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- 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.
Showing posts with label Fruit bottling workshop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fruit bottling workshop. Show all posts
Monday, October 17, 2011
After nearly a year Steve Hogwood has decided to move his Preserving Workshops to Sydney. Sad news for us. However he has agreed to run workshops for FoodPath in the Highlands if we have a corporate or a group booking - minimum 12 people.
Our workshop next Sun 23 Oct is to be our last - so if you have been meaning to come, this is your chance! A Pickling Workshop from 10am - 1pm. Will be fun. Let us know if you want to book?
www.foodpath.com.au
Our workshop next Sun 23 Oct is to be our last - so if you have been meaning to come, this is your chance! A Pickling Workshop from 10am - 1pm. Will be fun. Let us know if you want to book?
www.foodpath.com.au
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Today we had another Fruit Bottling Workshop with Steve Hogwood from the 1910 Bottling Company and again everyone had a ball. The feedback was excellent! Some want to come back for more!
Steve has a range of topics he can teach - preserving lemons, pickle making, etc. Today they bottled tomatoes. It was nice to see everyone roll up their sleeves and get to work and have fun doing it.
The people in the group to-day came from far and wide - Huskisson, Falls Creek near Nowra, Currajong in the Blue Mtns, Sydney and on local - and you should have heard the chatter! They got on very well.
There is a real move back towards learning the old traditional skills and adapting them to or current times. Steve was full of information and all comments were extremely positive.
We are looking forward to the next one - on Sat 30 July, 10am - 1.30pm. Contact us from the website if you would like to come.
Steve has a range of topics he can teach - preserving lemons, pickle making, etc. Today they bottled tomatoes. It was nice to see everyone roll up their sleeves and get to work and have fun doing it.
The people in the group to-day came from far and wide - Huskisson, Falls Creek near Nowra, Currajong in the Blue Mtns, Sydney and on local - and you should have heard the chatter! They got on very well.
There is a real move back towards learning the old traditional skills and adapting them to or current times. Steve was full of information and all comments were extremely positive.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Just coming up for air after an amazing few days! Sydney Weekender on Saturday included a FoodPath workshop with Stephen Hogwood from the 1910 Bottling Company. Steve is passionate about bottling only organic fruit that he sources locally wherever possible.
The enquiries from the FoodPath website have been coming thick and fast - which is very exciting. There has been great interest in all of our workshops - fruit bottling, cheese appreciation and wine education!
It is always great to have the opportunity to showcase the Southern Highlands and Mike Whitney certainly made it fun! He loves his job and it shows. He said he never knows where he is going to be sent next week so there is always the element of the unexpected.
The girls in the fruit bottling class enjoyed themselves. Lunch was provided by DeliSH, a new business in the Highlands that makes hampers for visitors and locals.
Mary and Tony from Howards Lane were able to show off their beautiful vineyard outside Mittagong - even though they were in NZ on holidays! We like to use their tasting room for our workshops. It is a stand alone timber building with verandah and a wonderful view over the vineyard. In the late afternoon the kangaroos come down out of the bush to graze.
We are very grateful to Xante at Sydney Weekender for offering us the opportunity to demonstrate our workshops and spread the word about FoodPath to their extensive audience.
The classes are filling up so contact us quickly if you want to come!
The enquiries from the FoodPath website have been coming thick and fast - which is very exciting. There has been great interest in all of our workshops - fruit bottling, cheese appreciation and wine education!
It is always great to have the opportunity to showcase the Southern Highlands and Mike Whitney certainly made it fun! He loves his job and it shows. He said he never knows where he is going to be sent next week so there is always the element of the unexpected.
The girls in the fruit bottling class enjoyed themselves. Lunch was provided by DeliSH, a new business in the Highlands that makes hampers for visitors and locals.
Mary and Tony from Howards Lane were able to show off their beautiful vineyard outside Mittagong - even though they were in NZ on holidays! We like to use their tasting room for our workshops. It is a stand alone timber building with verandah and a wonderful view over the vineyard. In the late afternoon the kangaroos come down out of the bush to graze.
We are very grateful to Xante at Sydney Weekender for offering us the opportunity to demonstrate our workshops and spread the word about FoodPath to their extensive audience.
The classes are filling up so contact us quickly if you want to come!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
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| Wombat Hollow is a converted woolshed full of character |
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| Steve running an interesting fruit bottling workshop |
Steve ran a very interesting interactive workshop on fruit bottling. Lots of questions, lots of interest.
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| Charlie Brown "hands on" preparing fruit for bottling |
Delicious scones for morning tea taken by the fire. Lunch was a long table affair where we enjoyed smoked duck salad, followed by quince tarts - yum!
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| Smoked duck salad for lunch |
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| Always nice to join with others for a long table lunch |
Then on to Small Cow Farm for yet another very interesting cheese tasting workshop with Mark and Lesley our local awarded artisan cheese makers. The 4 year old cheddar from Dexter milk was my favourite. See the photo of the small Dexter cows - hence the name Small Cow Farm.
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| Dexter cows at Small Cow Farm |
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