Thistle in the Woods

Sunshine Coast's Favourite Caterers

Fully Qualified Chefs

Serviced or Drop Off Options

Extensive Delicious Menus

Premium Catering & Wholesome, Local Produce

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Calling the Sunshine Coast Hinterland in QLD home, Thistle in the Woods is a family-owned catering business - operating with the philosophy based around providing wholesome food, in the company of friends and family.

Offering a wide selection of fully catered or drop off menu items, you'll be amazed and delighted by the quality and variety of our gourmet food - all prepared in our purpose-built commercial production kitchen right in our own back garden (literally!)

We pride ourselves on using and showcasing the very best locally sourced, high quality produce - designed to satisfy the appetites of your guests at any gathering or special event! 

We'd love to cater your next personal or corporate function - get in touch and let us know how we can serve you!

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Learn more about our premium services below - from drop off and serve yourself canapes & sweets, right through to private parties, corporate events and more formal fully-serviced sitdown menus.
Serviced Catering Sit Down - Thistle in the Woods

Serviced Catering

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Drop Off Catering Service - This

Drop Off Catering

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Grazing Platters - Thistle in the Woods

Grazing Platters

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Cakes and Sweets - Thistle in the Woods

Cakes & Sweets

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The Thistle Experience!

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  • positive review  Fantastic food, great service and lovely people. We had a dinner party at home and the menu was amazing. went for a combo of duck rolls to start (OMG), beef and lamb mains, cheese platter and of course the boozy cupcakes. Nick delivered the food to our home, walked us through everything, even checking our oven temp. Thistle in the Woods really made our milestone celebration easy and amazing! Local business owners who care about local produce, fresh food and their customer service. Will definitely call on you again. Thanks

    Claire Prescott Avatar Claire Prescott
    November 23, 2021
  • positive review  I was so happy to have organised Thistle in the Woods to cater for my 50th birthday celebration. The whole process was so easy, from deciding on the menu through to the delivery. The presentation was fabulous, but also the food was just divine! Our guest were raving about the food all afternoon, from the grazing box right through to the sweets box.

    Sharyn Swanepoel Avatar Sharyn Swanepoel
    May 22, 2022
  • positive review  The most amazing food. They catered for a hens last week and the food was so good we would have paid double.Time to put your prices up Sam n Nick... We have told everyone how great you are . Cheers Jo

    Joanne Dalby Avatar Joanne Dalby
    October 31, 2018
  • positive review  Thank you for going over and above our expectations and creating the most perfect bridal shower for a very special friend. Everyone was blown away by the presentation and the delicious spread! Nick and Sam are exceptional at what they do, I will most certainly use them again and would recommend highly. We simply can't thank you enough x

    Hayley Sims Avatar Hayley Sims
    August 16, 2018
  • positive review  Delicious, fresh and healthy lunch! 5 🌟 from me!!

    Kellyanne Cazeau Avatar Kellyanne Cazeau
    January 16, 2023
  • positive review  Thistle in the Woods recently catered for our 30th wedding anniversary in Brisbane. I can not recommend this business highly enough
Nick and Sam were always prompt in responding to any questions and provided reassuring guidance in planning how for the event. And then there was the food..it was magnificent in both quality and abundance! So much so, that I plan to have them cater for every event I have in the future. I’m still unsure as to how they can provide such extraordinary quality and range of food, beautifully presented and able to be heated and served as a gourmet restaurant meal from my humble kitchen. I am looking forward to my Christmas feast for the first time this year, safe in the knowledge that Nick and Sam are preparing it! Thank you again for such a brilliant meal!

    Moya Kitchener Avatar Moya Kitchener
    October 9, 2022
  • positive review  For anyone looking to cater a party or event I don’t believe you could find better than Nick and the team at Thistle in the Woods. Exceptional food served by lovely staff.

    Therese Mary Avatar Therese Mary
    February 21, 2020
  • positive review  Wow!!!! Today I had a gathering for 20 and Nick came and catered for us - we are all wedding suppliers. We were all salivating and so full be the time Nick departed. The food was sensational!!! They met the budget, provided amazing menus to choose from, communication prior was on point and the food...... soooo good!! As a wedding planner I am often asked for recommendations for catering for their wedding. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Nick and Sam after dealing with them in the lead up and now having had an entire meal from them. I have also had the pleasure of working with Nick on site for a wedding photo shoot and again his communication was great and he met the brief for the shoot. Anyone looking at having a catered function get in touch. You won’t be disappointed! Thanks Nick and Sam 🙏🙌😋

    Kristy Renee Avatar Kristy Renee
    June 25, 2020
  • positive review  Thistle in the Woods was highly recommended to us so we didn’t hesitate to choose them for catering our stand up cocktail style wedding. We chose a rotating canapĂ©s service which there was plenty of. Each dish was amazing, our guests have been still complimenting the food weeks after the wedding. Nick was lovely from the very first meet and greet and ensured everything ran smoothly on the night, including looking after our cake and bringing it out for us when we were ready. I can’t recommend them any higher.. the food was just divine!! Thank you again for being apart of our day. Jackie and Steve

    Jackie Casey Avatar Jackie Casey
    May 20, 2026
  • positive review  We had Thistle in the woods for our wedding and i cannot praise them enough! The communication made everything so easy, and the food on our night was beyond amazing ! It was delicious and presented so beautiful !

    Nikki Young Avatar Nikki Young
    March 20, 2023

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The Thistle in the Woods Story

Thistle in the Woods Family with Personality
How did Thistle in the Woods come about?

The Scotch Thistle, which adorns our inherited house name plate “Cadzow”, is our emblem, incidentally located in Palmwoods, Sunshine Coast, QLD (the “Woods”)

The concept for our business is born from two chefs who were ready to explore their own food styles, and inject their personalities into the business.

And being blessed with so many innovative small producers of exceptional products and services on the Sunshine Coast, showcasing these is one of our passions!

Nick, Sam, Will & Libby

Read the full story!

Planning an event?

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Below are just some of our catered specialties ...

social

Let us take care of your catering for your next social gathering.

corporate

Looking to impress some clients, or spoil your staff? No problems!

Weddings

We specialise in looking after your Big Day! Leave the food service to us!

self catered

Become a fully fledged Thistle entertainer with our delivered catering!

Need something tasty 
for your next function?

Proudly Servicing the Sunshine Coast & SE QLD

* Palmwoods based kitchen *

 Sunshine Coast Caterers
6 Collins Ln, Palmwoods, 
Sunshine Coast QLD 4555
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