VEGAN CAFE: Brother and sister team of Brennan and Cassy Ryan has opened a new vegan cafe called Eden at Boylan’s Garden World.

VEGAN CAFE: Brother and sister team of Brennan and Cassy Ryan has opened a new vegan cafe called Eden at Boylan’s Garden World. Max Fleet BUNEDE

BUNDABERG'S first predominately vegan café has its doors in the garden of Eden.

Dairy free, vegan and raw foodies can find delight in "cheesecake" made from cashew nuts and a soy cappuccino while sitting on a café chair amongst the greenery of Boylan's Garden World.

Eden at Boylans is the brainchild of brother and sister duo, Cassy and Brennan Ryan.

Owning a café has been a lifelong dream for Cassy, 31 who made the shift to vegan lifestyle three years ago.

"Since I went vegan, I've really enjoyed food more than anything," Ms Ryan said.

"I love cooking, I love being creative, I love cooking for other people and surprising them with what I can do."

Opening their café in the final weeks of 2014, Ms Ryan said her customers to date, many of them meat-eaters had been shocked at what they're eating.

"A lot of people don't realise what I do is vegan, it's just limitless what you can do with food," she said.

Ms Ryan has worked in the hospitality industry most of her life and said she always harboured the idea of a café in her mind.

"I did dream of having my own café one day, but that was sort of me thinking, 'I'll win the lotto and grab a shop in town and do that one day'," she said.

"But I never imagined it would happen here like this, this is just a dream."

Joining the dream is Cassy's brother and business partner Brennan, 16 who recently left school.

"I made a decision to leave school before the café opened, it just wasn't working for me, school doesn't for some people," he said.

"I wanted to start working, so when the opportunity came up, about two months after I left school to do this with my sisters and family, I jumped at it."

Brennan said working seven days a week with just two staff, himself and his sister had been a big learning curve.

"There's been some things that I've had to learn along the way that I would have like to know before," he laughed.

"Like some of the preparation and the nitty-gritty, it gets a bit tiring.

"But I'm used to it now."

Eden at Boylans is open seven days a week, from 9am to 4pm Wednesday to Sunday and 10am to 2pm on Monday and Tuesday.

Ms Ryan made no secret about the difficulties of starting up a small business.

"When this first opened, I had another job that I was trying to do at the same time as this," she said.

With a seven-day roster, Ms Ryan said she had to take a leap of faith in Eden.

"It was very scary, it was a big risk leaving stable employment, but it's definitely paid off and I'm glad I did it," she said.