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Noosa Food & Wine Festival

The Noosa International Food & Wine Festival is on from the 16th – 19th May 2013. This is an event that I have attended in 2011. I was the lucky winner in a competition to “Cook with Matt Preston”. As I said to my sister, trust me to win a competition where you have to work!!! But what an experience it was. Obviously I got to meet the man himself and got an event apron signed for me and a Junior MasterChef cookbook for my son, which he loves. I then helped plate up several hundred serves of the dish created by Matt Preston for the Food Critics Challenge. Unfortunately he did not win that year, but I had a Read more


Melbourne Food and Wine Festival

The next big event on the Foodie Event Calendar, is The Melbourne Food & Wine Festival…. 1st – 17th March 2013 A 17 day celebration of food & wine over 3 weekends. This is definitely an event with something for everyone. From the Masterclass series at the Langham, to The Garden Pizzeria family event where you can create a pizza from the fresh produce and cook it in a woodfired oven. There are events all around Melbourne and in Regional areas such as Wodonga and Dandenong. So it is a great time to visit these regions. This is an event that I definitely hope to attend in the future. I will just have to decide if it’s a girly foodie Read more


Taste Of Sydney 2013

For those of us unable to make it to the Melbourne food and Wine Festival in March, maybe the Taste of Sydney 2013 is an option. From the 14th – 17th March 2012, Centennial Park will become a foodies mecca… Chefs from 20 of Sydney’s top restaurants will prepare tapas size dishes for you to enjoy and wine, beer and cocktail producers will be on hand to complete the picture. There will also be a line-up of innovative and interactive programmes on cooking, eating and drinking. This unique collaboration of Sydney’s finest eateries, chefs and producers makes Taste of Sydney the must attend event on Sydney’s food and social calendar.  For more information about this event go to The Taste Read more