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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, 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!
