53 products, 16 makers and nine towns

Pantry

Local produce from Margaret River doesn't all come off a tree. Some of it comes out of a kitchen with a window. At the Margaret River Fudge Factory on the main street, you can watch fudge being mixed, poured and cut, as the family has done by hand since 1999. At Bettenays in Cowaramup, the nougat kitchen has a viewing window too.

For the cheese board, Margaret River Food Company is run by a chef, Paul. It began in 2013 with an onion jam and now makes quince paste, kasundi and three kinds of pickled onion. Providore packs olives from its own grove with chilli and lemon, and Eagle Bay Olives makes an Egyptian-style dukkah for dipping. For salads and pasta, Vasse Valley Hemp Farm at North Jindong sells a nutty, cold-pressed hemp seed oil.

Further out, the South West's truffle country turns a short winter harvest into jars. Truffle Hill at Manjimup makes truffle salt, oil and mustard, and Farm Fresh Truffles in the Pemberton region a black truffle sea salt. Our Southern Forests day trip covers that end of the map.

See the pantry makers on the mapQuestions

On the shelf

No prices here, because we don't sell these. Tap a label for the story, or Visit to go straight to the maker's own shop.

Where to buy pantry

Each maker's page tells their story and links straight to their own shop.

Visit in person 14 makers

Shops, tasting rooms, farm gates and market stalls. Days change, so check the maker's own site before you go.

Bunbury

  • Nougat & Nice

    ShopPantry

    Honey nougat and panforte made in Bunbury since 2016 by a pastry chef, in flavours from honey almond to fig and raspberry, with a factory outlet in town.

Busselton

  • Vasse Valley Hemp Farm

    Market stall, Origins MarketPantry, Natural skincare, Soap

    A North Jindong hemp farm turning Australian-grown hemp seed into cold-pressed oil, hemp hearts and protein powder, plus soap and body care.

Cowaramup

  • Bettenays

    Tasting roomPantry

    Nougat made on site at a family property in Cowaramup, in 180g bars across dozens of flavours, with a kitchen visitors can watch at work.

    Watch it made: A viewing window onto the nougat kitchen at the Cowaramup shop.

  • Fine Food of Margaret River

    ShopPantry

    A Cowaramup maker of sweet chilli sauce, dukkah and vinegar, founded by Italian-born Romano Rotelli and at the farmers market since 2001.

  • Olio Bello

    Tasting roomOlive oil, Pantry, Soap

    A Margaret River olive farm harvesting since 1998, with single-variety and flavoured extra virgin olive oils, a pantry range and its own skincare.

Dunsborough

  • Simmo's Ice Creamery

    ShopPantry

    A Dunsborough ice creamery, started by a father and son in 1993, making its own ice creams, sorbets and made-to-order ice cream cakes on Commonage Road.

Eagle Bay

  • Eagle Bay Olives

    Tasting roomOlive oil, Pantry

    A family-run grove at Eagle Bay, planted in 1998 with more than 1,200 trees, making extra virgin olive oil, dukkah, balsamic and tapenade.

Manjimup

  • Truffle Hill

    Tasting roomPantry

    A black truffle estate planted at Manjimup in 1997, with a pantry range that carries its truffle into oil, honey, mustard and sea salt.

Margaret River

  • El Kapo Hot Sauce

    Market stall, Margaret River Farmers MarketPantry

    Hot sauces made in Margaret River by a chef, with home-grown chilli, herbs and citrus, built for flavour first and heat second. Saturdays at the farmers market.

  • Margaret River Fudge Factory

    ShopPantry

    Family-owned fudge maker on Margaret River's main street since 1999, where a viewing window shows each batch being mixed, poured and cut.

    Watch it made: A viewing kitchen in the Margaret River store.

  • Margaret River Hemp Co

    ShopNatural skincare, Soap, Pantry

    A family-owned Margaret River hemp business making hemp seed oil skincare, hair care and hemp flour, with a store on Bussell Highway.

  • More 2 Relish

    Market stall, Town Square MarketsPantry

    Jams, relishes, chutneys, pickles and spiced nuts made in small batches in Margaret River, and sold from a stall at weekend markets around the South West.

Metricup

  • Gabriel Chocolate

    ShopChocolate, Pantry

    Bean-to-bar chocolate made in Metricup from cacao sourced around the world, sold as single-origin dark and milk bars, nibs and drinking chocolate.

  • Providore

    Tasting roomPantry, Coffee, Olive oil

    Providore is the retail arm of a Margaret River property: small-batch jams, olives from its own grove, coffee and drinking chocolate.

Online only 2 makers

No shop, stall or farm gate of their own that we can confirm. Order from their site; some also sell through local shops.

Free: the South West Maker Map 42 makers in 14 towns, Bunbury to Pemberton. Keep it on your phone.

In the journal

Day trips and gift runs that call in on the pantry makers.

All guides

  • Christmas gifts made in the South West

    Nougat in red and green, a chocolate bar its maker compares to Christmas cake, olives for whoever's hosting lunch.

  • Take the South West home with you

    Chocolate ground on stone, honey from one kind of tree, a soap scented with Boranup Forest in mind.

  • Flying home with South West honey, oil and jam

    On most domestic flights in Australia, honey, olive oil and jam can go in your cabin bag.

Questions

What local produce can I take home from Margaret River?

Onion jam and quince paste from Margaret River Food Company, fudge from the Fudge Factory, nougat from Bettenays in Cowaramup, and dukkah and tapenade from Eagle Bay Olives. For the cook, Truffle Hill's truffle sea salt flakes are an easy start.

Where can I watch fudge or nougat being made in Margaret River?

The Margaret River Fudge Factory on the main street has a window onto its kitchen, where each batch is mixed, poured and cut. At Bettenays in Cowaramup you can watch the nougat kitchen at work, with free nougat samples. Check hours before you go.

How do you use truffle salt?

As a finishing salt, added at the table rather than in the pan. A pinch over scrambled eggs, buttered pasta, mashed potato or hot chips is the usual start.