Food is more than just nutrition—it’s about comfort, culture, and connection. For elders in aged care, meals play a vital role in health, happiness, and overall well-being. Unfortunately, in many traditional aged care facilities, meal planning prioritises cost efficiency over quality, freshness, and personalisation.

When you think of food in an aged care facility, what comes to mind? Nondescript slop? Something boiled and processed and pureed within an inch of its life? We are passionate about sourcing, preparing and serving real food at Honey Bee Homes. We’re lucky—our regional location and boutique model of small, share care homes means we’re not under any pressure to mass produce and prepare, well, anything. In fact, we grow many of our own veggies, get eggs from our funny chooks, and have our own bees for honey and pollinating our gardens.