Nuance - Vietnamese Catering Sydney

15/05/2026

A Special Invite to the Hills Relay 🌼

Hills community, this one's close to our hearts.

This Saturday and Sunday, our neighbourhood gathers at Castle Hills Showground for the 25th Hills Relay For Life — a weekend of walking, remembering, and raising vital funds for Cancer Council.

We'll be there too. Come find us for a warm bowl of Pho, a chat, and a moment together. Every plate you share with us is a small way of standing alongside the families this cause supports.

And if you've ever lost someone to cancer, stay for the Candlelight Ceremony of Hope. It's the moment when the track goes quiet, candles light the way, and the community holds each other through grief — and somehow, in that holding, begins to heal together.

You don't need to be on a team to be there. Come down. Walk a lap. Sit with neighbours. Eat with us. Bring the kids. Stay for the Closing Ceremony.

This is what the Hills does best — we show up for each other.
📍 Castle Hills Showground
📅 Sat 16 May, 9am – Sun 17 May, 9am
🍜 Find the Nuance stall for Vietnamese food made with care

If you'd like to donate or join a team, the link is in the comments.

See you there 🌼
Nuance Food · Proudly Hills, since 2015

18/04/2026

Living The Dream!
Ten years ago, I scribbled down what felt like an impossible dream: seeing Vietnamese food respected alongside established cuisines, like French, Italian and Japanese at meaningful tables across Australia.

This week brought moments that made me stop and reflect. We found ourselves preparing food for the Department of Foreign Affairs, who was hosting UN leaders and a team from Brazil - the host country for this year's UN Climate Change Conference COP 30. Alongside this, we served journalists, nearly 100 top leaders of the Catholic Church, new EV car launch party, doctors and communities across Sydney.

It felt ordinary in the moment - just another busy week doing what we love. But looking back, I realised we were living that handwritten goal from a decade ago. More than that, we were actively reshaping how Vietnamese people are positioned in Australian society.

When Vietnamese food is labelled "exotic," Vietnamese people are positioned as outsiders. Every time we elevate Vietnamese cuisine from "ethnic food" to prestigious cuisine, we're changing how society sees Vietnamese people - from exotic visitors to integral Australians.

What touches me most is watching Australian society embrace Vietnamese flavours not as something exotic, but as part of our shared food culture. From grassroots environmental groups to faith communities to international forums, Vietnamese cuisine is finding its place at tables that matter.
The goal isn't just business growth - it's cultural belonging. When Vietnamese food reaches the same prestige as Italian cuisine, Vietnamese voices gain the same weight in Australian conversations.

Food is never just food. It's representation, respect, and power.

This is the real work: one plate, one conversation, one prestigious event at a time. Sometimes the dreams you write down find their way back to you in the most unexpected ways.

I'm grateful to be one of the hands helping Vietnamese cuisine quietly become part of Australia's story.

15/04/2026

Make it a different long weekend. 🔥

We have some news we've been sitting on for a little while — and we're so ready to share it with you.

You know Nuance as a catering and events company. You've tasted our food, been to our events, and trusted us to bring your moments to life. What you might not know is that for the past year, we've been quietly working on something much bigger than a single event.

We're proud to announce that Nuance Food is an official partner of The Big BBQ — a national movement using the humble barbecue to bring Australians together around sustainability, community, and a little bit of joy. With an official title as Chief Flavour Orchestrator, The Big BBQ has given us a seat at the table of something we believe in deeply.

The goal? Break the Guinness World Record for the largest BBQ in the world by attendance.

The first record attempt takes place on June 7th at Zestiny Farm on the Central Coast — a beautiful, certified organic farm — where 400+ people will cook together, learn together, and make history together. A Guinness adjudicator will be there to make it official.

The momentum behind this has been something to see — the Today Show picked it up this week (watch the clip below 👇), Sunrise have a segment confirmed for next Tuesday, and ABC are working on a feature. This is becoming a national story, and you can be a part of it.

For us, this is what food has always been about. Not just what's on the plate, but what happens around it. The conversations. The connections. The moments that stay with you.

This is the beginning of a journey — six national events building to a 50,000-person flagship in Sydney — and we want you with us every step of the way.

Over the coming months, we'll be bringing you behind the scenes: the planning, the partnerships, the people, and yes — the food.

First stop: June 7, Central Coast. Tickets are live at bigbbq.com.au 🌱

Are you in? 👇

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28/02/2026

The Woman Who Opens Every Door
For this upcoming International Women's Day, I want to tell you about a woman named Jodette Cleary.

Jodette is Chief People & Culture at Hipages. But that title doesn't come close to describing who she is.

She has the biggest heart I have ever encountered.

She opens her home, her family, her friendship circle — and wherever she finds an opportunity, she makes sure other women get a chance to walk through that door too. She takes this generosity to work, where she shapes the culture at Hipages — a team consistently and publicly recognised by formal institutions for exactly that.

Last year, that door led me to share a stage with the extraordinary Janine Alice — speaking about the Nuance journey in front of 130 incredible women. Energy I will never forget.

That is not a small thing. That is the kind of generosity that changes the direction of a life.

Jodette, Marianne, Jess — celebrating IWD with you has become one of my most cherished annual traditions. This year, the Hipages IWD event sold out all 140 tickets. And I get to be in that room again, because of you.

This is what women lifting women actually looks like.
Not as a hashtag.
As a lived, daily, generous act.

Happy International Women's Week to every woman who has ever quietly opened a door for another. 🌸

— Theresa Nguyen, Founder, Nuance Food

Written as part of a series for IWD26.

17/02/2026

19/11/2025

36 days to Christmas! 🎄

This year, give yourself the gift you actually deserve — a seat at your own table.

You've worked hard all year. Let us do the heavy lifting with a Nuance Christmas Table. Fresh, vibrant Vietnamese flavours that'll have your guests talking well into the new year.

Not hosting? Even better. Be the guest who arrives with the dish everyone wishes they'd brought. A Nuance plate is the kind of contribution that gets remembered.

Ready to make this Christmas effortless and unforgettable?

PM us for the menu.

30/10/2025

When Food Becomes Diplomacy
Recently, our Prime Minister posted a picture with Vietnam's President, talking about building bridges for the two countries to work together. At all levels of government, they are all looking for ways to find more opportunities for Australia across the Asia Pacific - whether it's at the highest level of government or locally, right here in Sydney and Canberra.

Today, something beautiful is happening. We're hosting the Vietnamese and Australian governments, alongside investors from both nations, with Vietnamese cuisine as the centerpiece - here in Australia.

This isn't just about catering - it's about how deeply Vietnamese culture has been embraced and embedded into Australian society. When Vietnamese food becomes the natural choice to host diplomatic conversations about Vietnam's future on Australian soil, we've moved far beyond "exotic" - we've become integral to Australia's identity.

At Nuance, we've always believed that elevating Vietnamese cuisine elevates Vietnamese people. Tonight proves that vision: our food is creating the space where responsible capital flows between nations, right here in Australia.

We're honoured to partner with Raise Capital (thank you Ben Principle at Investible for your introduction) -Van Ly and Mimi Vu, two remarkable founders who transitioned from protecting Vietnamese workers through NGO work to creating investment funds focused on responsible investment. They understand it's not just about money flowing into Vietnam, but ensuring it's the right kind of investment that lifts communities rather than exploits them.

There's something profound about Vietnamese food hosting conversations about Vietnam's future through ethical investment - on Australian soil.

When Vietnamese flavours feed discussions about conscious capital, we're not just serving dinner - we're serving our people's future.
This is what integration looks like: Vietnamese culture chosen as the natural bridge to bring two nations together in Australia.

Food as diplomacy.
Cuisine as bridge-building.
Culture as the foundation for meaningful change.

27/10/2025

These Tamarind beef salad cups are for Consulate of Canada today, to add fish sauce or not is the question! YES OR NO

21/10/2025

Thread Together reached out after tasting our food at another event, this is the first time we have heard about them. When we arrived, I was surprised by the way Thread Together is physically presented. It feels like walking into Zimmerman or Carla Zampatti Outlet, rows and rows of beautiful garmens catergorise and hang up into different types and sizes.

Naturally I nearly fainted when they told me, these are all for free. You could see how much care and love the team and their volunteers have put into it.

Their purpose is to save the fashion industry's wastage from going into landfill and put it into the hands of those who need them the most but could not afford them. Most importantly, they do it in a way that feels like a special treat rather than charity.

This reminds me of the most powerful lesson I have ever learnt about giving, taught simply by , real giving happens when what you gift is something you would use and are important to you too. If you only give away things you don't want for yourself, then that is just rubbish disposal, not real giving.

Thank you for the intention and effort you and everyone are putting into saving our beautiful earth and building a kinder world. I am very grateful to be part of your community.

17/10/2025

Nuance Yellow Dahlia Summer Rolls.
Dalia symbolise elegance, inner strength, creativity, and dignity. They can also represent commitment, lasting bonds, and kindness, with meanings shifting based on colour.
A Yellow Dalia in particular brings joy, optimism, and friendship.