Fresh food, air and ideas combine at The Calile Hotel’s next edition of Rooftop Harvest

Jan 16, 2026, updated Jan 16, 2026

This February, The Calile Hotel will honour the way food connects community and environment for the latest edition of its Rooftop Harvest series. The event – dubbed Meet the Masters – is set to take over Ada Lane for a one-night-only open-air dinner event, celebrating seasonal flavours through a seven-part degustation curated by some of James Street’s culinary elite.

Following an epicurean experience by Julia Busuttil Nishimura last March and Cantina OK!’s Lobby Bar mixology takeover in June, February’s Rooftop Harvest event will return the focus to food through bold partnerships with champions of Brisbane’s culinary community. The one-night-only event will see gastronomic masters from SK Steak & Oyster, Hellenika, sAme sAme, Biànca, Lobby Bar, Cru Bar, The Standard Market Company and The Calile Hotel come together to present a seven-part degustation featuring premium beef, dairy nurtured using Australian seaweed Asparagopsis and fresh ingredients direct from The Calile’s Rooftop Garden.

In support of Sea Forest Foundation, the evening will be co-hosted by Sam Elsom – the force behind the highly awarded Australian science-based environmental technology organisation Sea Forest. The internationally recognised foundation drives sustainable long-term solutions to climate change and global food security challenges by cultivating Australian native seaweed Asparagopsis and replicating its bioactives to produce SeaFeed™ livestock supplement. The Calile Hotel will designate the Sea Forest Foundation as the beneficiary of proceeds from their Stay and Donate program, as well as donate all profits from the Rooftop Harvest event to the organisation, with funds supporting the restoration of critical Tasmanian kelp forests.

The third edition of The Calile Hotel’s Rooftop Harvest series, Meet the Masters, will take place on Tuesday February 24, kicking off a 6:00 pm in Ada Lane on James Street. Tickets can be purchased here.