Taste of Tam O'Shanter

Karen , founder and owner of Taste of Tam O’Shanter. Her journey began long before she realised this would be the path she would take.  She grew up on an isolated property in Northern Tasmania where they grew all our fruit and vegetables, then spending hours in our little kitchen preserving our surplus into all sorts of tasty delights. 

It took many years to realise that pickling and preserving isn’t just a passion it is in her blood. And so Taste of Tam O’Shanter became a reality.

Taste of Tam O’Shanter is now a multi award winning business based on the North East Coast of the beautiful island of Tasmania.

The majority of Taste of TamO’Shanters recipes have been born using age old techniques then adding their own modern twist where they think it’s needed.  Some of their recipes have taken years to develop and some have been first attempt successes.

They are also passionate about our gardens where they grow the majority of our main ingredients, nurturing their seedling to grow the best crop nature will allow.  The Bass Strait winds can be destructive but they also bring nutrients and amazing clean air that we think helps with flavour of their crops.  If they can’t grow our own they buy from other like minded local produces in their area.

They make all their products in small batches so that our flavours that they work so hard to create aren’t lost in the process.  

Taste of Tam O’Shanter has many gold medal products from the Hobart Fine Food Awards as well as Champion Savoury Preserve for our Pickled Cucumbers, they really hope you enjoy their products as much as they enjoy creating them for you.