Strategic vision and innovative ideas for the hospitality, entertainment and food industries
Hospitality and Food Industry Consultants
Food Focus is a specialist consulting firm with expertise in the development and improvement of businesses in hospitality and the food industry. We offer strategic management, financial consulting, business development and marketing strategy. We also develop innovative entertainment precincts and activate unused spaces including NightQuarter, and food and hospitality event activations.About Food Focus
We provide strategic vision and innovative ideas to hospitality and the food industry.
Food Focus is a consultancy with deep industry knowledge within hospitality, entertainment and the food sector. We offer a range of services to clients within these industries, specialising in innovative hospitality and entertainment concepts. We develop and manage entertainment precincts that activate idle urban spaces. We create vibrant places that benefit the local community, engaging local entrepreneurs and artists. Winner of the best live music venue on the Gold Coast, NightQuarter is responsible for putting the Gold Coast back on the map for major touring artists and for stimulating the local music scene. With the biggest names in entertainment from UB40, to The Cat Empire, to the Screaming Jets performing at NightQuarter, and over 700 bookings with local acts each year, our team lives and breathes entertainment. We have close relationships with booking agencies around the country, and strong networks within the local music community. We create innovative pop-up event activations, including pop up markets, food halls, food truck festivals, temporary bars and shipping container based activations.Our Services
Entertainment Precinct Development
Live Music Events
Pop-Up Event Activations
Food Focus develops and manages a range of projects in the food, entertainment and hospitality space, including our major project: NightQuarter. The latest innovation in entertainment precincts, creating a mecca for food, fashion, art and entertainment. We partnered with Villawood to create the Summer Social, a community summer festival to celebrate the launch of The Surrounds display village. We curated food trucks, roving entertainers, live music stages, children's entertainment, a pop up bar and furnished communal areas. The Gold Coast Food & Wine Festival was developed by Food Focus in 2016 to explore the change in the culinary landscape of the Gold Coast. Food Focus has delivered this event end-to-end for the past three years. The award winning venue The Paddock at NightQuarter has quickly become the top spot for international artists on the Gold Coast. The venue was recognised in the 2018 Queensland Music Awards in the top 2 regional venues in Queensland and won the Best Venue award at the Gold Coats Music Awards in 2016. The venue has hosted international acts including UB40 and Simple Plan and hosted major national tours including Amy Shark, RUFUS, The Cat Empire, Sticky Fingers, Illy, Bliss n Eso, The Screaming Jets and more. Food Focus has created festival style pop up bars within community events and music events including Buskers by the Creek, Cooly Rocks On and Jacaranda Festival. Food Focus partnered with Surfers Paradise Alliance and UberEats for end-to-end management of Picnic In The Park. The event delivered an innovative concept connecting Surfers Paradise restaurants with festival goers using UberEats. Development of a paper about sustainable wild caught seafood for the FRDC.
Latest Projects
NightQuarter
Display Village Opening Event
Gold Coast Food & Wine Festival
The Paddock Live Venue
Pop Up Bars
Picnic In The Park
Sustainable Fishing Industry Report
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Our Community Partners
We are proud to collaborate with a number of community organisations.
