Australia’s Best Avo Toast Competition

And the winner is… 🥁🥁🥁

Little Hideout Cafe ✨🥑🏆

The Australia’s Best Avo Toast competition commenced in June and Avocados Australia is pleased to announce the winner just in time to celebrate National Avocado Day that happens on Sunday 31 July.

Little Hideout Café, based in Balmoral in Brisbane (2/185 Riding Road), is the winner of the 2022 Australia’s Best Avo Toast competition with their stunning avocado dish.

The high calibre of all the dishes that were entered made judging particularly difficult. However, in the end, the choice came down to the quality of the avocado and how well avocado was heroed in the dish. All 10 finalists are featured below.


WINNER

Little Hideout Cafe – Balmoral, QLD

The winning dish features a generous amount of sliced fresh avocado on top of a slice of “Wild Grains” sourdough and served with roast tomato aioli. Piped balls of whipped fetta are dotted around the bread and are topped with thin slices of radish. A flamboyant smear of deliciously creamy beetroot hummus surrounds the sourdough slice and then the whole dish is topped with sprinkles of homemade Dukka. The dish is priced at $16.90.

2/185 Riding Rd, Balmoral QLD 4171 Directions
Store no: 0401646685


FINALISTS

Guyala Cafe

Guyala Cafe – Cairns, QLD

Guyala Cafe’s indigenous, tropical take on the classic with layered flavor and texture. Smashed avocado on Dino’s wood-fired ciabatta with finger lime, lemon myrtle, dried mango, macadamia and coconut dukkah. Topped with cherry tomato, coconut-based feta, Shichimi pepper, coriander and chilli threads.

2 Smith St, Cairns North QLD 4870 Directions
Store no: 0450582040


Barbetta Cucina

Barbetta Cucina – Paddington, NSW

Smashed avocado, fior di latte, cherry tomato and basil served on sourdough. Add a poached egg or San Daniele prosciutto.

2-8 Elizabeth St Paddington NSW 2021 Directions
Store no: 0293310088


Faraday's Cage

Faraday’s Cage – Fitzroy, VIC

Freshly smashed avocado served on house-baked sourdough toast with mint, dill, parsley, crispy kale, watermelon radish, red vein sorrel, toasted mixed seeds, Meredith’s goat cheese and a wedge of lemon.

325-329 Gore St, Fitzroy VIC 3065 Directions
Store no: 0385891568


Nodo

Nodo – Newstead, QLD

Nodo house baked seeded sourdough, avocado, organic labneh, watermelon balsamic, watermelon radish, sea parsley, and black sesame furikake.

See website for all store locations
1 Ella St, Newstead QLD 4006 Directions
Store no: 0731844200


The Banksia Tree

The Banksia Tree – Port Adelaide, SA

Wood fire grilled sourdough from Rosies Rise, fresh avocado, pickled beetroot, house made native dukkah, smoked labneh, crispy saltbush, and native river mint.

147 St Vincent St, Port Adelaide SA 5015 Directions
Store no: 0870062624


Anouk

Anouk – Paddington, QLD

Mountains of smashed avocado on soft toasted Turkish with edamame and salad leaves, roast sesame seeds, and sesame ponzu dressing.

212 Given Terrace, Paddington QLD 4064 Directions
Store no: 0733678663


Kin and Co

Kin and Co – Teneriffe, QLD

Crushed avocado on two slices of local artisan bakery seeded sourdough with crispy spiced chickpeas, Meredith goat cheese, Yemeni pesto and maple roasted torched lemon cheek then finished with fresh herbs.

24 Macquarie St, Teneriffe QLD 4005 Directions
Store no: 0731844200


Bolton St Pantry

Bolton St Pantry – Newcastle, NSW

Smashed avocado with pickled onion, beetroot puree, feta cream, spiced walnut and lemon on sourdough.

45 Bolton St, Newcastle NSW 2300 Directions
Store no: 0240481344


Cinnamon and Co

Cinnamon and Co – West End, QLD

Smashed avocado on toasted pumpkin sourdough, beetroot relish, vegan fetta, pumpkin hummus, dukkah and lemon with balsamic glaze.



65 Hardgrave Rd, West End QLD 4101 Directions
Store no: 0403452917

Author: Anna Petrou
Date Published: 27/05/2022