Food tour in Tanna, Vanuatu

White Grass Ocean Resort & Spa has joined forces with local producers to create Tanna Island’s first tour specifically designed to appeal to visiting foodies keen to discover the local produce and cuisine. Available from May to October 2020, the new Taste of Tanna experience will include visits to and tastings at a wood fired bakery and local markets, tours of coffee and peanut processing facilities and an interactive cooking demonstration and lunch at White Grass.

“Our Taste of Tanna tour will give guests first hand insights into the land and people behind some of the most incredible organic and sustainable food and produce, all of which are featured daily on our menu,” White Grass owner Euan Marsh said.

“It will be a very hands on experience which explores the raw, organic and sustainable production of local fruit, vegetables, coffee, nuts, fish and bread. This culminates with an interactive cooking demonstration at the resort followed by lunch with a glass of wine.”

Taste of Tanna tour participants will depart White Grass at around 8am. First stop is the local Imaelone Bakery where the resort’s wood fired bread is prepared each day. Then the group will head to colourful Lenakel Market where guests can explore and shop at their own pace or join head chef Charley and his team as they select ingredients for the resort’s renowned kitchen.

From here the tour continues to the Tanna Coffee Processing Factory at Loukatai where the ‘seed to sip’ experience includes behind the scenes insights into one of Vanuatu’s most famous products. Following a caffeine fix, guests will visit local villages and the market gardens that supply the resort’s organic fruit and vegetables, as well as the Nasi Tuan Factory at Imanaka where locally harvested peanuts are processed.

The tour concludes back at White Grass’s five-star commercial kitchen where Charley and his team will demonstrate how to prepare two local specialties, fish Laplap and Simboro, for guests to enjoy with a glass of wine for lunch.