Taste of Melbourne 2012: opening night

Disclosure: I attended the opening night event preview courtesy of Taste of Melbourne. Taste of Melbourne is back over the next few days, and tonight I attended a preview of the event with a group of other bloggers. Over several hours, we were shown a little of what’s happening and available this year. The biggest [...]

Electrolux Cooking School: Peter Gilmore masterclass

Disclosure: I attended the class courtesy of Electrolux. If you want to cook like a master, you have to learn from a master, right? Naturally I jumped at the opportunity to attend a masterclass hosted by Chef Peter Gilmore. That’s right. THE Peter Gilmore from Quay in Sydney and one of Australia’s best chefs. Yeaaaaah. [...]

Appetite for excellence: Whet your appetite

Disclosure: I attended courtesy of Electrolux Appetite for Excellence. Electrolux Appetite for Excellence is a national awards program held annually that celebrates the best young chefs, waiters and restaurateurs. The other week I was invited to a dinner – Whet Your Appetite – where the Victorian finalists worked together to create a meal. Participants for [...]

Jazz Apple masterclass with Fast Ed

Disclosure: I attended the class courtesy of Jazz Apples and also received apples to sample. How do you like them apples? My general preference is for the sour Granny Smiths, but when I feel like a sweeter apple, my general red apple of choice is the pink lady. That is, until earlier this year when [...]

Sweets preview at the Immigration Museum + a competition

Disclosure: Alastair and I ended the Sweets Festival preview courtesy of the Immigration Museum. Do you have a sweet tooth? My sugar loving friends, this post is for you. (And see the end of this post for a giveaway.) This week I was invited to the Immigration Museum for a preview of one of their [...]

Taste of Melbourne 2011: opening night

Disclosure: Alastair and I received an entry pass courtesy of Hothouse Media and Taste of Melbourne. We paid for our own crowns. Is anyone heading to Taste of Melbourne this weekend? Just like last year, Alastair, Bro and I stopped by the gorgeous Royal Exhibition Building on the opening night to check it out.

Taste of Melbourne 2011

Taste of Melbourne is back again next week at the Royal Exhibition Building – check out my post from last year. At Taste of Melbourne you can create your own little degustation by purchasing small dishes from participating restaurants, as well as try out food and drink samples from the various stalls dotted around the [...]

Taste of Melbourne 2010

I won tickets to go to Taste of Melbourne from My Food Trail, and I used them to attend tonight’s session at the Royal Exhibition building. Isn’t the Royal Exhibition building gorgeous? I love this building! Naturally, I planned what we were going to eat well before I arrived. Here’s what we ate!

Pizza Pie

It’s time for another global food party – last time we made gnocchi and this time we’re doing pizza pie! Waka, waka, waka Now I know that pizza pie can refer to just a regular pizza, but I really wanted to do a PIZZA PIE. So I have two offerings to bring to the party. [...]

Melbourne Food & Wine Festival: Heat Beads Hawkers’ Market

The Melbourne Food & Wine Festival is over for another year. I only went to two events this year, and the first was the very popular Heat Beads Hawkers’ Market held at the Queen Victoria Market. Held on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night, there were two sessions on each evening. We attended the later [...]

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