Bride and groom walking beside the lake, Mount Roland reflected in the water

Dream Chef

Farm to table, cooked in your own nest

Fresh, gourmet, farm-to-table three course meals in the comfort of your private nest.

Simply add a Dream Chef experience to your stay when you book your accommodation. Choose your chef, then choose any three courses.

3 Course Meal

$165

Per person, per meal

Two

Chefs to Choose

Three

Gourmet courses

Unforgettable

Experience in your nest

01 · How it works

A deliciously prepared menu, in your own kitchen.

No restaurant, no drive home. The chef comes to your nest, cooks, serves, and leaves the kitchen as they found it.

  1. 01

    Choose your chef

    Two chefs, two different kitchens — Italian and Mediterranean, or garden-to-plate Tasmanian.

  2. 02

    Choose any three courses

    Pick from your chef's entrées, mains and desserts. Special diets and intolerances are catered for — just tell us when you book.

  3. 03

    Add it to your stay

    Add a Dream Chef experience when you book your accommodation. At least 48 hours in advance, Monday to Friday between 10am and 2pm, subject to availability.

Chef Nick Sallese smiling in his apron, arms crossed
ItalianPastryChildren's menu

02 · The chefs

Nick Sallese

Nick trained locally as a qualified pastry chef and has worked at the Myer Patisserie floor in Perth, the Golden Tulip Bakery and Patisserie in Sandy Bay, and Klaas Bakehouse in Devonport. He has a strong Italian heritage and his cooking reflects his Mediterranean roots.

He has travelled to his family's province of Tuscany to learn traditional recipes and authentic techniques, and produces his own Limoncello to his father's recipe — reviewed in the Sydney Morning Herald. He uses ingredients from his own garden and from around Tasmania, and will happily prepare a children's menu designed with the help of his eldest son.

Choice of any three courses

Happy to cater for special diets or intolerances; please inform at time of booking.

Chef Cynthia Osborne smiling in her black chef jacket
Garden to plateVeganGluten free

Cynthia Osborne

Cynthia enjoys showcasing the quality of local produce along with her own homegrown ingredients. She believes the less travel from paddock to plate the better, for freshness, flavour and the environment.

Cynthia and her partner, along with their children, moved to the North West of Tasmania in 2001 in a quest to find the perfect conditions for cultivating cool climate fruits and nuts, growing vegies, keeping bees and living the simple life. With over 20 years in restaurants and commercial kitchens, she has years of experience baking, making bread, jams, syrups and sauces, and preserving her produce — and loads of experience with vegan, gluten-free and specialty diets.

“Family and friends are my inspiration for growing organically, taking food straight from the garden to the plate.”

Instagram @chef.cynthia

Choice of any three courses

Happy to cater for special diets including gluten free, vegan and allergies.

A Dream Chef dinner at Eagles Nest Retreat

Add to your stay

Add a Dream Chef to your stay.

Book at least 48 hours in advance, Monday to Friday between 10am and 2pm. Subject to availability.

Special services & offers

Added around you, to enhance your stay.

Available to every guest, arranged before you arrive so the stay itself stays unhurried.

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  • Massages & Yoga

    Massages & Yoga

    In-villa treatments and morning sessions on the deck.

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  • Dream Chef

    Dream Chef

    A private dinner cooked in your own kitchen.

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  • Romantic Bliss Packages

    Romantic Bliss Packages

    Packages built around the occasion you are marking.

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  • Proposals

    Proposals

    Set up quietly before you arrive, down to the fire.

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  • Wedding Packages

    Wedding Packages

    Small ceremonies with Mount Roland behind them.

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  • Farm Tours

    Farm Tours

    Experience the natural beauty of our farm and its residents

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  • Day Spa

    Day Spa

    Shut the gate and enjoy your own personal Garden of Eden.

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