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<\/p>\nEmma Young is buzzing around the recently renovated Kiama Golf Club bistro, offering cheese platters, share plates and a glass of bubbles to a group of hungry (and thirsty) golfers.<\/p>\n
The lucky bunch happened to walk into the club\u2019s bistro at the end of a photo shoot to promote the club\u2019s new menu and opening hours. <\/p>\n
Rather than have the food go to waste Emma urges the group to dig in. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou can be our Guinea pigs,\u201d jokes the founder and former owner of beloved Kiama Downs coffee shop Stacks. <\/p>\n
Emma is now bringing her cafe expertise to the golf club, with the bistro open from 6.30am for \u201cgrab and go\u201d coffee, bacon and egg rolls, yoghurt and granola bowls. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s one of only a handful of licensed NSW venues open for the early morning brekky trade. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s a project Emma and golf club general manager David Rootham have been working on to coincide with the completion of stage one of the large-scale renovation. <\/p>\n
Emma and her team have created a menu to match the club\u2019s refined new look. <\/p>\n
The oak-lined walls, blackbutt timber fittings and crisp white tiles give the light-filled space warmth, while display cabinets filled with the Club\u2019s historic golfing memorabilia provide a touch of nostalgia. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got a great club, and so we want the menu and the service to be in line with that as well,\u201d says Emma.<\/p>\n
The Youngs successfully built up Stacks from scratch after moving to the area in 2018. <\/p>\n
Their successful business was beloved by the local community but after Emma\u2019s husband became so unwell his airway collapsed, the pair knew it was time to sell Stacks. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was quite a big thing with his health so we had to move on from Stacks at that point. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been speaking to the golf club for a little while about the opportunity to introduce a cafe breakfast menu. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo David got me onboard to help launch the space with a new menu and help train staff. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the first time a club’s really opened for a cafe sort of style service, so it is a new adjustment for members and the local community to get their head around.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now golfers can come in before their round and grab a coffee on the way out to the golf course. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to focus on what cafes do well and that\u2019s the grab and go sort of style. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo everyone who\u2019s coming to the golf course, they don’t actually have to go to another space first for their coffee,\u201d says Emma.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey can come in, set up, get some nourishing food into their stomachs before they start their game.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got lots of healthy options like poached eggs, boiled eggs, yoghurt and granola, fruit bowls, that can still be grab and go and the kitchen can make from 6.30am.\u201d<\/p>\n
The kitchen will then have table service from 8.30am and Emma is hopeful that the new menu and new opening hours will attract local residents looking for a relaxed breakfast option as well as golfers out in the course early. <\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s opening up the golf club to a whole new market that they haven’t tapped into yet. <\/p>\n
\u201cThen we\u2019ve brought back the popular lunch and dinner service with a revamped menu.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a new pizza section – everyone loves the pizzas here – and they\u2019re made fresh each day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Emma\u2019s role has included helping to redevelop and streamline the kitchen so staff can have a faster and higher service turnover.<\/p>\n
She has been working closely with the team to source the best suppliers, highest quality stock and ensure the catering staff and kitchen team are focused on \u201cquality of the service as well and the products\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also want to make sure in the coming weeks that everybody’s aware of our new menu and opening hours,\u201d says Emma.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s such a beautiful spot to sit on the balcony and we want locals to come and enjoy what we have to offer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a lot of cafes in Kiama but a lot of them don’t have a view like this, north facing where people can sit in the sun while enjoying their food.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to really engage our community and make sure that the golf club is their first choice if they want to go out for breakfast, lunch or dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emma Young is buzzing around the recently renovated Kiama Golf Club bistro, offering cheese platters, share plates and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-509071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}