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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 cheese appreciation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cheese appreciation. Show all posts
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Another very successful Cheese Appreciation Workshop today this time held in a beautiful setting at Sturt, Mittagong.
The group was mixed with members from Coffs Harbour, Sydney, Yass, Berry, Kangaroo Valley and the remainder from the Southern Highlands. Three women had come from various directions to have a weekend together as a school reunion - and they came to TWO of our activities over the weekend! What a great idea and good for us too :). Another four were friends from the South Coast.
We focused on local cheese makers again because that has a special appeal to visitors to the area. We were able to source 11 cheeses this time from 3 cheese makers - 2 cow's milk and 1 ewe's milk. One cheese was even infused with truffles from Braidwood - how special is that!!
Nick shared his vast knowledge of cheese generally and these cheeses in particular and the feedback from the group was excellent! (See our commendations page on the website)
We will be scheduling another workshop in November. Unfortunately October is fully booked with other FoodPath tours and activities.
The group was mixed with members from Coffs Harbour, Sydney, Yass, Berry, Kangaroo Valley and the remainder from the Southern Highlands. Three women had come from various directions to have a weekend together as a school reunion - and they came to TWO of our activities over the weekend! What a great idea and good for us too :). Another four were friends from the South Coast.
We focused on local cheese makers again because that has a special appeal to visitors to the area. We were able to source 11 cheeses this time from 3 cheese makers - 2 cow's milk and 1 ewe's milk. One cheese was even infused with truffles from Braidwood - how special is that!!
Nick shared his vast knowledge of cheese generally and these cheeses in particular and the feedback from the group was excellent! (See our commendations page on the website)
We will be scheduling another workshop in November. Unfortunately October is fully booked with other FoodPath tours and activities.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Wow, we had fun this morning at Howards Lane vineyard tasting 11 cheeses and learning how to be a "discerning consumer". We had a great group who were all keen to learn and the setting at Howards Lane is stunning - especially on a beautiful day as it was today.
Nick shared his passion for cheese and his extensive knowledge in a friendly and relaxed environment.
One comment was "This session has changed my cheese appreciation and eating thereof. You have given us a pleasant and informative session. Thank you." (Jenny) Another was "An excellent warm presentation with a great balance of general and specific information". (Steve) "The mixed company made the session lots of fun and interesting". "Great to get local knowledge about produce".
How good is that!
This is what Nick aims to achieve and it is very gratifying when you get such great feedback.
Today we tasted cheese from three different local cheese makers - Highland Organics at Moss Vale, Thistledown Creamery at Windellama and Small Cow Farm at Robertson. A mixture of cows milk and sheeps milk cheeses. Some organic, some not. All very interesting. The workshops will vary depending on the availability of cheese but we love to support the local producers whenever we can.
Interested?
Keep and eye on the Tours page of the website for the next Cheese Appreciation Workshop, we'd love to have you join us.
Nick shared his passion for cheese and his extensive knowledge in a friendly and relaxed environment.
One comment was "This session has changed my cheese appreciation and eating thereof. You have given us a pleasant and informative session. Thank you." (Jenny) Another was "An excellent warm presentation with a great balance of general and specific information". (Steve) "The mixed company made the session lots of fun and interesting". "Great to get local knowledge about produce".
How good is that!
This is what Nick aims to achieve and it is very gratifying when you get such great feedback.
Today we tasted cheese from three different local cheese makers - Highland Organics at Moss Vale, Thistledown Creamery at Windellama and Small Cow Farm at Robertson. A mixture of cows milk and sheeps milk cheeses. Some organic, some not. All very interesting. The workshops will vary depending on the availability of cheese but we love to support the local producers whenever we can.
Interested?
Keep and eye on the Tours page of the website for the next Cheese Appreciation Workshop, we'd love to have you join us.
Monday, January 24, 2011
We have just prepared a program of tours and workshops for the next 6 month and these will be on the website any day now. We have between 4 and 8 activities on each month!
We are introducing series of workshops on Sunday afternoons - check the program for details. These will be run by excellent teachers -
- Fruit bottling and food preserving with Stephen Hogwood
- Wine education with our resident expert Linda Lambrecht, and
- Cheese appreciation with Nick Padol, Cheese judge.
Our regular tours continue as before - the food focused walking tour in Bowral, Moss Vale farmers market tour and our regular day tour on the 3rd Sat. However we have changed our tour on the 2nd Sat.
We have joined forces with Patricia and Kristal from the Blue Bowl Cooking School to put on a "Market to Table" tour every 2nd Sat. FoodPath will take a farmers market tour in Bowral first and then we will move on to the historic Fitzroy Inn in Mittagong, where Patricia will provide a cooking class followed by lunch, using the ingredients purchased at the market. Should be fun!
We also have chestnut picking on 26 Mar. This is a seasonal activity and we were lucky to get the opportunity. We also wanted to get a group together to do berry picking - but because of the weather the only berries were blackberries. Maybe you can let me know if you would have liked to go blackberry picking? I was concerned that we would not get the numbers.
Lots of exciting things coming up! Please spread the word and we look forward to catching up with many of you during 2011.
We are introducing series of workshops on Sunday afternoons - check the program for details. These will be run by excellent teachers -
- Fruit bottling and food preserving with Stephen Hogwood
- Wine education with our resident expert Linda Lambrecht, and
- Cheese appreciation with Nick Padol, Cheese judge.
Our regular tours continue as before - the food focused walking tour in Bowral, Moss Vale farmers market tour and our regular day tour on the 3rd Sat. However we have changed our tour on the 2nd Sat.
We have joined forces with Patricia and Kristal from the Blue Bowl Cooking School to put on a "Market to Table" tour every 2nd Sat. FoodPath will take a farmers market tour in Bowral first and then we will move on to the historic Fitzroy Inn in Mittagong, where Patricia will provide a cooking class followed by lunch, using the ingredients purchased at the market. Should be fun!
We also have chestnut picking on 26 Mar. This is a seasonal activity and we were lucky to get the opportunity. We also wanted to get a group together to do berry picking - but because of the weather the only berries were blackberries. Maybe you can let me know if you would have liked to go blackberry picking? I was concerned that we would not get the numbers.
Lots of exciting things coming up! Please spread the word and we look forward to catching up with many of you during 2011.
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