Appliances Online 8th Birthday: cake decorating class

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Disclosure: I attended the event courtesy of Appliances Online.

Why have cake that looks like a cake when you can have a cake that looks like a blender? How cool is this?

(Also, how many times can I say cake in a sentence? Cake cake cake cake cake.)

The other week I attended a cake decorating class at Let Them Eat Cake to help celebrate Appliances Online’s 8th birthday. You might be wondering what cake has to do with appliances – well, AO have launched a cake decorating competition to find their official birthday cake. Entrants have to create an appliance themed cake and can win one of eight Sunbeam food processors (see end of this post for details).

Do you want to see the process behind this blender cake? Of course you do. 😀

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Dinner with Guillaume Brahimi and Chris Morrison

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Who likes champagne and French food? Hands up.

(My hand is up.)

There’s a dinner being held next Monday 25 November at Bistro Guillaume. It’s one of Good Food Month’s highlight events and is four courses matched with champagne. Oooh weeee.

Have a look at the menu:

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Taste of Melbourne 2013

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Disclosure: Alastair and I received entry courtesy of Taste of Melbourne and Hothouse Media. We purchased our own crowns.

Taste of Melbourne has returned for another year, and like last year it’s at Pelican Lawn in Albert Park Lake. Alastair and I headed down for a couple of hours tonight to check it out.

As for all previous Taste of Melbournes, you have to buy Crowns as your currency to spend at the event. $1 = 1 Crown. One thing is different this year – they’ve done away with the paper vouchers and you now get a rechargeable card. We found most places told us the balance remaining on our card whenever we bought something, which helped me keep track of how much we were spending.

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Jazz Apple Masterclass

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Disclosure: I attended the Jazz apple masterclass courtesy of Jazz Apples and Media Moguls.

I’ve said previously that there’s only three kinds of apples I like. My preference goes: Granny Smiths, Jazz apples, Pink ladies.

Now I wish that Jazz apples were sponsoring me to say this (and you know I’d disclose if it were true) but I actually do buy them and they are my second favourite apple.

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Bosch Masterclass with Chef Ian Curley

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Disclosure: I attended the Masterclass courtesy of Bosch.

A few weeks ago I visited the Bosch Experience Centre for a masterclass with Chef Ian Curley, executive chef of The European.

You can actually visit the Bosch Experience Centre and have a guided tour for a closer look at their appliances – though unfortunately you won’t have a chef cooking you dinner there like we did. 🙂

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Appetite for excellence: Whet your appetite

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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 the dinner were:

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Jazz Apple masterclass with Fast Ed

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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 I first tried a Jazz apple. These apples are sweet and super crunchy – they’re really a very enjoyable apple.

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