KGS Kilcunda

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KGS Kilcunda 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵

Café, general store, Post Office, gifts & merchandise. Catering and private events available.

Small Changes, Real Impact: How We’re Cutting Plastic Waste in Kilcunda (Read our full blog post on our website - link i...
11/08/2026

Small Changes, Real Impact: How We’re Cutting Plastic Waste in Kilcunda

(Read our full blog post on our website - link in bio)

Growing up on a small farm and having parents with a keen interest in environmental conservation; choosing less plastic and making sure things can be reused, repurposed or correctly recycled was very normal to me. I even attended my first climate rally with Mum & Dad as a toddler, and have supported local and wider causes ever since. However, when I got my first job in the little cafe down the road at the age of 14, I was exposed to the vast amount of single use and plastic waste in the hospitality industry. It was so eye-opening to me, and I could scarcely believe it was real. I remember thinking: ‘we are just one cafe, imagine if we added up the waste of every cafe... where does it all go?’. Well over a decade later and now being the current custodian of that same cafe by the ocean, I have kept this cause at the heart of our business, and hope to show others how to make choices in their own businesses or homes to support our precious planet…

Some snaps from a very busy month and a bit for our team 🍷☕️🫜
16/06/2026

Some snaps from a very busy month and a bit for our team 🍷☕️🫜

One of our suppliers asked us recently if there was anything else we typically order that they could supply. When we sen...
31/03/2026

One of our suppliers asked us recently if there was anything else we typically order that they could supply. When we sent them a recent order from another raw ingredient supplier, they said something along the lines of“we were hoping to get the invoice, not the catalogue”. They thought our order was the whole ingredient list!

When we say we make almost everything we serve from scratch, we mean it. In a world full of “order in and heat up because that’s faster”, we are poaching eggs freshly into boiling water from raw, mixing our own spice blends, cooking our own ketchup, making pita and more. Yes, it takes a little longer because your food mostly starts as individual ingredients before you order. But it’s worth it - quality inputs (olive oil only!), fresh ingredients and lots of love 🩷

We love these photos from the spice markets in Istanbul as they give us so much inspiration and remind us to never compromise on our passion for great, homemade food - which is the reason we started this business in the first place 🥧

Veggie tart in final form - our homemade sour cream pastry filled with seasoned roasted veggies, eggs, cream + cheese. E...
30/03/2026

Veggie tart in final form - our homemade sour cream pastry filled with seasoned roasted veggies, eggs, cream + cheese. Enjoy with some fries or grilled greens and homemade tomato chutney or chilli jam 🥦🥔🥕

It’s getting chilly again on the coast! Snuggle up with a bowl of pasta and some **ery w**e this weekend 🍝We are open ev...
27/03/2026

It’s getting chilly again on the coast! Snuggle up with a bowl of pasta and some **ery w**e this weekend 🍝

We are open every day over the Easter holidays! Bookings recommended to secure a table - link in bio.

Sour cream pastry in the making 🥧We take pride in making (almost) everything from scratch using high quality ingredients...
10/03/2026

Sour cream pastry in the making 🥧

We take pride in making (almost) everything from scratch using high quality ingredients - this one has plenty of cultured butter and is featured in our veggie tart... perhaps homemade pies could be on the horizon soon?

A little while ago we started dreaming up the idea of hosting a community driven celebration of women. Run by women, for...
08/03/2026

A little while ago we started dreaming up the idea of hosting a community driven celebration of women. Run by women, for women. A small group sharing stories, food and space; learning from each other and giving back to women’s sport.

Alongside the local women’s only football team we put together an International Women’s Day evening which highlighted the roles we all share in our communities. We were so proud to have local (ABC Gippsland) and (W Club Melbourne) share their stories and expertise alongside the group who gathered with us to bring our idea to life.

We also raised money from ticket sales, merchandise and memberships for the Bass Coast Breakers - which would not have been possible without the generous help of our family, friends, coworkers and teammates who donated their time to help with everything from set up to cooking, cleaning, selling tickets and working the bar on the night.

Make sure you get down to a breakers game this season or ask us about memberships and merchandise for sale at kgs (and our store out the back ) to support women’s sport - we could not do it without help from the wider community.

Happy International Women’s Day ⚖️

Some details from last night in the lounge ✨
06/03/2026

Some details from last night in the lounge ✨

A big summer January finishing off with an ancient feast for Carly and Amber’s 30th!Contact us on admin@copperdoorkitche...
25/02/2026

A big summer January finishing off with an ancient feast for Carly and Amber’s 30th!

Contact us on [email protected] for event management / venues, catering, set-up and hire 🪩

Swipe to see the photo that upset us yesterday - someone ordering takeaway but not intending to take away. More cups int...
15/02/2026

Swipe to see the photo that upset us yesterday - someone ordering takeaway but not intending to take away. More cups into landfill. More coffees not at their best. Let’s try to challenge the societal marketing trend that is disposable containers - they really are a fashion / marketing statement in an industry that has convinced us that eating and drinking out of literal trash is better than the alternative. Choose reusable every time you can, slow down and enjoy your coffee ☕️

It makes us sad when we see our feeds (and lives) filled with what our society has recently deemed “coffee culture” - disposable, take away style coffee and food containers. Especially when there is an alternative, and don’t even get us started on those clear plastic ones!

How have we got to the point that we accept that drinking out of a paper cup lined and lidded with “plastic” is anywhere near as good as ceramic or pottery? How can we sit down and enjoy a coffee but choose to have it in a disposable vessel? Do most people not have conscious thought for the quality loss and thermodynamics of the coffee, let alone the environmental footprint it creates? (Yes, some may be fully compostable but even this is still wasteful and you’d be surprised to know that most are not compostable or composted correctly so end up in landfill anyway).

We serve take away coffee at kgs, because sometimes it’s a last resort when we’re on the move - a last resort but at times a necessity. However, we believe that sitting for coffee should be a preference and an experience to be savoured.

So we encourage you to sit and enjoy your coffee unless you really need to get going, and we do not serve food or drinks in take away / disposable containers unless you have to take it away.

If you’re looking to sit somewhere and eat or drink out of a disposable container, we aren’t the place for you - please show respect when this is explained to you and if you really don’t like it, find somewhere that aligns with your values. We spend lots of time, money and energy doing our best to limit our footprint and hope that our customers share our values 🌍

Address

3535 Bass Highway
Kilcunda, VIC
3995

Opening Hours

Monday 6:30am - 2:30pm
Tuesday 6:30am - 2:30pm
Wednesday 6:30am - 2:30pm
Thursday 6:30am - 2:30pm
Friday 6:30am - 2:30pm
Saturday 6:30am - 2:30pm
Sunday 6:30am - 2:30pm

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