Toowoomba restaurants don't come any better than Encores at the Empire. For fine food and historic surroundings, visit us next to the Empire Theatre. Mark Rawlings opened Encores when the Empire Theatre redeveloped and re-opened in the late 90s and have witnessed some significant changes in the Toowoomba dining scene in the two decades since. The restaurant floats out an approachable menu with steak and seafood dishes still the perennial favourites. “We’re still a beef town, there’s no doubt about it,” Mark says. “And luckily we have great seafood suppliers so we do sell a lot of seafood.” Open for A La Carte Lunch & Dinner from Wednesday to Saturday. Picturesque Dining Gift Vouchers Available Enquire today about Catering

For more than 8 years, Catering People has been the Toowoomba and Darling Downs preferred caterer. Enjoy fresh, healthy, and delicious catering for all events and functions – regardless of location – and no matter how large or small. Brides Choice #1 Wedding Caterer for the Southern Country 2020. Ranked in the region’s 3 Best Rated Caterers for events and functions. Catering People have more than 40 years’ hospitality and events experience. In particular, the passionate founder and team at Catering People excel in offering a range of catering packages. Excellent service and delicious food are at the core of the Catering People mission. In truth, our valued clients can choose from a range of catering packages. So each package is tailored to suit all styles and budgets. Savour hearty breakfast buffets to stunning platters & grazing plates, for instance. Likewise, elegant formal canapes and tasty, fresh sandwiches & salads. Catering People is one of Top 3 Toowoomba Catering Companies. And recently named the #1 Wedding Caterer for the Southern Country by the Brides Choice Awards. Above all providing the Toowoomba and Darling Downs region with great service and delicious food for more than 5 years. We serve fresh, healthy and delicious catering for all events and functions.

Welcome to Darling Downs Spit Roast, where delectable flavours and a fresh, vibrant approach to catering await you. Since taking over in 2023, we have been and are dedicated to reimagining the art of spit roast catering in Toowoomba and beyond. Our mobile catering services cover not only the local area but also extend to country regions far and wide. At Darling Downs Spit Roast, we believe in crafting unforgettable experiences. We source quality meats and freshest produce from local suppliers, ensuring every event bursts with flavour and succulence. Our menu options are versatile, offering delightful combinations to suit any occasion. From melt-in-the-mouth meats and gourmet roasted vegetables to crisp, enticing salads, each element of our 1,2, or 3-course meals is meticulously prepared at your function. We take pride in catering to various preferences with a mix-and-match menu, ensuring every guest leaves satisfied. If you have any particular dietary requirements or allergies, please feel free to contact us, so that we can cater specifically to your needs. Get in touch with us and let Darling Downs Spit Roast elevate your event with our delicious food and exceptional service. Anywhere, anytime – we are here to serve you. Just call us, and let’s create unforgettable moments together!

Flaming Good is owned by Tony and Danielle. Our journey began when we ran our family olive grove in South East Queensland. After struggling to make a living from the olive grove we started pizza nights and these quickly became a huge success. We found that overnight the wood-fired Cob oven would hold a perfect roasting temperature. Using the cooling oven to roast our own farm-raised pork and lamb we began creating delicious and succulent roasts, with a rich depth of flavour we hadn’t experienced for a long time. Fast forward several years and Flaming Good now caters for events and private functions all across Queensland from our Toowoomba base. We cater functions of 40 people up to 25,000 people at major events. We now have a wide range of wood and charcoal-fired ovens creating delicious food including pizzas, fresh platters, BBQ’s, traditional roast with all the trimmings and decadent desserts. Together with our amazing Kitchen Family of very friendly hard-working staff, our trailers travel across Queensland to birthdays, engagement parties, weddings, family functions and corporate events.

In February 2015, Monkey Business Catering was launched. We started with a garage to commercial kitchen conversion, a handful of second hand equipment and $10,000 cash. My stash of domestic equipment was even sacrificed to the cause! For the first two years, I worked full time as the manager at Monkey Business Catering and part time as a business trainer for Aurora Training Institute. It was a crazy, intense period. The 2020 COVID shutdown from March to September was another testing time. We saw a complete cancellation on bookings within the first two weeks of the shutdown being announced. So we grieved for a month and then made a plan for business development – converting our lean start-up systems into ones that would work well for us for the next 10 year (of those my favourite was going from paper recipe cards to digitised recipes viewed on iPads). Knowing that our business needed diversification and change to survive the strange post-COVID economic times, we purchased iCooked (a frozen ready to eat meal business) in May 2021, employed a Head Chef (the wonderful Terri), had Kristina come to work in the business full-time and moved from our converted garage kitchen into a 260 square metre warehouse in Harlaxton. The journey has been varied and challenging with many joys but also unavoidable and often heart-breaking moments. God has been a constant through them all.