Quality Foods
If you love to cook and if you are passionate about your kitchen, you should know about The Essential Ingredient. We have searched every corner of the world and throughout Australia to find the highest quality ingredients, cookware and culinary books. In the aisles of our stores you will find everything you need for your cooking endeavours and our fellow foodie team is always on hand to answer your questions.
We travel the globe looking for the best single source ingredients through to the most exotic food ideas, creating an extensive offering of quality ingredients. Whether its vanilla beans, saffron oil or the most delicate of capers, you will encounter the rare, the foreign and the extraordinary all under one roof.
Our food range includes:
- Olives, Olive Oils
- Grain, nuts and seed oils
- Couverture and cocoas
- Pastas and Polentas
- Capers and cornichons
- Truffle products
- Confectionery
- Specialty Rices
- Jams, Preserves and Sauces
- Condiments, Vinegars and Mustards
- Vanilla Beans and other Vanilla products
- Foie Gras
- Spices and Spice Mixes





