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SOUTH AUSTRALIA AGAINNow it's the cheeses, as the best local SA producers gather at Cheesefest 08 in Adelaide's Rymill Park on September 21 |
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PORT STORMS INThe Port Douglas region was a clear winner at the Restaurant & Catering Queensland FNQ Awards held on June 30th. |
ROADSHOW GOES WESTKailis Olive Groves in Mumballup will become a hub of organic experts and entrepreneurs Friday 15th August when Biological Farmers of Australia’s organic road-show arrives in Western Australia. |
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BAZ LUHRMANN'S AUSTRALIAThe Northern Territory has featured extensively in Baz Luhrmann's epic film, due for release in November. The stars dined at various Darwin restaurants such as the Roma Bar, Char Restaurant, Hanuman , and Pee Wees at the Point |
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TOAST THE COASTGeelong’s Wine and Food Festival, Toast to the Coast, on 1st & 2nd November 2008 is a great excuse to visit this part of Victoria. Indulge in wine and food as 18 venues open their cellar doors over the “Melbourne Cup long weekend”. |
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FARE AFFAREThe Good Food Affare, to be held at Castle Hill Showground, NSW, from 21-23 November 2008, is shaping up to be the ultimate event for food lovers to taste, buy and experience the best organic and regional produce and wine |
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CONGRATS TO KAILISSue Currie from Kailis Organic Olive Groves in WA, has emailed to say that their organic extra virgin olive oil was awarded Best Organic Food Product at Organic Expo 2008. |
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HOW MUCH MORE REGIONAL CAN YOU GET?Right up there for originality with the various places that bottle rain water, now you can have snow in your beer! |
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THE NEW F-WORDSThe Australian Organic Roadshow featuring ‘farm to fork’ arrives in Adelaide Hills on Friday 1st August – South Australian organic growers and stakeholders can come together, collaborate and be informed on all things organic. |
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Beef, bells and bottle treesCelebrate what makes Miles on Queensland’s Western Downs special at the first ever Beef, Bells and Bottle Tree Festival in September. |
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FOOD FOR SALEThe same source reveals that online bidding for tables at more than 40 Victorian restaurants will begin on August 26 as part of Kitchen Garden Week (October 6-13), with proceeds going to the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation. |
SPRING HAS SPRUNGAnd now it's time to enter your products in the Spring 2008 Sydney Royal Fine Food Show coming up in September, 2008 |
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BENT CHANGES POSITION
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Tourism NSW’s regional flagship event program 07-08 supports the promotion of events that can act as a tourism drawcard for their region. 
DAYLESFORD DOES IT 
Granite Belt Food Group Sets Agenda
SHOWCASE BY THE SEA
GET BRANDED 
A TRUFFLE INTERESTING
DON'T GO TO THE GRANITE BELT THIS SPRING .....
IT'S TIME TO GO
GET DOWN TO BUSINESS
A LITTLE LIGHT COOKING 
GOLD, GOLD! 
KITCHEN GARDENS GROW 
TASSIE TRUFFLE TIME 
CAIRNS IS COOKING! 
Regional Flagship Event funding 
SYDNEY HAS GUSTO AGAIN G'day!
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RESTAURANT 08 ROCKS!Too many cooks? Not at Restaurant 08, held at the Royal Hall of Industries at Moore Park, Sydney, from August 11-12. Probably because this annual show, despite the name, attracts chefs and a host of other food industry professionals. One of particular interest for regional people was ‘Surviving the Seasons in the Regions’. The panel, moderated by Lyndey Milan, explored and suggested ideas for generating revenue out of season, staffing solutions and a number of other common problems for regional restaurateurs and members of the food industry. The panel discussion between Stefano de Pieri, from Stefano’s, Mildura, Victoria, Fiona Hoskins, Fee and Me, Launceston, Tasmania, David Rayner, River House, Noosaville, Queensland, and Michael Manners, from Manners & Borg, Orange, NSW, was spirited and lively and of great help to the many who attended. The hall itself was packed with the stands of around 150 exhibitors offering tastes, advice and information. Regional food was well-represented with three major state displays – Victoria on your Menu, Flavour South Australia and Queensland Grown, plus Taste of the Illawarra, and Taste of Orange – each supported by a number of regional exhibitors. Individual regional exhibitors were there too: Gwydir Grove and many other olive oil producers, Naturally, there was a large number of wineries from most parts of the country also exhibiting, as for restaurateurs this is a great opportunity to learn more about new wines. Beers, coffees, olive oils, provedores, magazines, equipment – the menu for restaurateurs was wide ranging and the good attendance proved it suited all tastes. More details of next year’s event or Melbourne’s Restaurant 09: www.restaurantevents.com.au Podcasts of "Surviving the Seasons in the Regions" should be available soon on www.irunarestauranttoo.com |
MUDGEE AT BALMORALAt midday on Sunday August 10th Sydney’s blue skies gave way to rain but this didn’t dampen the spirits of the stallholders or visitors at Mudgee’s fabulous annual event. Beautiful Balmoral Beach on Sydney’s northern beaches has been the venue for Mudgee at Balmoral for several years.
This year again saw dozens of Mudgee district vignerons crating up their best drops for a trip to Sydney and proudly offering tastes to the hundreds of visitors that packed the park right on one of the most stunning waterfronts in the city. Regional food people were represented too: Mowat’s of Mudgee, Mudgee Honey Haven, The Grape Essential, High Valley Wine & Cheese Co, Organic Pork, and The Really Stuffed Olive Co. among others. There is now the long wait until next year’s event unless…… and here is the real solution. Get in the car and take a trip to this lovely region! Then you can spend as long as you like, visiting the wineries and local producers in their own environment. Lots of details on www.visitmudgeeregion.com.au |
C-CHANGE, TREE CHANGE“Make the Move, today” was the catch cry of the fifth annual Country Week Expo held daily from August 8-10 at Rosehill Events Centre in Sydney. The hall was packed with around fifty stands featuring most areas of NSW. In addition there were all the ancillary services which city-people, transferring to the country might be interested in knowing about. Police, health services, employment, transport systems and many more were on hand to help people realise that life in the country can be every bit as comfortable as (many would say more than) an urban lifestyle. One stand spelt it out even more clearly with clocks showing the tiny time it would take in a country town to reach work from home. Real estate options were well-represented too, offering an alternative to Sydney’s housing affordability crisis, long commute times and high cost of living. It was a great showcase of the state – and visitors were truly able to do what the expo offered – to ‘Walk NSW in a day’. www.countryweek.com.au/nsw Next month the Country Week Expo: "Live & Work in Regional Queensland", will be held from 19 – 21 September 2008 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Southbank. www.countryweek.com.au/qld.htm |
CITY SHOWCASES COUNTRY
Few would have been disappointed. There was organic baby wear, sheets, wines, and cleaning products. Amongst the food exhibits which took up almost half the hall, there everything from steak to snack foods, olives, herbs, honey, cheese and chocolate was available for enthusiastic sampling by the many visitors. Green & Black’s, maker of stunning organic chocolate, were the sponsor of this year’s show. Full details on www.organicexpo.com.au The Organic Expo will be on again this time next year too in Melbourne, from July 24-26, 2009 at the Royal Exhibition Building. Email exhibitors@organicexpo.com.au |
Then, on July 29th, the Regional Food Fair 2008 was held at Homebush. A gathering of over 400 NSW farmers – members of the NSW Farmers Association (www.nswfarmers.org.au) – in one of the Showground pavilions was joined by food and wine industry people and other guests.
The delicious menu was created by Sydney Showground’s head chef, Bryan Fawcett. The food was teamed with NSW wines of course and as diners moved between the various stands, models presented mini-fashion shows.
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Well-geared to cater for all comers, over 20 seminars led by high-profile industry speakers, were available all day, every day in three main interest areas: Talking Business (the actual nuts and bolts of running a restaurant), Culinary Skills, and Wine World.
Australian Gourmet Chestnuts, Hunter Valley Cheese Company, Pyramid Salt, Snails Bon Appetite, Yarra Valley Dairy and more.
It must be the time of year for food events in Sydney. From July 25-27, 2008, the Organic Expo enticed everyone from sceptics to devotees into Hall 1 of the Sydney Exhibition Centre to see what the over 200 exhibitors had to offer.
Around the pavilion 15 tasting stations had been set up featuring regional NSW produce, highlighting the diversity and excellence of this large state. The dishes included magnificent NSW moisture-infused pork, Mirrool Creek lamb, the largest blueberries, carrot shots with ginger foam and an amazing tomato ‘martini’ made from painstakingly strained tomatoes and served with a baby bocconcini and olive stirrer. 
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