[pullquote cite=”Jane Holroyd, Good Food” type=”left”]“Lake House’s Meira Harel was named best sommelier.”[/pullquote] If you thought sushi and pasta were old news, think again. A Richmond restaurant specialising in traditional Japanese cuisine was tonight recognised as Victoria’s best dining-out experience at The Age Good Food Guide 2016 awards, while a pasta bar in the CBD…
“In Victoria, Daylesford farmer Paul Righetti, who started production under his label Real Eggs in April, had orders for his free-range yolkers before the first egg was laid.” – Alex Speed, The Australian It’s enough to fry your brain. You want to buy free-range eggs. It should be simple. Free-range eggs are eggs laid by hens free to…
Article by: taste.com.au Pull out the party hats and light the birthday candles – it’s time to celebrate ten years of the delicious. Produce Awards! It’s been a decade of unearthing some of Australia’s most innovative produce and celebrating the growers, farmers, chefs, farmers’ markets and food stores that all play their part in bringing it…
“The awards — the pinnacle event for Australia’s small-scale and artisan food producers — have never had a winner in its first year of business.” – John Lethlean As records go, it’s no biggie. But when management consultants-turned-chook-farmers Bruce and Roz Burton last night claimed a prestigious delicious magazine Produce Award, it was a record-breaking…
“But you can eat and drink well in those fertile plains, never more so than now.” – Gemima Cody, Good Food From pub counter food to two-hatted fare, Daylesford adds up to a delicious stay. The Daylesford area has always had great pull power thanks to its burbling, fizzing, healing mineral waters which may be pumped…
Located in CLUNES – We aim for VFMA accreditation so you can be confident that all stallholders at the Clunes Farmers’ Market offer the highest standard of produce. On the second Sunday of every month people flock to the market to sample and buy the variety of local produce on offer ranging from fresh fruit and…
“While innovation plays an important role in the evolution of our food culture, it’s the high-quality ingredients, ethically and sustainably produced, that lay the foundation, and it’s all of these that we celebrate in the delicious.” Single-origin sourdough, farmed seaweed, Australian quinoa, raw milk cheese… this is not a futuristic food fantasy, this is Australia,…
“Paolo is a “beyond organics” disciple of American farmer and author Joel Salatin’s theories and practices.” – John Lethlean, The Australia First, the bad news. For me, anyway. Cholesterol. It’s quite up. Even on statins, which have been a yummy part of the daily diet for years. Cholesterol medicine is the stuff of Big Pharma nirvana…
Located in DAYLESFORD – ocated on the banks of our iconic Lake Daylesford and with exquisite water views from any vantage point, The Boathouse Restaurant offers a sophisticated venue for breakfast and lunch, 7 days a week. You can take in the beautiful views from our warm and cosy indoor dining area for winter catch ups…
“And while demand for organic produce is still increasing – even some fast-food chains use it these days – the new badge of authenticity seems to be ‘local’.” – Andrew Masterson, The Age Photo credit: Simon O’Dwyer At the Daylesford Farmers’ Market a couple of weeks back, fruit and vegetable grower Florian Hofinger stood behind a…
ASK US chef Dan Barber what sort of response he expected from the release of his book The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food, and he doesn’t miss a beat. “I had hoped for the Nobel prize,” he says, deadpan. “Anything less is a disappointment.” Cue chortling, but don’t forget that line…
“Foster takes the hero produce you expect to find at a place like this — free-range old-breed pork belly; aged Sidonia Hills beef — and shows it off. ” – Necia Wilden, The Australian THE name is — as yet — unchanged but Annie Smithers Bistrot in Keyneton, regional Victoria, is leaving the past behind. The…
Located in MACEDON – We are fiercely committed to using TIME as our key ingredient. There are no starter cultures nor whey just the ancient art of freshly pulled, simple ingredients. We rely on fermentation itself. Our ferments are simple, honest and a true slow food, capturing the flavours of that particular batch of vegetables…
“Bruce Burton, farmer, wants us all to get a little nostalgic. He wants us to recall a time when roast chicken was … special.” – John Lethlean, The Australian BRUCE Burton, farmer, wants us all to get a little nostalgic. He wants us to recall a time when roast chicken was … special. He doesn’t need…
Located in EAST TRENTHAM – Milking Yard Farm is fifty acres of rich red soil and lush green pastures nestled in the hills near Trentham in Victoria. We raise chickens, sheep and cattle and grow lots of old-fashioned fruit and veggies. Here on the farm we live with a menagerie of wombats, cockatoos, swans and…
Holy Goat Cheese is participating in a groundbreaking trial with Australian Specialist Cheesemakers’ Association (ASCA) and Dairy Innovation Australia Limited (DIAL) to harvest the natural microbes from milk used to make artisan cheese. The trial will capture the naturally occurring microbes in the raw milk used by artisan cheesemakers and turn those microbes into a…
“The building was restored in the early 1990s and has become a Daylesford institution ever since.” – EMMA-JAYNE SCHENK, The Advocate THE restored Lake Daylesford Boathouse Cafe will open its doors in two weeks after it was gutted by fire in 2012. All that remained after the blaze were the stumps in the ground, but after months…
“Never, is this a truer observation than working a Christmas lunch service in a restaurant.” Photo credit: William Meppem Never, is this a truer observation than working a Christmas lunch service in a restaurant. I am lucky enough not to have worked too many Christmas days, through a mixture of both good fortune and choice,…
“The response has been extraordinary” said an emotional Annie today, “I think the momentum will continue to build” Renowned chef, cook, gardener and DMP member, Annie Smithers has auctioned herself of to the highest bidder to raise funds for The Florey Institute to help them continue their research into Parkinsons Disease. Congratulations to Amanda Minns…
The Royal Melbourne Wine Awards (RMWA), conducted by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria (RASV), is Australia’s premier wine awards event. It celebrates excellence in Australian winemaking, showcasing the industry’s diversity and quality, giving Australian wine producers the opportunity to promote their fine wines to both industry and consumers. The RMWA is an essential benchmarking…