Pitcairn Cuisine

Pitcairn cuisine is the hearty, resourceful and largely self-sufficient food of one of the most isolated communities on earth, reflecting the unique blend of English and Polynesian roots of the Bounty mutineers' descendants. With supply ships arriving only rarely, islanders rely heavily on what they grow, catch and raise: fresh fish and seafood from the rich surrounding waters, home-grown vegetables and an abundance of tropical fruit, including bananas, breadfruit and citrus, and their own poultry and preserves. Traditional dishes carry both English and Tahitian influences, and food is central to the island's close-knit communal life, with shared public dinners a warm tradition. Fresh, home-grown and heartfelt, Pitcairn's food is a genuine taste of self-reliant life at the edge of the world.

What to look for

• The fresh fish - the seafood from the rich surrounding waters.
• The home-grown produce - the island vegetables and preserves.
• The tropical fruit - the bananas, breadfruit and citrus.
• The communal dinners - the shared meals of the close-knit island.

When to go

Year-round; Pitcairn's food is based on what the island grows and catches, available in every season, with communal meals a warm feature of island life. Fresh fish, home-grown produce and tropical fruit, shared in the island's hospitable tradition, are the signatures to experience.

Things to know

Pitcairn is extraordinarily remote with supply ships arriving only occasionally, so the community is largely self-sufficient and there is essentially no dining-out scene, its food experienced through home cooking and communal hospitality. As the hearty, self-reliant food of one of the world's most remote inhabited territories, blending English and Polynesian roots with fresh fish and home-grown produce, though, Pitcairn cuisine is a genuine and heartfelt taste of island life.

Nearby

The community of Adamstown is the heart of the island's hospitality.