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Hills Market Kitchen Director Sarina Waterman and
“native cuisine” chef Andrew Fielke

Chef goes wild with local produce

Well-known “native cuisine” chef Andrew Fielke made a guest appearance at the Hills Market Kitchen at the Heart of the Hills Market at Lobethal last week combining indigenous foods with our local produce to create a unique menu for Hills Market Kitchen participants.

Founder of the Red Ochre Grill and pioneer of creative native cuisine, Mr Fielke prepared and cooked a range of signature dishes for the audience to taste including filo pastries with his own Chilli Glace Quandongs and B.-d. Farm Paris Creek’s new Tilsit cheese; salad of rocket, Udder Delights Marinated Chevre, local pear and walnuts with his own Sticky Bush Tomato Balsamic dressing; local raspberry and riberry ice cream with his own Olida Almond Toast; and Woodside Cheese Wrights’ Edith cheese with his own Caramelized Aniseed Myrtle Figs and Pepperberry Oatmeal Cookies.

Mr Fielke engaged the 30 guests with his passion and knowledge about the unique flavours and uses of native foods such as barramundi, saltbush, finger lime and lemon myrtle, offering tastings and demonstrating their preparation for use with our local products.

Hills Market Kitchen Director Sarina Waterman explained that the Hills Market Kitchen aims to offer its guests an interactive food experience with celebrity chefs who use Adelaide Hills products to create a menu that showcases the region’s outstanding and diverse range of quality produce.

“Andrew Fielke’s enthusiasm for regional and native food was infectious on the day and, combined with the delicious food and local Protereo wines from Adelaide Hills Wine Cellar at Lobethal, the response by guests was overwhelmingly positive,” says Ms Waterman.

“They particularly enjoyed discovering new ways to use our local produce and being able to take those ideas home for use in their own entertaining.

“The key ingredients used in the demonstrations are available for purchase on the day so that our guests can go home and recreate the dishes they have seen demonstrated and tasted at the Market Kitchen.”

In the News

Bird in Hand Qualifies for Wimbledon ... Again Strawberries & cream will be served at Bird in Hand’s Adelaide Hills Cellar Door as they celebrate Wimbledon fortnight. After a stunning debut performance at last year’s tournament, the popular Bird in Hand Pinot Noir Rosé will again be served at The Championships. “We had a fabulous response to our involvement in last year’s tournament,” said Bird in Hand’s Andrew Nugent. “It is very exciting that we will be there again.” The Adelaide Hills provide perfect growing conditions for the Pinot Noir grapes used to produce Bird in Hand’s Rosé. Minimal skin contact during fermentation gives the wine a wonderful dusky pink colour and fabulous lifted strawberry and cherry aromas.

Sustainability the key to the future

A farmer training course is taking land care to the next step to make sure Hills land is being used in a sustainable way.

The Australian Landcare Management (ALM) Group training course has worked so well it has been recognised with a State award and Mt Torrens farmer and ALM Group board director Bruce Munday could not be happier.

“We put a lot of care into developing a good training package,” Mr Munday said. The SA FarmBis Training Award reinforced the good work ALM Group had been doing according to Mr Munday.

He said the work of many people across four States was being recognised through the award for training excellence in Natural Resource Management.

ALM Group held workshops for local farmers last year and early this year, that aimed to help farmers be more environmentally responsible in their farm practices.

The now internationally recognised training system run by ALM Group stemmed from a group of volunteers who were interested in caring for the environment.

Mr Munday said the group had “done the relatively easy things, we wanted to look at the more challenging issues and try to position farmers so they can develop and advance from it”.

“The key achievement is that we have taken an internationally recognised environmental management system and made it practical and cost effective for Australian farmers without losing the important credibility and recognition factors,” Mr Munday said.

From The Courier July 2, 2008

Members and friends network night The next members and friends night will be held at the Heart of the Hills Market complex at the Lobethal Old Woollen Mill on Tuesday, July 22nd from 6-8pm. All Adelaide Hills Food members and friends are invited to warm up with “winter soup and mulled wine” while admiring the new Harroughby’s food store and Market Kitchen facilities at the Heart of the Hills Market. For more information contact Mary Fowler 0408-882 623 or email mfowler@adelaidehills.com.au

Hills farmers’ market update

Adelaide Hills Food plans to hold the first of its planned weekly food-only Hills produce farmers’ markets on Saturday, September 6th from 8am to 12pm. Minimal charge site fees apply to cover cost of promotion. For more information or to register your interest contact Mary Fowler 0408-882 623 or email mfowler@adelaidehills.com.au

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A consortium of Adelaide Hills organizations and community members invites you to an information session on the current status of the formation of a Farmers Market in the Adelaide Hills.

Various speakers will discuss the background, development and commitment already garnered.

Guest speaker, Janice Blair, will discuss her experience with the establishment of the highly successful Willunga Farmers market, from a regional economic & community building perspective.

At this information session we will be seeking interested parties to form an Incorporated Association for the purpose of establishing a Farmers Market in Mt Barker.

Time: 9.30 am – 11.00 am (with light morning tea served)
Day: Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Venue: Auchendarroch House, 17 Adelaide Rd, Mt Barker

AHF MEMBERS NOTICE Adelaide Hills Food members can update their website directory listing by going to: http://www.adelaidehillsfood.com.au/updates.php After being redirected to the database, members must sign in with their nominated email address and the Client ID which was supplied in an email sent to them on 24 February 2008. To have the above details re-sent, click here. A FRIENDLY REMINDER As with all Adelaide Hills Food promotional projects, only fully-paid up members will be included. To make a payment contact Adelaide Hills Food Accountant Andrew Beattie on 08 8388 7084.

Food-e-News

Keep you up to date with what's happening in the world of food in South Australia, interstate and overseas.
In the July edition of Food-e-News, the IDOs are set to deliver on distribution, New Food Forum is tackling the issues, Flavour SA workshops on promotion and HACCP, PIRSA is leading the way on value chains and Organic food opportunities in Dubai.

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EVENTS

CheeseFest 08

Saturday 20 October

The specialty cheese industry in Australia is booming with more than 90 specialty cheeses being produced here. And specialty cheese remains the highest value-added dairy product produced in the dairy industry.

Now in its third year, CheeseFest 08 will kick off on Saturday 20 October at The Penfolds Magill Estate Restaurant. This state of the art restaurant will be converted into a cheese judging arena.

Founder of CheeseFest, Adelaide Hills Food member and cheesemaker at Woodside Cheese Wrights Kris Lloyd, said she modeled the event on European cheese shows.

"I travel extensively looking at cheeses and attending cheese shows, CheeseFest is what I considered to be the best attributes of all the shows rolled into one,” she said.

This year’s event begins on Saturday, October 20, at The Penfolds Magill Estate Restaurant which will be converted into a cheese judging arena.

More than 120 cheesemakers from around Australia and New Zealand have been invited to compete this will mean the judges will be faced with more than 200 cheeses.

The judging is headed by Chief Judge, Derrick Casey who will lead his panel through lots of smelling, prodding and spiting - no different to wine tasting, the cheese is spit into a spittoon.

Strict guidelines for judging include no chatting among the judges, no perfume or other strong fragrances. It is recommended not to eat garlic or heavily spiced foods the night before or have coffee on the palate the morning of judging - even the soap in the bathrooms must be unscented.

CheeseFest has three judging panels. The official judges panel, the winemakers panel and the media panel. The cheese that is awarded Champion Cheese of Show, The Penfolds Magill Estate Restaurant Trophy, will be eligible to enter the 2009 Grand Dairy Awards.

The Gold medal and trophy winners will be announced at 12pm at the CheeseFest 08.

Wine tasting at Lobethal Bierhaus

3A Main Street, Lobethal

Come and taste some fantastic Adelaide Hills wines on the last Friday of each month at the Lobethal Bierhaus.
Tastings from 6pm to 7:30pm. Live entertainment by SoHo Groove a two piece group that provides live, chilled music performing songs by contemporary artists along with popular jazz and blues standards.

Lobethal Bierhaus is open for lunch and dinner Fridays & Saturdays from 12 Noon until 10pm and lunch on Sundays & Public Holidays from noon until 6pm. Bookings: (08) 8389 5570

Restaurant 08

Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney, from Monday 11th - Tuesday 12th August 2008.

Where chefs and restaurateurs source new products, services and the latest ideas and where industry people can attract members of a qualified buying audience.

This is your opportunity to have chefs, restaurant managers, restaurateurs and sommeliers use all five senses to experience your products and services.

Opportunities to do business with the industry start from $2,002.50 + GST [MORE]

World Food Exchange SA

21 - 25 September 2008

The inaugural World Food Exchange is a unique, must-attend event coming to South Australia in September - and you can be part of it.

The World Food Exchange will showcase South Australia’s world-class food and wine industries and accelerate its campaign to become a leading culinary tourism destination.
Listen to industry experts including Oldways President K. Dun Gifford, and US food and travel writer David Rosengarten, who will share their expertise with South Australia’s food and wine producers, restaurateurs and tourism operators.

Come along to get a taste of the world-class and ecologically sustainable seafood and aquaculture industries of the Eyre Peninsula. Be immersed in the food and wine culture of the Barossa. Take part in industry-targeted workshops offering you the chance to learn from expert panels. Examine the business opportunities offered in creating experiences for the culinary tourism market.

It's an event not to be missed.

For more information or to register, visit worldfoodexchange.com

Taste Festivals

In August 2008, Taste of Melbourne is serving up the finest chefs from a selection of the city’s most prestigious restaurants. Sydney will be hosting this exciting event in March 2009 in the beautiful outdoor setting of Centennial Park.

If you love food, then Taste Festivals are the perfect occasion to sample signature dishes freshly prepared by world-famous chefs whilst exploring specialist culinary delights, sampling fine beverages and enjoying a fabulous programme of music and entertainment.

To be the first to find out about the restaurant line up please sign up to the free Taste e-newsletter and we’ll also let you know as soon as the festival tickets are on sale, plus keep you up to date on all the Taste of Melbourne and Taste of Sydney news.

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Adelaide Food, Wine & Cooking Show 2009

Does your company want exposure to more than 20,000 consumers in just three days?

Now in its 5th year the Adelaide Food, Wine & Cooking Show has become a major SA event for food lovers and home entertainers.

The 2009 show will be packed with food products, beverages, cookware, cooking accessories, tabletop products, appliances and kitchens.

The event includes two Celebrity Cooking Stages and a Secondary School Culinary Challenge as well as regular exhibitors such as Liaise Marketing, CocaFarm, Edible Blooms, Taste of the Bush, Jadel Services and Newcastles Pudding Lady, just to name a few.

The show, which generally features 50 or more exhibitors, runs alongside the Sunday Mail Home Living Expo. Rates for the 2009 show are $145 per sqm for a site with booth, which includes walls, carpet, fascia sign and 1 x spotlight for a 3m x 3m site.

For more information phone 08 8177 1499 or download a form.

TO BOOK A STAND CALL ONE OF THE GOOD FOOD & WINE SHOW TEAM

Claire Back (03) 9261 4527 cback@divexhibitions.com.au
Katherine Campbell (03) 9261 4581 kcampbell@divexhibitions.com.au
Michelle Ryan (03) 9261 4531 mryan@divexhibitions.com.au

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