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NEWS, SNIPPETS, HAPPENINGS ~
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This year’s Tastes of Gold Coast festival, now in its fifth year, will host a spectacular line up of events during the 17 day festival taking place from 22nd August to 7th September. |
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Mercure Sydney is launching a new tasting plates menu that will give guests a true taste of NSW, highlighting the best produce from around the State in dishes to share |
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A newsletter from White Dog Enterprises in the US announces the 6th Annual Buy Fresh Buy Local Week: July 12th-20th. |
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Sue 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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Slow Food North Yorkshire will be giving tutored tastings during a ten-day programme (19–28 September, 2008) which will feature themed lunches and dinners, local and visiting markets, cookery workshops and competitions. |
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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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For those who may have missed reading the latest newsletter
you need to know about Peter Caird's recent win at the most prestigious LA International Olive Oil Competition 2008. |
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The 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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Discover the best Queensland produce, winter vegetables in peak production, tender beef and succulent seafood, quality wines and fragrant sweet strawberries at Food and Wine on Q |
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Brisbane has two new markets with the opening of a market in user friendly, city central Kelvin Grove Urban Village and another at Manly |
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Trust the smart Granite-belters to think of this. A great idea which could be replicated around the country. The Winelander sets off from Brisbane to the Queensland wine capital, the Granite Belt, just twice a year.
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The big winner in the 2008 Restaurant & Catering Queensland HOSTPLUS North Queensland Awards for Excellence was . . |
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Described as Mother Nature’s antibiotic, olive leaf tea is a new take on the popular olive leaf extract which is touted as a treatment for everything from chronic fatigue to ear infections |
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Hungry for a taste of good old-fashioned country cooking? Discover camp oven cooking competitions, damper throwing competitions, billy boiling speed tests and camp oven food stalls and live country music |
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Online bids for tables of ten at over 40 of Melbourne and Victoria’s top restaurants will be open
from 26 August to 16 September 2008 as part of Kitchen Garden Week (6 – 13 October 2008). |
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Be quick to book and don’t miss out on seeing, hearing and tasting the latest in food and wine this year at Brisbane's Masterclass Weekend, to be held on 26 & 27 July at Hilton Brisbane. |
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Smell it in the crisp Tasmanian air – winter has brought truffles to this island state. Day trips from Peppers Calstock to the Mole Creek farm can be arranged by appointment, where visitors can wander the oak plantations, learn the full story of the Tasmanian truffle industry and even watch the dogs at work on a hunt. |
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CONGRATULATIONS! to Cairns International's kitchen team which has won 12 awards at the 2008 Culinary Arts Competition. |
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Wingham’s Bent on Food has taken giant steps this year with a move to larger premises in the main street, Isabella Street, production of a special Bent on Food range of products and its debut at the Sydney Good Food and Wine Show |
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2009 applications open
Applications are now open for funding under the Tourism NSW Regional Flagship Events Program. Tourism event organisers in regional NSW are encouraged to apply for funding under next year’s program. |
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The Canowindra Showcase will be held at Taste Canowindra on Saturday September 27th, at 6 pm |
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Celebrate 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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The outstanding food and wine on offer in Victoria’s regions will be showcased at festivals throughout the cooler months this year. |
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From the latest Open House www.openhousemagazine.net newsletter, we learn that Geelong and the Bellarine region hosted Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Foundation for a tour of the region's food producers last week |
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The 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. |
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And 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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Tasting Australia, the nation’s premier food, wine and beer festival will now be held in Autumn instead of Spring, allowing visiting media, food and drink professionals and the public at large a chance to experience the best South Australia has to offer at vintage time. The next Tasting Australia event will be held from on 6-13 May 2010 |
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In 2002 Greg and Loretto Good in cool climate Millthorpe, in the Orange region of NSW, inoculated 800 oak trees hoping for truffles. They are being rewarded as the trees have been producing truffles since 2005 and this year. |
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Connoisseurs of wine can taste their way around 30 of this renowned NSW region’s premium and boutique wineries, and gourmands may savour fresh, regional produce at the Mudgee Food and Wine Fair, Balmoral, 10 August 2008 |
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For the fourth year, the Sydney Fish Market will co-host GUSTO with CIRA (Council of Italian Restaurants Australia). Each year it gets better and better. This year there will be exciting Italian regional degustations from both northern and southern Italy |
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Don’t miss your opportunity to be named the “best of the best” in Australian Fine Food. The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (RAS) is now accepting entries for the Spring 2008 Sydney Royal Fine Food Show. |
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'Cry the Beloved River: A loaf of bread, a glass of wine, a piece of coal: Living well and sustainably in the 21st Century' is the title of the 16th Symposium of Australian Gastronomy which will convene in the Hunter Valley. |
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Coming up soon:
• Australian Regional Tourism Convention (10 to 12 September).
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2008 NSW Tourism Awards (20 November). |
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Australia’s first no-oxygen mill will be on show at Brisbane Organic Roadshow Friday 11th July, proving organic processors are well ahead in the trial of innovative, all-natural food technologies. |
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The Australian Sister Cities Association National Conference will be held at Ettalong Beach Club, near Gosford, NSW, on 27-30 July 2008 |
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The Jury of the International Taste & Quality Institute - iTQi - composed by Chefs and Sommeliers, members of the European culinary associations met in Brussels, Belgium, recently to perform blind assessments on more than 700 products from 57 countries. Seven Australian products win the prestigious Superior Taste Award 2008 |
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Coffee plantation owners at Mareeba in Tropical North Queensland expect their best ever harvest this year as growing conditions have been particularly favourable during the 2008 season. |
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Would you like to be informed on the latest industry updates, view product and services trade displays and learn from fellow organic industry members? Here's an annual event not to be missed. |
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Smeaton Hackett Events in conjunction with the City of Sydney announce the second LIVE GREEN; Sydney's only large scale sustainability event. |
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Plan to visit a new exhibition, ‘Eumundi’s Pubs – Free Beer Tomorrow’, at Discover Eumundi Heritage and Visitor Centre bound to appeal to those with an interest in Eumundi’s history and a love and respect for beer. |
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Following the success of last year’s event, Taste Orange at Bondi is set to return later this year on 22-28 September. |
Leading Chefs came together on Sunday the 1st of June at the Shoal Bay Resort and Spa to help make the first Annual Port Stephens, Newcastle and Hunter Dessert Competition a huge success.
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On Monday 2 June, Australian Gourmet Traveller, in association with Nespresso, announced the winners of their second annual Travel Awards, |
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River House Restaurant in conjunction with Vogue, Entertaining + Travel Magazine has planned the quintessential five-course regional food dinner for Thursday 26th June and Friday 27th June. All the food produce for the two evenings will be sourced from within 50km of Noosa. |
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Illawarra Innovation Showcase 2008 will be held from 27th June to 4th July. In its eighth consecutive year, the Showcase program consists of many events that highlight significant examples of innovation |
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Need to understand how to brand your product? Guest Speaker Sue Currie has spent many years in the public eye, both on and off camera and knows what it takes to create a strong personal brand that supports people in enhancing their careers. |
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The Board of the Australian Institute of Export and the NSW Department of State and Regional Development extend a formal invitation to attend the 2008 launch of the Premier's NSW Export Awards and a free seminar on Innovation in Export. |
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Australia’s most famous providore, Simon Johnson, will join ROCK Restaurant chef Andrew Clarke in creating a unique menu based on Manjimup truffles from WA. |
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Poachers Pantry in Hall, Capital Country, will be home to the larger-than-life steel and wood sculptures of renowned artist John Wood during June |
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Northern Rivers Brewing has launched a guided behind-the-scenes look at the brewing process. |
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Join in free cooking classes hosted by chef Peter Wolfe at The Original Eumundi Markets on the Sunshine Coast at 10am and 11am each Wednesday in the food and produce precinct. |
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Tastes of Gold Coast Food and Wine Festival, August 22 to September 7, includes over 30 events with lavish banquets, progressive dinners, gourmet delicacies, outdoor celebrations and much more. |
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Tamborine Mountain Distillery in the Gold Coast Hinterland has won four more gold awards from the International Taste & Quality Institute in Brussels, Belgium. |
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The Noosa Longweekend, Masterclass Weekend, Kingaroy Peanut Festival and Brisbane's big cheese bite. |
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The newest addition to Mudgee’s food and wine experience is Leaning Oak, a cellar door and dairy producing melt-in-your-mouth cheeses on site. |
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Granite Belt hits the concrete. The energetic Southern Downs & Granite Belt Regional Tourism (SDGBRT) is literally pounding the pavement this winter with a campaign that will see the Brass Monkey Season® message brought to 30,000 Brisbane coffee drinkers. |
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A new whisky distillery on the inland route to the iconic Twelve Apostles is transforming Victoria’s Great Ocean Road hinterland into a cosy winter escape. Located 15 minutes from Port Campbell and the Twelve Apostles on the main connector path from the Great Ocean Road to the Princes Highway, the Timboon Railway Shed Distillery is Victoria’s only operational boutique facility. |
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A large number of the island state's leading wines and gourmet delights will be the focus of special tasting events in Sydney and Brisbane in September in what will be the largest showing of Tasmanian wines ever. |
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Finalists have been chosen in six states for the 2008 Lexus Young Chef and Lexus Young Waiter Awards, with the national winners to be announced at a gala event on Monday 11th August 2008 in Sydney. |
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Fredos Pies and Ice Creams at Frederickton near Kempsey on the Mid North Coast of NSW celebrates 15 years of successful trading with the official opening of Café 73 |
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Feast your senses at Tastes of Gold Coast – an annual festival of food and wine, showcasing the very best of what the Gold Coast has to offer to be held from 22 August to 9 September. |
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Find out at The Organic Expo in Sydney on 25-27 July 2008, even bigger and better than ever, and now in it's fourth year. This is Oceania's only organic and green show and so if you're serious about building your business in these industries you should attend |
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Winter Seafood and Shiraz (July 11-13); Mundaring Truffle Festival (August 1-3); Spring in the Valley Festival (Oct 11-12) |
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There is still time for NSW food companies to apply to be on the Flavours of NSW stand at Fine Food Australia 2008 in Melbourne from 22-25 September. |
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Specialty food and beverage products that have won medals at the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW’s Sydney Royal Fine Food Show will be promoted at the NSW Trade and Investment Centre. |
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Companies in the food processing sector can see the latest developments in manufacturing technology at this year’s National Manufacturing Week, |
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News from the north shows many things planned for this year in food and wine. |
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If you are in Queensland in August try to make it to the South Burnett region for the Kingaroy Peanut Festival on August 2 |
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All 40 chefs participating in Taste of London will be competing for the coveted title of “Green Fingers” - an award given to the chef with the biggest and best produce. |
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GOLD, GOLD! 
KITCHEN GARDENS GROW 
CLASSY QUEENSLAND 
TASSIE TRUFFLE TIME 
CAIRNS IS COOKING! 
BENT CHANGES POSITION 
Regional Flagship Event funding 
ORANGE TRUFFLES? C'EST IMPOSSIBLE, N'EST PAS?
VISIT MUDGEE – WITHOUT LEAVING TOWN
SYDNEY HAS GUSTO AGAIN
SISTERS ALL
TOP TASTES
MAREEBA’S BUMPER COFFEE HARVEST
The Brisbane Organic Roadshow is back!
FREE BEER!
Orange Food and Wine makes Waves at Bondi
SWEET RITUAL
TOP OPERATORS HONOURED
Southern Highlands Small Business Club
More gold for Tamborine Mountain Distillery
Four Queensland Events on the horizon:
Leaning Oak Cellar Door Opens
A WINTER TIPPLE
GET OUT YOUR PLANNERS!
“CAFÉ 73"OPENS
WORTH WAITING FOR
FLAVOUR OF SUCCESS
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