I have never been someone who is governed by convention, so I was always looking for another way of doing things. Like, the Verjuice, which came about because in 1984 we couldn't sell our Rhine Riesling grapes. So I said, "OK, I’ve read about this Verjuice, let's make some” and we became the first in the world to produce Verjuice commercially. Read the rest...
The Maggie Beer Foundation hosted its second education program earlier this week which was held at the Sydney Seafood School. The MBF team were joined by 30 cooks and chefs from aged care homes around Australia with the goal to inspire and challenge them on how to create nutritious, full flavoured, low cost meals everyday in their aged care kitchens. What an amazing bunch of participants, and equally inspiring collection of guest speakers. A range of experts, including Nutritionist Rosemary Stanton, Food Safety Expert James Shepherd & Dr. Rodney Jilek from St Elizabeth Homes, Professor Terry Bolin from The Gut Foundation, Sydney Chef Alex Herbert, General Manager of HammondCare Residential Care Angela Raguz, HammondCare Executive Chef and Food Ambassador Peter Morgan-Jones, Professor Lee – Fay Low from University Of Sydney and Maggie Haertsch, CEO of the Arts Health Institute, inspired and educated the participants over the course of 2 days. Read the rest...
I had the most amazing weekend in Hobart last week! This photo was taken during my visit to The Agrarian Kitchen; an incredible farm-based cooking school in Derwent Valley. The school is located on a working farm where they have goats for milking, pigs, chicken, geese and even honeybees. They grow their own fruit and vegetables and truly embrace the paddock-to-plate philosophy. We were in the most idyllic old school room with windows all the way to the high ceilings and looking out on the farm. Read the rest...
Last weekend, Colin and I had a great weekend away in Geelong. Friday night saw us eating fish and chips on the wharf, followed by lunch at Brae Restaurant on Saturday. We had a fantastic experience at Brae, with beautiful food, and incredibly knowledgeable staff who knew about every tiny element on the plate. It was the most beautiful room looking out on the country side and garden; it was really quite exceptional. On Sunday we had a fleeting visit to Werribee to visit my team at Fromage a Trois - Cheese & Cider Festival who were there sampling my heritage cider; what a lovely location for sampling such an array of food producers- MB | Read the rest...
On Wednesday night I was invited by Tourism Australia to experience Noma at Barangaroo in Sydney. It was certainly no ordinary dinner; the 10 course menu curated by Rene and his team goes with one of the most amazing meals I've ever had. To repeat what Adam Liaw said, it's like putting a megaphone on Australia and what we can do. We can be so proud of the produce that Australia has to offer. The whole experience was just an adventure from the first minute to the last. I was sitting with three amazing women journalists from France, Ireland and Malaysia; Camille, Orla and Julie helped to make it an extraordinary night. The details from welcome to goodnight were just impeccable; the night was certainly greater than the sum of its parts. And then to top off an already spectacular evening, on my way back to the hotel I came across the Marie's Crisis pop-up bar at QT, and was coerced in to standing around a piano in the foyer for a sing-a-long; what great fun that was!- MB Read the rest...
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