ABOUT food tours australia
At Food Tours Australia we will introduce and connect you with local producers, offering food and wine experiences, highlighting products and demonstrating the importance of local foods to the community and the economy. We offer our range of food tourism and educational activities in city centre hubs for people interested in learning about high-quality foods produced locally in Australia and the people behind the products.
Mark Gleeson
Photos courtesy of Grant Nowell
HISTORY
On Saturday the 23rd of January 1869 at about 3:15am a small but noisy procession of market gardeners found their way from the East End Market to the site between Gouger and Grote Street. In only a few hours about 500 customers quickly bought out the entire stock of goods for sale.
So on the Grote Street site, without any structure other than a fence and a couple of gas lights, began the first day of the Adelaide Central Market (then called the City Market.) And the rest, as they say, is history!
The Market offers a huge range of fresh food including fruit and vegetables, meat and poultry, seafood, cheeses, bakery, small goods and health foods, along with some of Adelaide's most popular cafes and eateries. With more than 9 million visitors every year, the Adelaide Central Market has remained the food mecca for multicultural cuisine and fresh produce for over 150 years. Food lovers are invited to tour South Australia’s culinary icon established in 1869, the Adelaide Central Market. Tours are designed by one of the states noted food experts, Mark Gleeson. With over 30 years experience in the food tourism and hospitality industries, Gleeson’s knowledge of South Australia’s finest produce market is second to none.
During the Adelaide Central Market Tour, taste a delicious selection of foods from South Australian artisan food producers, meet the suppliers, Stallholders and producers whose families have traded in the Market for generations.
These small group tours are hosted by local guides and are serious fun for those with a passion for great food, and the people who grow and supply it to our tables.