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!

Prompt service and so easy to deal with. The cupcakes looked amazing and loved by all!

Kate Middlemiss
July 24, 2020
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
Our perfect weekend big birthday celebration for my partner was made extra special by Nick and Sam from Thistle in the Woods. Absolutely stunning food that exceeded our expectations. Beautiful, caring attention to detail shows they really love their business and love making people happy. Thank you so much Nick and Sam. You are a delightful couple with a very soulful business.

Heather Scott
November 1, 2020
Highly recommend this lovely family run business. Nothing was too much trouble. A Delicious treat box was delivered to my daughter living on the Sunny Coast. I’m in the UK so having a friendly reliable professional caterer that could deliver was very reassuring. Thank you. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wendy DeCorte
August 14, 2023
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
November 23, 2021
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
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
October 5, 2018
The grazing box & sweet box that were sent to my Dad where AMAZING!!! Thank you so much!!! It was so easy arranging these from Victoria.

Chris Trevan
September 6, 2020
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
I ordered two Easter boxes as gifts and they were so well received. Delivery was on time, gluten free was no problem and the recipients keep telling me how good they are! Thank you for making me look good. :)

Nicole Robertson
April 11, 2020

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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!