Archive for August, 2012

24
Aug
12

Become a Master of Food & Wine at Park Hyatt Melbourne

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Categories: Events and Hotels & Resorts

Park Hyatt Masters of Food & Wine is a series of sophisticated culinary and beverage experiences hosted at all Park Hyatt locations around the globe. Through engaging and interactive events, visitors can absorb knowledge and understanding from award winning chefs.

In conjunction with the iconic Queen Victoria Market and Victorian wineries- Dal Zotto, Darling Park, Helen’s Hill, Sutton Grange and Clyde Park, this market to table

workshop embraces ‘In the Field, in the Kitchen and in the Moment’ – an intimate shopping and cooking experience for a maximum of eight participants, ensuring sufficient interaction for each ‘master to be’. Join Executive Chef Dane Clouston on a shopping expedition to Queen Victoria Market to learn how to hand select the best of local produce direct from the market itself. On return from the market you will visit the open kitchens of radii restaurant & bar and experience an interactive culinary workshop with wine tasting. Learn to transform the produce you select into delicious dishes while matching wines perfectly to what you create.

Price includes market tour, chef’s table with matching wines and an option to add luxurious overnight accommodation with breakfast.

Inspiring you to create the perfect dinner party at your place.
WHERE            radii restaurant & bar at Park Hyatt Melbourne


WHEN              Saturday 22 September, 2012 at 930 am

 

ITINERARY

09:30    Arrival at Park Hyatt Melbourne - Meet Executive Chef Dane Clouston and enjoy a welcome light morning tea

10:15    Depart to the Queen Victoria Market to embark on a culinary tour

12:30    Return to the hotel

13:00    Chefs tasting table utilising the fresh produce purchased from Queen Victoria Market with accompanying wine tasting

16:00    Event concludes
Guests can choose to stay in luxurious overnight accommodation and wake the following morning with a full buffet breakfast at radii restaurant.

PRICE
Tour,chefs table with matching wines experience with valet parking
$ 170.00 per person
Tour, chefs table with matching wines experience with valet parking, luxurious overnight accommodation and breakfast.
Single with accommodation       $ 460.00

Double with accommodation      $ 630.00
Masters of Food & Wine gift certificates also available- The perfect option for that person who loves food or for a unique and memorable corporate incentive.

For reservations and further information including a full itinerary of this experience, please email phmelbourne.radii@hyatt.com  or contact radii restaurant & bar on 03 9224 1211

22
Aug
12

Toast the End of Winter at the Trainworks Winter Beer Festival

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Categories: Events and Wine & Drink

It’s almost here, the end of winter! What better way to farewell the winter woollies than a day out in picturesque Thirlmere at the Trainworks Winter Beer Festival, NSW’s first ever winter themed beer event and a celebration of our finest craft beers and hearty winter fare.

Beer Diva Kirrily Waldhorn will be amongst the revellers taking in the sights, sounds and tastes at the Festival;

“Beer is the ultimate trans-seasonal drink, with refreshing crisp brews perfect in summer and the more complex and robust styles ideal for winter. But I’m conscious that the season for indulging in delicious hearty meals like soup, BBQ ribs and sticky date pudding will soon be over. These foods work wonderfully with beer, yes even the sticky date pudding, and I plan to indulge in all my favourites on August 25 before spring arrives!”

Visitors to the Trainworks Winter Beer Festival will discover much more than great beer. Designated drivers will be treated to free Hennessey coffee all day as well as the great live entertainment. A tantalising selection of specialty food stalls, fine wine, quirky ciders and luscious desserts will be on offer.

The entire family will have plenty of fun on Saturday. In addition to the jumping castle and inflated slide for kids, they can get into fancy dress for the Eaton George Theatre Company host of ‘The Great Train Mystery’ at 11:30 solving the case of the missing letters. An afternoon session of Train Tales is also scheduled.

(Remember children under the age of 12 get free entry) Included in the entry price for adults is a great line up of beer Master classes. For those who always want ‘the upgrade’ of any event,  a Spiegelau beer tasting class has been added (at additional cost)and includes a set of glasses to take home.

Located just an hours’ drive south west of the Sydney CBD via the M5, the Trainworks Winter Beer Festival is the perfect destination for a day trip. Entry to the Festival includes all event activities as well as access to the stunning, sprawling Trainworks museum exhibits and facilities.

Pre-purchased entry /tasting tickets are $35 for adults and include entry to the Trainworks museum, entry to the Beer Festival, a souvenir tasting glass and five tasting tokens. These tickets must be booked in advance. Visit beerfestival.com.au or call 02 4681 8001.

Coach services to the Festival will operate from The Local Taphouse, Darlinghurst, Campbelltown Rail Station and the Illawarra Brewing Company, Wollongong but must be booked by Wednesday the 22nd of August. A free shuttle bus service will operate between Picton Station (accessible by CityRail trains) and Trainworks at regular intervals throughout the day. Transport tickets can also be booked at beerfestival.trainworks.com.au or by calling 02 4681 8001.

21
Aug
12

Lane Cove Weekly Farmers’ Markets Launch With a Bang

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Categories: Food Markets and Latest News

Warmth. Sunshine. Colour. Bustle. And the smell of sizzling bacon. It doesn’t get much better than this on a Sunday morning in Sydney and the Lane Cove Public School Food & Farmers’ Market has certainly launched with a bang.

Hundreds of enthusiastic shoppers have started flocking to the newest foodie hub on the lower north shore, and arguably it’s already shaping up to be the best around, by far.

With stallholders like Brasserie Bread, Toby’s Estate Coffee, Over the Moon Milk, Binnorie Dairy, Thirlmere Poultry, The Free Range Butcher, Sorbello Tomatoes, Watkins Mandarins, Bob’s Farm Avocados, River Flats Estate Olive Oil, Portland Free Range Eggs, the Bacon & Egg Barn, Jonima Flowers, Sweetness the Patisserie, Gourmet Gozleme,,Saltbush Lamb and Roar Energy Drinks, it’s no wonder.

Having only traded for 3 weeks since the launch on Sunday 5 August, Brasserie Bread fights hard each week to keep up with demand for its artisan sourdough and you’ll be hard pressed to find any of Yuri’s apples or Watkins Orchard mandarins left at the end of each market. Mental note: arrive early!

Interest in Sorbello Tomatoes’ show-stopping heirloom tomatoes and exotic herbs (chocolate mint, anyone?) continues to climb each week as curious locals engage in long conversations with Sorbello family members about different varieties of tomatoes, other specialty veggies and cooking and growing advice. Although not confirmed, we suspect this may be the cause of a recent bout of laryngitis in the family.

Those keen to explore more than just button mushrooms have found nirvana with The Fungi, who has the most awe-inspiring varieties of mushrooms. His seriously impressive range includes Masterchef celebrities such as the magestic King George and international mushrooms-of-mystery, such as nameko, enoki, shitake and shemeji. Fungus never looked so tempting or sounded so exotic.

The folk from Over the Moon milk receive such a response to their question: “Want to try some REAL milk?” that soon they’ll need to call in the Johnson’s Farmgate cavalry, as shoppers make a stampede for a free sample of oh-so-creamy non-homogenised milk from happy free-range jersey cows. Their milk is literally walking out the front gates, in droves.

The 3 kiddies’ playgrounds are munchkin-magnets and provide welcome respite for parents keen for a Toby’s Estate coffee and crispy bacon & egg roll; whilst the smooth sounds of Mike Harvey and his crowd-pleasing hits provide the perfect ambiance in the leafy courtyard. Sounds like Sunday perfection to us!

The Lane Cove Public School Food & Farmers’ Markets are open every Sunday, rain or shine, at Lane Cove Public School, 145-153 Longueville Road, Lane Cove. 9am – 1.30pm.

05
Aug
12

Margaret River Gourmet Escape 22 – 25 November 2012

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Categories: Events

Tickets to the ‘Margaret River Gourmet Escape’ will be available for purchase from THURSDAY 16th August 2012.

The Margaret River Gourmet Escape’s world-class line up of Heston Blumenthal and René Redzepi has been bolstered with new additions to the event launch announcement with more chefs to be announced soon.

Acclaimed Australian chefs Neil Perry, Tetsuya Wakuda and Peter Gilmore will collaborate on a menu to honour Heston; the Gourmet Village will feature global talent, local food and wine experts including 2 Michelin star chef Sat Bains; Matt Moran and Matt Stone will have sand between their toes for beachside dining; international star AA Gill and George Calombaris share their culinary expertise at a Leeuwin Estate dinner; whilst Master of Wine Lisa Perotti-Brown and Nick Stock elevate the wine critiquing in the Gourmet Traveller WINE Theatre.
Tickets to festival events will be available from 16th August including the coveted Heston Icon Dinner at Voyager Estate. This Hero Award event will see an exclusive collaboration by Australia’s three leading chefs, Peter Gilmore from Quay, Neil Perry from Rockpool and Tetsuya Wakuda from Tetsuya’s. The Margaret River Gourmet Escape in its inaugural year is honouring Heston for his creative and gastronomic contribution to the industry. Guests will delight in this star studded affair sharing their superior dining experience with the honoured guest. Tickets are limited for this truly one off event.
The Margaret River Gourmet Escape is profiled through unique events involving our star studded line-up. The heart of the festival is the Gourmet Village open over the weekend and set in the iconic Leeuwin Estate.

The aforementioned globally acclaimed chefs in addition to 20 other Australian food and wine stars will appear here across the weekend in locally themed demonstrations, Q&A’s, panel discussions and masterclasses such as Breville’s Test Kitchen.
The Gourmet Village will be a vibrant hub with over 100 Western Australian premium exhibitors, local vineyards, gourmet producers and pop up restaurants ready to tantalize the tastebuds of the food and wine loving visitors. In one idyllic setting visitors can ‘meet the maker’ and be entertained by the region’s food and wine experts.

Adding to the Gourmet Village experience, there are a host of Satellite Events offering ticket options so visitors can craft their own culinary adventure. Event menus will highlight the exquisite flavours of the local produce with creative and passionate interpretations by the hosting celebrity chefs and wine connoisseurs.
A never before seen Gourmet Beach BBQ will take place at Smiths Beach in a truly unique venue set to capture guests’ imagination in this stunning landscape. Favourite Australian chefs including Matt Moran and Matt Stone are just two celebrities in an exciting line up to make guest appearances here. This unique experience will reflect the laid back sophistication of the South West region.

Leeuwin Estate Winery Restaurant is thrilled to present an intimate dinner affair with international guest AA Gill and George Calombaris.

Attracting true appreciators of wine to the festival is our international guest Master of Wine Lisa Perotti-Brown and Australian based wine guru Nick Stock. Sharing their taste for Margaret River Region and Western Australian wines they will host masterclasses at the Gourmet Traveller Wine Theatre in the Gourmet Village.

The Margaret River Gourmet Escape is an extraordinary festival of food and wine. Held in the Margaret River Wine Region, Western Australia from 22-25 November 2012, visitors will indulge in a culinary adventure celebrating the best of Western Australia.

Tickets are limited. More events and talent are yet to be announced.

To purchase tickets to this little slice of culinary heaven, visit www.ticketek.com.au

Singapore Airlines is our International Airline partner. Travel package information will be available from our website for international visitor bookings.

** Please note the Gourmet Village at Leeuwin Estate Winery will have its own currency to make a day at the festival fun, easy and as cashless as possible. TheGourmet Escape Money (GEM) is simple to purchase and to use.

www.gourmetescape.com.au

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