On Thursday March 27, Melbourne’s self-declared fashion capital Chadstone Shopping Centre made its bid to become a food capital with the unveiling of its Market Pavilion.

The 26,500-square-metre precinct opened after a two-year-build that cost a reported $485 million. As well as supermarkets, there are beauty shops, a new Readings store and a Flowers Vasette outpost. There’s also an adjoining “Dining Laneway” with exclusively Asian restaurants including Pappa Rich, Master Lanzhou Noodle Bar and ramen bar Ippudo, as well as a Yo-Chi.

Here are all the food vendors you’ll find at the new Market Pavilion.

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Amalfi Fresh Pasta

This fresh pasta bar has dine-in options that include mushroom lasagne, squid ink pasta with calamari and bite-size pieces of deep-fried lasagne.

Blakeaway

The team behind the now-closed catering company Blakes Feast is behind this group of stores that specialise in ready-made meals such as slow-cooked lamb with tahini yoghurt and roasted Bannockburn chicken with chermoula.

Casa Nata

The third outpost of the Portuguese egg custard tart shop co-owners Nelson Coutinho and Ruben Bertolo first opened in Thornbury in 2020.

Gewurzhaus

Sisters Maria and Eva Konecsny opened Gewurzhaus on Lygon Street in 2010. The brand now has 250 single-origin spices, herbs, salts, peppers, teas and sugars, and mills over 100 spice blends.

Hanks Bagelry

Named after Breaking Bad character Hank Schrader, you’ll find a gamut of bagel flavours including onion, seeded, plain and challah with classic fillings like cream cheese, house-made jam, and bacon and egg, and exciting new creations such as beetroot-and-gin-cured salmon with herbs, red onion and cream cheese, or harissa-roasted pumpkin with almond feta, hummus and wild rocket.

Little Sister Bakery

This is the fifth Little Sister Bakery from husband and wife Dov and Immy Lachovich Marcus. The bakery specialises in breads, baguettes, bagels and sweet pastries with 72-hour fermented sourdough, and goods such as za’atar-topped bread twists that draw on Dov and Immy’s Middle Eastern culture.

Mork

Melbourne chocolate-makers Josefin Zernell and Kiril Shaginov’s latest store is also their most ambitious. All the fit-outs are inspired by chocolate, in the hope it will bring back childhood memories.

The Confectionist

This biscuit shop specialises in intricately iced creations that are decorated with royal icing and made to resemble everything from Furbys to pop stars and Studio Ghibli characters.

The Oakleigh Doughnut Co

Nic and Yani Kabylakis were raised in Oakleigh, and opened The Oakleigh Doughnut Co in 2017, to bring something slightly different to the area. While doughnut is in the name, their priority is decent coffee and the doughnuts are designed to complement that.

Vic’s

This family-run butcher started in Sydney in 1996. It supplies top Sydney restaurants such as Quay, Bennelong and Firedoor and has taken until now to open in Melbourne

Plus:
Bakers Delight
Boost Juice
Boutique Le Vin
Breadtop
Brunetti Oro
Caffe Ducale
Cannoleria
Champagne & Oyster Bar
Colonial Fresh
The Cupcake Queens
Ferguson Plarre
Fishmonger
Green Cup Canteen
Heytea
Jamaica Blue
JSY Tea
Koko Black
Laurent
Maita
That’s Amore Cheesery
The Nut Bar
Starbucks
Sushi Sushi
Sweet As

Dining Laneway:
Homm Dessert
Ippudo
Kaiten Sushi Train
Master Lanzhou Noodle Bar
Pappa Rich
Seoul Garden
Shanghai Red
Thai Social
Yo-Chi