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  We couldn’t be happier with the experience we had with Thistle in the Woods for our private wedding reception at our home in August 2024! Sam and Nick were absolutely amazing—so genuine and lovely to work with. They went above and beyond to make our day perfect, from being excellent communicators throughout the planning process to tailoring our menu to suit dietary requirements. On the day, the entire team was incredibly friendly and professional. They left our property spotless, which we truly appreciated. We had so many compliments on the food—it was delicious, beautifully presented, and suited every guest’s needs perfectly. Thank you, Sam, Nick, and the entire team for making our wedding reception a memorable and stress-free event. Highly recommend! 🙌💍💫

    Kylie Flaton Avatar Kylie Flaton
    February 6, 2025
  • positive review  just had a surprise for my birthday. thistle in the woods was delicious. would highly recommend 😄

    Susan Clark Avatar Susan Clark
    May 1, 2020
  • 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  Nick and Sam are amazing as is there food, dessert and cakes.

    Peta Gibson Avatar Peta Gibson
    June 2, 2019
  • positive review  Sam and Nick catered our wedding. The food and cake was absolutely outstanding. They were so supportive through all the rescheduling and changes due to current events. Would highly recommend them for any event.

    Lewis Elliott Avatar Lewis Elliott
    December 1, 2020
  • positive review  I have had the pleasure of sharing two grazing table experiences now and my they never disappoint! First time at a hens weekend and second time at a wedding! Gorgeous food, beautifully displayed. So yum! I highly recommend this awesome little business!

    Lee Angela Corbett Avatar Lee Angela
    October 5, 2018
  • positive review  Thank you for creating such a wonderful end of year gathering for our teachers. Nothing was to much trouble even with our complex needs! The food was fabulous. I would highly recommend this great business.

    Tracey Ellaway Avatar Tracey Ellaway
    November 30, 2020
  • positive review  Leaving a review on behalf of Donna & Family. Absolutely blown away by the quality, taste and uniqueness of the food we had delivered to our holiday home. It was absolutely perfect and made our stay so much easier. We ordered a grazing platter, mini burgers, sweets box & a full dinner as well as a birthday cake all were as good a quality as the next. Nick & Sam were easy to work with and their customer service was exceptional. Thanks so much guys.

    Megan Clayton Avatar Megan Clayton
    February 13, 2021
  • positive review  We were lucky enough to enjoy Thistle in the Woods' food today! From Sliders to grazing platters, fruit and yummy sandwiches!!! Not only was it presented AMAZING, it tasted even better.. Thank you team!

    Jessie Mayne Avatar Jessie Mayne
    March 28, 2020
  • 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

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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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