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

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.

The Thistle Experience!

Beautiful food and presentation was amazing. The taste and quality was excellent. It made our night

Stewart Elliott
April 11, 2021
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
May 22, 2022
We used Thistle in the Woods over the weekend for the entertainment package (self catering). They were so easy to deal with from ordering to drop off of food. The food was presented beautifully and any heating required was so easy, it didn't take us away from our party. So many comments on the tasty food...you could tell it was high quality. Thanks so much!

Rach MV
February 19, 2021
I can’t recommend Nick from Thistle in the Woods highly enough. They served absolutely sensational food (the guests were raving about it) and took all the hassle out of me hosting my husband’s 40th.

Jane Lewin
October 12, 2019
I highly recommend Thistle in the Woods. They catered for my birthday picnic & this weekend for a ladies retreat for 8 people; they blew us away! Amazing food, great menus & wonderful service. Thanks guys!

Vickie Marchele
August 30, 2020
We celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary recently n had Nick n Sam cater on site for us. Nick was incredible on how he thought of everything n took care of everything so I didn’t have to do a thing. He organised chairs, tables etc as well as cooking the most delicious food. Their service is next to none and we recommend that everyone should use Thistle in the Woods for their next event. Thank you so much Nick n Sam you helped make our celebration perfect

Sam Hofmeister
November 19, 2022
Thank you for the Friday knock off isolation grazing box. We love your Turkish bread.

Jodie Martin
March 29, 2020
Had the most amazing surprise birthday! Catered by this company, highly recommended 😍 thank you so much ❤️

Vanessa Christides
August 24, 2019
I highly recommend Thistle in the Woods! We hosted our daughters wedding and Thistle in the Woods catered superbly. The food was divine, fresh, in house made (no heating of mass produced frozen items) delicious and it kept coming all night. They ensured I did not have to think about a thing and everyone enjoyed every morsel. Don’t hesitate to book them for your next event. Thank you so very much for making our night such a success 💛

Kylie Hunt
March 14, 2021
On behalf of my husband and I we would like to say a huge thankyou for creating our beautiful wedding cake. It not only looked amazing it was absolutely delicious. The team was extremely friendly, easy to contact and very professional. We would highly recommend Thistle in the woods for any upcoming celebrations. We look forward to order more cake in the near future, from Mr and Mrs Rice.

Alysha Rice
October 23, 2020

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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!