Join Jill and Nick as they take you behind the scenes to see where your food actually comes from!

The month of March will have a range of food and wine activities across the Southern Highlands and is definitely a good time to visit the area. We have been busy over the holiday period planning our FoodPath involvement. If you are on our mailing list you will be aware that we have many things registered -

• Food and Wine Tours
• Jam Making Workshop 
• Bread Making, Wine and Artisan Cheese Tasting 
• Hazelnut Picking
• Chestnut Picking, and 
• A Paddock to Plate  Farm tour and Dinner at Biota Dining, our 2 hatted restaurant in Bowral. 

Looking forward to another leisurely day at Biota in Bowral on Celebration Sunday, 29 Sept 2013. Join the Market Tour first in the restaurant garden followed by a 3 course lunch of tasting platters at the FoodPath table.
Did you know that Biota Dining not only achieved two hats in the SMH Good Food Guide this month, but was also awarded Best Regional Restaurant and Best Regional Wine List.... fantastic!

Great value at $20 pp for the Market Tour and $65 pp for lunch.
A nice way to spend a Sunday?
Let us know if you would like to join us.
www.foodpath.com.au m: 0419 617 021 e: info@foodpath.com.au

It is very exciting that the busy weeks are getting closer and more frequent - we must be doing something right!

• Had a corporate group last Sat 17 Aug for a Winery Tour and Lunch 
• A Truffle Tour at Robertson on Sun 18 Aug with 30 people!! 
• During the week we had a group of 21 Yr 9 Ag students from Sydney plus 2 teachers for two days of Farm Tours. 

I enjoyed them all - the variety is good and we are able to visit different venues to suit different groups.

• On Fri we did a presentation to a group of visiting corporate representatives at Craigieburn, who have been very supportive of us. Developing some new team building options for that market. And finally 
• Today we had 5 people for a Market Tour at Biota and 12 for lunch. A full day but a nice way to spend the last Sun of the month.

We have a few spaces available this month for Celebration Sunday at Biota Dining due to a cancellation.
This is a popular day - with some people coming back again and again.
A nice way to spend the last Sunday of the month meeting our wonderful local food producers at the market in the restaurant garden in the morning, followed by a delicious 3 course lunch of shared platters at our FoodPath communal table.
If you would like to join us contact us - www.foodpath.com.au, info@foodpath.com.au or m: 0419 617 021

Or - make a weekend of it and come on our Truffle Tour on Sat 27 July as well!

Thank you for a fabulous day! Interesting stall holders, wonderful food and great company. Thanks (Dell, Mittagong)

A note to thank you for a really enjoyable day. It was all we expected and more. We would love to come back in the Springtime, so keep us in the loop please. Very nice people around the table, such a lovely way to spend a Sunday. (Chris, Mittagong)

Our gift vouchers are proving popular this year as Christmas presents.
No doubt about it more and more people are giving an experience as a present and what a good idea!
I know that I love it when my daughter does that - so far we have had a Whale Watching Trip, a food tour in Sydney and lunch at The Pavilion Restaurant. Loved them all.

Over the weekend we have had a request for a gift voucher to a Pickling Class and another for two gift vouchers to our Market Tour and Lunch at Celebration Sunday at Biota today. Curiously both included Christmas presents for men who are interested in food...

We have other Gift Vouchers for a range of activities - something to suit every budget.

For example our

• Food Lovers Walking Tour in Bowral - $55 per person
• Privately Hosted Tour - $75 for 3hrs (includes coffee) or $135 for a day (includes lunch)
• Market Tour where you meet the local producers and taste their products - $30 pp
• Fruit Bottling - 3 hr class plus lunch - $95
• Market to table tour - Market Tour, Cooking Class & Lunch - $185

Celebration Sunday on again this weekend and a couple of spaces left on our FoodPath table. Next month is full and then Biota is having a break over summer - no Celebration Sunday in Dec or Jan 2013. So... if you want to come give us a call or contact us from the website. You are very welcome.

Venue: Biota Dining, Kangaloon Rd, Bowral
Date: Sun 28 Oct 2012
Time: 10.30 Market Tour in the garden and 12.30 lunch in the restaurant on our FoodPath table.
Price: $55 pp for a 3 course lunch of tasting platters, glass SH wine, tea/coffee.
To book: Contact us from the website www.foodpath.com.au, email info@foodpath.com.au or ring 0419 617 021

Tomorrow is Celebration Sunday at Biota Dining, one of our special restaurants in the Southern Highlands.
This falls on the last Sunday of the month and we come together to celebrate our local produce. We visit a great little Produce Market in the restaurant garden then share lunch together at a long table in the restaurant.

FoodPath is fortunate to have a communal table at the restaurant where you can join us and enjoy the company of like minded people - while we enjoy a 3 course lunch of tasting platters including local produce in season. For example Redleaf farm at Fitzroy Falls provides the suckling pig that is spit roasted for lunch.

This is proving very popular with our FoodPath customers with several people coming back again and again. we are taking bookings as far ahead as November - so let us know if you would like to join us? We are now limiting our numbers to 14 to offer a more personal experience.
Date: Last Sunday of the month
Time: 10.30 Market Tour in the garden
Price: $55 adults, $28 children
Contact us from www.foodpath.com.au to book

Wow, what a big day at Biota Dining in Bowral today for Celebration Sunday.
There were five new stalls at the Produce Market in the restaurant garden which is growing each month. These included truffles from Marulan, beef from Sutton Forest, horseradish and chilli products from Goulburn, fine food from Moss Vale and jams from Harrington Park - all fabulous.

This is probably the last market this season that we will see the Highland Gourmet Potatoes from Wildes Meadow and delicious Filbert Farm hazelnuts from Werai. We will have to wait patiently for them to come again next season. It makes you appreciate them all the more when they are not available all the time. Don't you agree?

We had a huge group on the FoodPath long table for lunch today - twenty two, our largest to date! All went well and everyone enjoyed themselves; and the food was delicious again.
However, we think we will limit numbers in future so the group is more manageable and everyone can meet and greet as they would like to. We are not really about large groups - more about friendly intimate experiences :)
So - we already have bookings coming in for next month Sun 26 Aug, so if you want to join us please don't delay in case you miss out. Contact us from the website to book www.foodpath.com.au.
Price: $55 Time: 10.30 Market Tour, 12.30 lunch.

Well we had a great day today at Biota Dining - thanks guys for looking after us so well!
The market in the garden was bigger and better than ever and had some new producers -

• Top 40 Orchard from Wollondilly
• Maytree Wines from Canyonleigh
• Highland Organics cheese from Moss Vale
• BD Bakery with their huge range of breads and 
• Wollondilly Farmgate with a range of products

All good stuff and so fresh!
The regulars who were there included:

• Apple Thief Cider with Granny Smith and Pink Lady Cider and their Pear Cider
• Reg and Lauren from Filbert Farm with raw and roasted hazelnuts from Werai
• Norman and Robyn with a huge range of potatoes from Wildes Meadow
• Michael McNamara from Pecora Dairy on Jamberoo Pass with sheep's milk cheese
• Bruce Hindmarsh from Canyonleigh with olive products 
• Joe from the Hospital Shoppe in Bowral with a range of home made jams and cakes
• Veronica from Flour Water Salt with their great bread
• Katrina from Redleaf Farm with free range lamb from Fitzroy Falls. Katrina also supplies the free range suckling pigs for the spit that are served with lunch
• Fresh lemonade from Lola and her Mum, and more!

This month Biota were selling a delicious parfait of chicken livers in a glass jar and pork rolls that looked yummy. We bought some parfait to take home.

 After the market we headed inside to join our group of ten at the FoodPath table.
The lunch was delicious again! Several platters of different dishes that were shared. I will let the photos speak for themselves.
If you are interested in joining us at Biota next month just let us know and we will send you a booking form.
Date: Sun 29 July
Time: 10.30 for a tour of the market and 12.30 for lunch
Price: $55
To book: Contact us from www.foodpath.com.au or email info@foodpath.com.au