Belinda Jeffery says education is the key to regional sustainability
November 25, 2011
Educating consumers to buy fresh, seasonal foods is one of the keys to reducing food miles, according to former restaurant owner, television presenter and acclaimed cookbook author Belinda Jeffery.
Ms Jeffery will be a keynote speaker at the Australasian Regional Food Cultures and Networks Conference on November 29 and 30 at Kingscliff’s Peppers Resort, which is organised by Southern Cross University’s School of Tourism and Hospitality Management.
Sample Food Festival a delight
September 14, 2011
The inaugural Sample Food Festival, held on September 10 at the Bangalow Showground, was enormously popular with over 10,000 people attending throughout the day.
“We were thrilled with the crowd,” said festival organiser Remy Tancred. “There were of course locals from across the Northern Rivers and I also met many visitors down from the Gold Coast and Brisbane throughout the day.”
Bangalow restaurant Satiate among Australia’s best
August 25, 2011
Satiate in Bangalow has been named one of the leading regional restaurants in NSW for 2012 by the Australian Gourmet Traveller in the prestigious 2012 Australian Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide Awards held last night.
Member for Ballina Don Page congratulated Satiate, saying it was a tremendous achievement to be recognised by Australian Gourmet Traveller, one of Australia’s premier travel, food and dining magazines.
“Satiate has an outstanding reputation locally. The restaurant is also a valuable drawcard for visitors to our region, and being named in these awards adds further prestige to their already outstanding reputation,” Mr Page said.
Minister for Tourism, Hospitality, and Racing and the Arts, George Souris, said 46 of the top 100 restaurants in this year’s awards were won by NSW restaurants.
Joanna Savill thrills crowd with food trends talk
August 24, 2011
Co-editor of the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide and director of the upcoming Crave Sydney International Food Festival (October 1-31), Joanna Savill, talked food trends at The Byron at Byron Resort last Thursday night, 18th August.
Joanna spoke of the contradictions between our food-mad society and the growth in childhood obesity, the world-wide trends toward more environmentally and socially aware cooking and the growing use of indigenous and native ingredients.
Sample Food Festival showcases our best
August 13, 2011
The Sample Food Festival, being held on September 10 at the Bangalow Showground, has been so popular that all restaurant marquees and stalls have sold out.
The line-up of performers for the festival has just been released. Non-stop live entertainment will fill the air at the Bangalow Showground with Kurtis, Kato and Wolf, Eliza McLeod, Ilona Harker and Tres Hombres gracing the entertainment ring.
Joanna Savill to speak at Byron at Byron Presents series
July 13, 2011
What’s hot right now in the world of food? What’s it like to eat at the world’s best restaurant? And are we all becoming passionate home cooks thanks to MasterChef – or turning into even bigger couch potatoes?
Much-loved food authority Joanna Savill will visit Byron Bay next month to deliver a talk Food Trends From Around the World, drawing on her wide experience as a food journalist, broadcaster and Director of the Crave Sydney International Food Festival. Joanna follows Victoria Cosford, Bettina Arndt and David Clark in the sell-out Byron at Byron Presents series.
Co-editor of the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide and respected authority on Australia’s cultural and culinary diversity, Joanna is one of Australia’s most widely respected food personalities.
She has been writing about food since the early 1990s and has contributed to most major food publications in Australia, including The Sydney Morning Herald’s Good Living section, Australian Gourmet Traveller¸ Vogue Entertaining + Travel, Travel + Leisure, Australian Good Taste as well as, internationally, The Financial Times Weekend and The Asian Wall Street Journal magazines.
In her many years with SBS Television she co-authored 10 SBS Eating Guides to eating out and food shopping in 50 different nationalities, and co-created and presented the highly-acclaimed TV show The Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia, still showing in more than 20 countries.
Sample Food Festival in full swing
June 30, 2011
The new food festival for the North Coast – Sample Food Festival – is in full swing, with only a few remaining stalls and marquees for the daytime festival and more than half the tickets already sold for the Sample Gala Dinner.
“The response has been heartwarming,” said Remy Tancred, festival organiser.
“We had a minor setback with a change of venue, but now it’s all systems go.”
Organisers have relocated the festival to Bangalow Showgrounds. The Gala Dinner will be held at the Byron at Byron Resort.
New food festival to be held in Byron Bay
June 7, 2011
The new North Coast Food Festival, “Sample – A taste of Northern NSW”, was launched on Monday, 6th June.
Eight of the region’s top Chefs gathered at North Byron Events at North Beach, where the festival will be held on September 10 this year.
Dinner with six top winemakers (Not your usual wine dinner)
April 30, 2011
Six of the country’s top wine makers are on a surfing road trip and they’re heading this way.
Known as “The New Generation Hunter Valley”, the fellas, who are said to represent the new breed of wine maker, are surfing their way up the east coast and stopping off to demonstrate the sexiness of Hunter Valley Wines, semillon and shiraz in particular.
Besides getting in as much surfing as they can, the young guns will preside over tastings and dinners in nine select locations from Melbourne to Noosa.
“Not Your Usual Caravan of Courage” is the name given to the expedition, which involves David Hook (David Hook Wines), Andrew Thomas (Thomas Wines), Rhys Eather (Meerea Park), Nick Paterson (Mistletoe Wines), Mike De Iuliis (De Iuliis Wines) and Andrew Margan (Margan Family Wines).
Byron at Byron hosts Vogue Living Champagne Dinner
November 3, 2010
Last Friday night 29 October the annual Vogue Living Champagne Dinner was held at The Byron at Byron Resort and Spa.
Current Chef of the Year (SMH Good Food Guide) and one of Australia’s finest three-hatted chefs, Mark Best of Sydney’s Marque Restaurant, brought his culinary genius to the Northern Rivers. Mark’s exquisite five-course meal was matched with five of the world’s finest champagnes from the Champagne region in France.
Ninety guests were in attendance, including Gerry Harvey, Katie Page, David Clark, Editor of Vogue Living and Shannon Debreceny of Bangalow’s hatted restaurant Satiate.
Highlights of the meal were the Port Stephens oysters with sake and grilled sea foam and the local spanner crab with almond gazpacho, almond jelly, sweet corn and avruga.
PICTURES: Caroline Walsh from Vogue Living, Mark Best and Lyn and John Parche.
David Clark, editor of Vogue Living, with Katie Page and Gerry Harvey.
Mark Best (left) and Byron at Byron head chef Gavin Hughes.
