One Guest. Ten-Star Treatment.
When you launch a new business, you imagine big things. Full groups. Glowing reviews. Maybe a sold-out season. What you don’t imagine is your very first food tour kicking off with just one guest. That’s how The Australian Food Guy started. And honestly? It was perfect.
Table of Contents
The Nerve-Wracking First Booking
Why One Guest Mattered More Than Ten
What We Served (And How They Reacted)
Lessons That Shaped Every Tour After
Why Small Matters in a Big City
Book Your Own Wildly Local Experience
The Nerve-Wracking First Booking
The day before our first-ever food tour, we checked the guest list obsessively. One name. One booking. One person. Part of us wanted to cancel. Would it be weird? Awkward? Not worth it?
But cancelling would have sent the wrong message: that someone’s curiosity didn’t matter unless it came with a group. So we leaned in. One guest? That’s still a full house if you bring full heart.
Why One Guest Mattered More Than Ten
That first traveller wasn’t just a customer. They were the first person to trust us, to say, "Yes, I want to taste native Australian food, even if I don’t fully know what that means yet."
We tailored the tour completely around them. Pacing, tastings, stories. It was like cooking dinner for a friend you hadn’t met yet. And they left glowing.
What We Served (And How They Reacted)
We rolled out our best: oysters with finger lime, kangaroo salami, green ants (yes, really), native spiced coffee, and a wild treat of lemon myrtle chocolate.
Their reactions ranged from, “This is wild!” to wide-eyed silence to, "Why doesn't every traveller get to eat like this?"
Lessons That Shaped Every Tour After
From that one-on-one experience, we learned:
To personalise everything, no matter the group size
That storytelling is just as important as seasoning
That native food demands a deeper connection
Every tour since has carried that same energy—whether it’s 1 guest or 20. It’s not about how many seats are filled. It’s about how seen and satisfied each guest feels.
Why Small Matters in a Big City
In a city of icons and overcrowded group tours, intimacy matters. You don’t just get fed on our tours. You get heard, hosted, and genuinely connected to the culture.
We’re not just showing off food. We’re sharing stories. And it all started with one person who said yes.
Book Your Own Wildly Local Experience
Whether you’re travelling solo, as a couple, or with a small group, you’ll get our full attention—and a whole lot of flavour. Come taste native Australia with us.
Wildly Australian, deeply local.
