Seafood Seduction Tour | <i>Peter Kuruvita</i>" class="responsiveImage" cropdataid="1013487" dynamiccroppedimage="1" src="/croppedImages/Logos/WWOT-images/Fresh-Catch_-1013487-200px.jpg" variablesrc="/croppedImages/Logos/WWOT-images/Fresh-Catch_-1013487-###width###px.jpg" /> <img alt="You'll learn from the locals how to shuck an oyster straight off the rack on your Tastes of Tasmania tour with Peter Kuruvita | <i>Peter Kuruvita</i>" class="responsiveImage" cropdataid="1013489" dynamiccroppedimage="1" src="/croppedImages/Logos/WWOT-images/Fresh-Oysters-1013489-200px.jpg" variablesrc="/croppedImages/Logos/WWOT-images/Fresh-Oysters-1013489-###width###px.jpg" /> <img alt="Incredible colours of a freshly caught lobster | <i>Peter Kuruvita</i>" class="responsiveImage" cropdataid="1013488" dynamiccroppedimage="1" src="/croppedImages/Logos/WWOT-images/Fresh-Lobster_-1013488-200px.jpg" variablesrc="/croppedImages/Logos/WWOT-images/Fresh-Lobster_-1013488-###width###px.jpg" /> </carouselsource></div>   <p>2. Eating wood-fired sourdough pizzas at Devils Lair winery overlooking the vineyards.</p> <p>3. Tasting manuka honey from Blue Hills Honey. On my <a href="https://worldexpeditions.com/Australia/Culinary-Tours/Tastes-of-Tasmania-with-Peter-Kuruvita" target="_blank">Tasmanian culinary adventure</a> you also tour the apiary and learn the lengths they go to to take care of their hives and queen. </p> <h4>Any favourite dishes that emerged from your last trip to Tasmania?</h4> <p>The pure fresh seafood on the Gourmet Seafood Seduction tour around Bruny Island. It’s a once in a lifetime experience to have your lunch hand-harvested by divers and cooked on board straight from the sea – Abalone, oyster, sea urchins, crayfish – delicious! </p> <h4>What’s something people don’t know about Tasmanian food you can tell us? </h4> <p>The Tasmanian Fine Food Awards is the longest-running food awards programme in Australia! This shows you just how passionately Tasmanians take their food and produce. </p> <h4>What are you most looking forward to on your next trip to Tasmania? </h4> <p>Our next trip will start with a smoking ceremony on the beach at the Bay Of Fires, I’m looking forward to hearing more about the indigenous culture of the area. I also can’t wait to check out Cape Grim cattle farm and hunt truffles in Deloraine! </p> <p><img alt="Admiring the tranquil Bay of Fires | <i>Mick Wright</i>" class="responsiveImage" cropdataid="1013491" dynamiccroppedimage="1" largestloadedsize="1100" src="/croppedImages/Australasia/Tasmania/Bay-of-Fires-1013491-1100px.jpg" variablesrc="/croppedImages/Australasia/Tasmania/Bay-of-Fires-1013491-###width###px.jpg" /></p> <p>Did we whet your appetite? Join Peter for hands-on cooking demonstrations, world-class tastings, and the chance to know the local's lore and their foodie secrets – all of which will be set in deluxe accommodations with the backdrop of Tasmania's icons: Bay of Fires, Freycinet Peninsula and Cradle Mountain. <a href="https://worldexpeditions.com/Australia/Culinary-Tours/Tastes-of-Tasmania-with-Peter-Kuruvita" target="_blank">View his tour ></a></p> <hr />4901