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Inverloch Food & Wine Fest - Saturday March 3 2012Spend a day on the stunning Inverloch foreshore enjoying Gippsland’s finest food, produce and wines at Inverloch Food and Wine Fest on Saturday March 3 2012. By Bass Coast - 14th February 2012 - Back to News Now in its seventh year, Inverloch Food and Wine Fest is a celebration of the unique food, wine, producers, winemakers and chefs of Inverloch and surrounding Gippsland.
Gather your friends, bring a picnic rug, pick up your tasting glass and stroll amongst the incredible array of stalls showcasing the tastes, textures and talents of Gippsland. The emphasis in on the delicious ‘paddock to plate’ and ‘grape to glass’ experience of Gippsland.
Local musicians provide the backdrop to this popular day that also features interviews by celebrity MC, Caterina Borsato ‘on the couch’ with local winemakers, producers and foodies along with cooking demonstrations by inspired Gippsland chefs.
The festival will also showcase the people everyone is talking about in Gippsland’s food and wine scene. Like Elenore Biro from Djinta Djinta Winery whose award-winning wines are produced in the idyllic Gippsland hills.
Executive Chef Graeme Heenan from one of Gippsland’s star foodie establishments, Archies on the Creek, which recently won an Australian Good Food and Wine Guide ‘Hat Award’ will attend the festival and entertain the crowds with a cooking demonstration in the festival’s open-air kitchen.
Another exciting addition is the combination of Sean Marshal, Senior Sous Chef PM24 Philippe Mouchel, Melbourne and Sahrizal Bin Zarinan, Head chef at the Australia Club fine dinning restaurant de cuisine. Sean & Sahrizal trained as apprentices in Inverloch under the direction of owner Brent Davis of Café Tsunami’s. The pair will prepare inspired dishes using the finest Gippsland produce.
Other Gippsland delights include sampling award-winning Berry’s Creek cheeses (Barry and his team just won ‘Best Australian Cheese in the World’ for their Mossvale Blue) and enjoying freshly cooked trout with a bush food influence from the Rhyll Trout & Bush Tucker Farm on nearby Phillip Island which recently took out a Major Victorian Tourism Award.
Enjoy the spectacle of cooking demonstrations, savour delectable chocolates, sample local cheeses and seafood, taste superb boutique wines and much more throughout the day.
Aligned with the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, Inverloch Food & Wine Fest is now the region’s largest food and wine event.
The grassy, natural amphitheatre of The Glade, right next to the blue waters of Anderson Inlet in the seaside village of Inverloch is the perfect setting for this memorable day of sublime food and wine. Make a weekend of it in the seaside village of Inverloch, which offers stunning beaches, great restaurants, funky cafes and shops and a range of quality accommodation.
Saturday March 3, 2012 11am-5pm
Adults $5 – tasting glass $10 Kids – free
Tickets on sale at www.visitbasscoast.com and at the gate on the day
Contact Us____________________
Festival Contact:
Kate Edwards
Inverloch Food and Wine Fest
P.O. Box 96, Inverloch Victoria 3996
Call 0438 535 166
Email kate.m.edwards@bigpond.com
www.visitinverloch.org
Fax – 03 56742695
Media Contact, Famils etc:
Sally O’Neill
Call 0408 101 976
sally.oneill@bigpond.com
Source: www.gippsland.com Published by: news@gippsland.com
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