Noosa lacked a good Chinese restaurant for years. That was, until Nathan Ramsay, of nearby Somedays Pizza (which serves top pizza alongside easy-drinking natural wines), opened the glowing red ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. THE Noosa region's new premier culinary festival, Noosa Food and Wine 2016, is less than three weeks away.

The “conscious plant-centric” restaurant, Herbert, at 1 Arcadia St, in Noosa Heads, offered a wide range of vegan and vegetarian dishes in the 60-seat bistro-style venue.

The surprise closure left Mr Kuruvita scrambling to find new employment for his staff at nearby Noosa restaurants. He said all workers and suppliers will be paid their full entitlements.

Farms, luxe restaurants and “cheap eat” venues are all in the firing line of the Fair Work Ombudsman, which will make surprise visits to about 35 businesses on the Sunshine Coast.