- Jill Dyson,
- Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia
- Click on the link to read Jill's latest blog post. Jill has been running FoodPath in the Southern Highlands of NSW with her partner Nick since April 2010. They have grown the business to a level where they now include a range of activities including tours, workshops and collaboration with others (cooking schools, wineries, etc). During the past 10 years Jill and Nick have got to know the local producers and continue to promote and support these local small businesses. They have organised and run many food related activities including taste education workshops and producer visits. It was after they organised a successful tour for a group of chefs from some of the best restaurants in Sydney that they realised they could turn their interest into a business - and this led to the setting up of FoodPath - Culinary Tours with a Difference. Now Jill and Nick are working closely with Southern Highlands Tourism and Wingecarribee Council to help raise the profile of their area as a food destination where everyone will benefit - tourists, local consumers and the producers themselves.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Well we are exhausted now - two FoodPath events in two days!
Yesterday we had the Mushroom Tunnel Tour (see separate posting) and today we had our first corporate event - a team "bonding" event I guess you could call it.
A group of 10 who worked in a State Govt Dept came down from Sydney for a day out from their work.
FoodPath put on a Fruit Bottling Workshop for them with Steve Hogwood, who has a new business called The 1910 Bottling Company.
The venue was the old kitchen in Hopewood Country House event building.
Steve spoke about the history of bottling fruit as a preserving method and how this has changed over time.
We had tastings and he had some bottles of his wonderful fruit available for sale.
I am sure the group enjoyed it - we did!
Hopewood provided a beautiful setting and stunning garden. The group had time for a wander through the garden before they set of for a nice lunch at Milton Park.
I am generating a list of options for corporate groups so please, tell your friends?
Yesterday we had the Mushroom Tunnel Tour (see separate posting) and today we had our first corporate event - a team "bonding" event I guess you could call it.
A group of 10 who worked in a State Govt Dept came down from Sydney for a day out from their work.
FoodPath put on a Fruit Bottling Workshop for them with Steve Hogwood, who has a new business called The 1910 Bottling Company.
The venue was the old kitchen in Hopewood Country House event building.
We had tastings and he had some bottles of his wonderful fruit available for sale.
I am sure the group enjoyed it - we did!
I am generating a list of options for corporate groups so please, tell your friends?
