Luxe Wine & Dine: Indigiearth Cafe

Immerse yourself in the beauty of Australian native foods, botanicals, culture and rituals at Indigiearth café.

In the heart of Mudgee wine country, unassuming in its simplicity but bold in impact, sits a rustic arrangement of shipping containers, placed on an industrial estate with a stunning outlook to the surrounding nest of hills. The Indigiearth café offers one of the most original dining experiences available in Australia.

Indigiearth’s premier dining experience Warakirri is designed to tantalise tastebuds and provide an education on Australia’s authentic native cuisine. This five-course degustation is a definite must if travelling to Mudgee. Enjoy bush tucker dining at its finest, incorporating seafood, game meats, rainforest fruits, desert delights and native beverages.

An innovative, award-winning Aboriginal-owned and established business, Indigiearth brings 60,000 years of Aboriginal culture to its patrons. From the desert to the sea, Indigiearth sources native Australian foods from Aboriginal communities who use land management practices that respect the earth. Warakirri by Indigiearth embodies these principles and elevates them to an exquisite experience like no other.

Drinks include thirst-quenching Australian native tipples, such as a quandong & banana smoothie or native mocktails utilising native fruits and herbs.

Crocodile, kangaroo and emu feature heavily on the menu, in creative pairings that blend western tastes with native wonder foods. Main courses like emu fillet in rainforest plum sauce and lightly crusted lemon myrtle barramundi delight the senses, alongside popular staples like kangaroo burgers with bush tomato chutney.

Over four magical hours, enjoy Australian native food and beverages, prepared in a unique fusion of modern techniques with traditional methods. Be transformed by authentic cultural entertainment, musical and cultural storytelling, and the in-depth knowledge of Aboriginal culture and food, pioneered by owner and Ngemba Weilwan woman, Sharon Winsor.

Sharon Winsor hails from western New South Wales and her greatest pastime as a young girl was to collect bush fruits and catch yabbies. This led to her passion for sharing Aboriginal food in its purest form. Combining her culinary training with an unparalleled knowledge of Aboriginal food, Sharon has created a transformative dining and cultural experience unlike any other.

Warakirri is 100 per cent Aboriginal owned and operated, and champions the development and employment of Indigenous people. Sharon has assisted Aboriginal communities to set up wild harvesting, business enterprises and purchases produce back from those communities.

“Indigiearth has been a result of evolving business with continued learning, growth and confidence,” Sharon says.

Sharon has found her vocation as a commercial cook and product developer; she is committed to Indigiearth as a labour of love, and a vehicle for sharing her culture.

“Indigiearth is more than just a business,” she says. “It’s my healing, my passion and runs deep within my soul.”

If by chance you find yourself planning a trip to Mudgee, make sure to pay a visit to Warakirri by Indigiearth. Eat, sip, enjoy and learn.

For more information visit www.indigiearth.com.au

WRITTEN BY JACK BAILEY

PHOTOGRAPHY RAINY KING