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

We were very happy to provide two FoodPath activities for Peppers Manor House as part of their Food Trail package on the Australia Day weekend. Daniel James, Head Chef at Katers Restaurant at Peppers Manor House is a strong supporter of local produce, sourcing it as much as he can and identifying it on the menu. We provided a tour of the Bowral Market for a group of 24 in the morning and in the afternoon put on a Gelato Workshop with Luigi De Luca and his daughter Virginia from Cremeria de Luca in Five Dock. It was a fun day and we enjoyed it very much.

We joined the group for a three course long table Lunch at Katers Restaurant which was delicious.

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GIFT VOUCHERS are available for a range of FoodPath products.


Options include -
Market Tour (Bowral or Biota market) - $30
Food Lovers' Walking Tour in Bowral - $55
Jam Making Class and Light Lunch - $95
Mystery Tour (2 people) - half day - $85pp
Mystery Tour (2 people) - full day - $150pp

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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 recently had a couple along on our table at Celebration Sunday at Biota who had received it as a gift from a friend. They were "farm sitting" sitting while she went overseas.
Apparently they loved it because I received the nicest message today from the friend -

"Jill, I've just gotten back from my trip and can't thank you enough for looking after my friends so well. It was the highlight of their stay, they said it was so well run and everyone was very friendly. It was their "best dining experience ever".  They enjoyed it so much that Ann is planning to come back and do the same Tour with her mother, I am hoping to tag along with them too! Thanks again - wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone else".

It is feedback like this that makes it all worthwhile - thanks Dru.

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

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

Today we had another Market to Table Tour. We normally have these on the 2nd Sat of the month. We start with a tour of the market in Bowral where Jill talks about each local producer and takes you to meet them. Patricia buys the ingredients for the lunch. Then we moved on to the Fitzroy Inn for a cooking class and lunch.
Today there was a new stallholder with smoked meats from Camden way. Very good.
Pecora Dairy - a very new ewe's milk cheese maker was represented by The Cheese Store who have a shop but also take a stall at the market because it is so popular!

What a great bunch of people in our tour group today - 4 members of one family - a Italian mother with a daughter and 2 daughters-in-law! Two friends who came together. One solo male whose wife joined us for lunch. He had been given the tour by his children, what a nice gesture! A happy and enthusiastic bunch.
Patricia chose Moroccan as the theme for lunch today and the menu was:

• Lamb Kefta with Yoghurt sauce
• Chicken Lemon and Fennel Tagine
• Apple, Fig and Walnut Pastries