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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.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Last Sat we hosted a journalist from Sydney who was interested in meeting local producers.
It was fortunate that this coincided with our first Farmers Markets tour in Bowral (2nd Sat) because this was a perfect opportunity to see many local producers in the one spot.
Ben really enjoyed it and wanted to linger longer but we had a tight schedule so had to move him on.
During the time at the market we met:
- A raspberry farmer
- A fruit bottling guru
- A couple selling mushrooms from the famous mushroom tunnel
- An olive farmer
- Some jam and chutney makers
- A dried fruit and fruit leather maker and
- A couple who produce a new prize winning Hand Made Slow Cooked barbeque sauce.
Time for a leisurely coffee half way through under the trees.
The Bowral Farmers Market is small and an attractive location much loved by the locals who come out in droves.
Producers can vary from market to market and there are also many producers from outside the area -
eg free range pork, saltbush lamb, honey, bread, cheeses, traditional sausages, vegetables, wine, tea, Maltese cakes etc.
Come and join us some time - it really was fun!
Go to the website www.foodpath.com.au for bookings or email jill@foodpath.com.au.
