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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 workshops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label workshops. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
We had a great group at the Preserving Workshop last Sun 10 March in Bowral - at our new venue, the Cookability kitchen at KazCare.
All had driven from quite a distance - Newcastle, Canberra and Sydney and the group included a restaurant owner and a chef/cooking teacher/food writer.
No doubt about it, there is a growing interest in preserving food and Steve's reputation precedes him with his 1910 Bottling Company. People are coming because of his expertise and he is a great teacher.
Date: Sun 5 May 2013
Venue: Cookability kitchen, KazCare (directions provided on booking)
Time: 10am - 1pm
Price: $105
Includes: DVD with handouts, a jar to take home, tea/coffee, bottle of water and a light lunch including local cheese, crusty bread and a range of Steve's pickles.
To book contact us via www.foodpath.com.au, info@foodpath.com.au or 0419 617 021
All had driven from quite a distance - Newcastle, Canberra and Sydney and the group included a restaurant owner and a chef/cooking teacher/food writer.
No doubt about it, there is a growing interest in preserving food and Steve's reputation precedes him with his 1910 Bottling Company. People are coming because of his expertise and he is a great teacher.
Jill found some quinces and apples on the roadside near Moss Vale - don't they look great! Three of the group went off looking for roadside apples before they headed home. Steve had organic pears for the class.
The workshop starts with lots of information and instruction from Steve, then it is hands on while everyone gets the hang of preparing the fruit and packing their jar.
A nice sense of achievement when the jars are finished and everyone has fun along the way.
A range of pickles - dilled cucumbers, onion jam, pickled beetroot, pickled eggs and pickled onions were included in the lunch along with locally baked bread and a cheese platter of Southern Highlands Organics cheeses and an award winning camembert from Small Cow Farm - both from local artisan cheese makers. Yum!
Our next class is on Sun 5 May and will be on Pickling and Fermenting food. In this class Steve will cover the health benefits of pickling and fermenting. Come along and join the fun.
Date: Sun 5 May 2013
Venue: Cookability kitchen, KazCare (directions provided on booking)
Time: 10am - 1pm
Price: $105
Includes: DVD with handouts, a jar to take home, tea/coffee, bottle of water and a light lunch including local cheese, crusty bread and a range of Steve's pickles.
To book contact us via www.foodpath.com.au, info@foodpath.com.au or 0419 617 021
Monday, May 21, 2012
Our Preserving Class at Monreale Bed and Breakfast at Burradoo went very well yesterday. Our new and beautiful venue - thanks to Gail Wilson. FoodPath uses a variety of venues around the Highlands depending on the occasion and we are always very grateful to receive support from fellow businesses. It is all about supporting each other! We are excited to be working with Gail to bring you, our customers a range of preserving workshops and cooking classes.
We had a full class yesterday (max 10 people) but if you missed out the next one is scheduled for Sun 17 June.
Date: Sun 17 June 2012
Theme: Pickling and Fermenting
Time: 10am - 1pm
Inclusions: Tea/coffee on arrival, DVD with preserving notes to take home, hands on workshop. light lunch of pickles, bread and cheese and a jar of product to take home.
Price: $90 - great value!
To book: Contact us from the website www.foodpath.com.au
Everyone was impressed yesterday with the amount of knowledge Steve demonstrated during the class and he is very happy to share. Two of the group have already booked for the next one!
This is what we like to hear because, as well as having fun we like to provide a high standard of workshops for you.
Stephen Hogwood, our teacher, has a business called The 1910 Bottling Company. Check out his website.
Date: Sun 17 June 2012
Theme: Pickling and Fermenting
Time: 10am - 1pm
Inclusions: Tea/coffee on arrival, DVD with preserving notes to take home, hands on workshop. light lunch of pickles, bread and cheese and a jar of product to take home.
Price: $90 - great value!
To book: Contact us from the website www.foodpath.com.au
Everyone was impressed yesterday with the amount of knowledge Steve demonstrated during the class and he is very happy to share. Two of the group have already booked for the next one!
This is what we like to hear because, as well as having fun we like to provide a high standard of workshops for you.
Stephen Hogwood, our teacher, has a business called The 1910 Bottling Company. Check out his website.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Are you a cheese lover? Do you seek out new and interesting cheeses - or do you have your favourites?
We have a growing number of good cheese makers in Australia and we are lucky to have FOUR in our area - and another one coming soon!
To showcase our Southern Highlands cheeses we are running another Cheese Appreciation Workshop on Sun 26 Feb where you can try many of our local cheeses and learn more from our resident cheese expert Nick Padol.
Explore your palate and learn how to judge a cheese for yourself.
This workshop is popular with our followers. We also provide cheese tastings for conference groups. Come along and join us - you will be glad you did!
Time: 10.30 - 12.30
Venue: Howards Lane Vineyard out of Mittagong
Price: $66 pp
To book: Contact us from the website, email info@foodpath.com.au or ring Jill on 0419 617 021
What is your favourite cheese? Where is your favourite cheese supplier?
Share with us - we would like to hear from you.
We would also love you to "like" us on our FoodPath FaceBook page... Help us to share the info through our social networking channels. Thanks :)
We have a growing number of good cheese makers in Australia and we are lucky to have FOUR in our area - and another one coming soon!
To showcase our Southern Highlands cheeses we are running another Cheese Appreciation Workshop on Sun 26 Feb where you can try many of our local cheeses and learn more from our resident cheese expert Nick Padol.
Explore your palate and learn how to judge a cheese for yourself.
Venue: Howards Lane Vineyard out of Mittagong
Price: $66 pp
To book: Contact us from the website, email info@foodpath.com.au or ring Jill on 0419 617 021
What is your favourite cheese? Where is your favourite cheese supplier?
Share with us - we would like to hear from you.
We would also love you to "like" us on our FoodPath FaceBook page... Help us to share the info through our social networking channels. Thanks :)
Sunday, August 28, 2011
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| There are 14 cellar does in the Southern Highlands to visit |
Yesterday we had a group of friends who came from New Zealand, Melbourne and Sydney! They wanted to do something different to celebrate a 40th birthday and how nice for us that they chose the Southern Highlands! After discussing several options they chose an itinerary including visits to two Italian wineries and lunch at the Studio Restaurant in Exeter. What a good choice that was - it was a very pleasant day.
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| The vineyards all pruned and ready for Spring |
Seriously we are happy to discuss your needs and to put something together to suit your requirements - time frame, budget - just contact us from the website.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Exciting news - Channel 7 is coming to the Southern Highlands next week to film one of our Fruit Bottling Workshops with Steve Hogwood, for their program Sydney Weekender!
This will take place at Howards Lane vineyard in their tasting rooms, a lovely setting looking out over the veranda to the vines and the bush beyond. Wallabies come down in the late afternoon to graze.
We have discovered a nice connection - there is a portrait on the wall of a lady called Sophie Corrie who owned the land at Howards lane vineyard in times gone by. She published one of the earliest books in Australia on fruit bottling and preserving in 1893 - and we are now running Fruit Bottling workshops there! A nice connection?
This will take place at Howards Lane vineyard in their tasting rooms, a lovely setting looking out over the veranda to the vines and the bush beyond. Wallabies come down in the late afternoon to graze.
We have discovered a nice connection - there is a portrait on the wall of a lady called Sophie Corrie who owned the land at Howards lane vineyard in times gone by. She published one of the earliest books in Australia on fruit bottling and preserving in 1893 - and we are now running Fruit Bottling workshops there! A nice connection?
Monday, September 13, 2010
On request we have developed an extra FoodPath Tour on Sat 2 October - the Sat of the long weekend.
We are offering this in 4 options, in case you don't have all day.
3. 10.30 – 5pm. Walk and talk, fruit bottling workshop and lunch at Wombat Hollow, visit to milking dairy and cheese tasting workshop. Price $145pp
We are offering this in 4 options, in case you don't have all day.
Join us for a day in the beautiful Robertson area of the Southern Highlands. First we visit a wonderful and unique rural venue - Wombat Hollow. Have a walk and talk then enjoy a fruit bottling workshop learning about traditional methods and how this is done today. Share a long table lunch together, then move on to a dairy to watch the afternoon milking and finish with a cheese tasting workshop with some artisan cheese makers. Find out more about the food we eat. Some products available for sale. You can never buy fresher than straight from the producer.
Available in 4 options:
1. 10.30 – 2pm. Walk and talk, fruit bottling workshop and lunch at Wombat Hollow. Price $95
2. 10.30 – 3.30. Walk and talk, fruit bottling workshop, lunch and visit to a working dairy to watch the milking. Price $120 pp
4. 3.40 – 5pm Cheese tasting workshop. Price: $25 pp.
For bookings contact Jill@foodpath.com.au or ring Jill on 0419 617 021.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Well we are exhausted now - two FoodPath events in two days!
Yesterday we had the Mushroom Tunnel Tour (see separate posting) and today we had our first corporate event - a team "bonding" event I guess you could call it.
A group of 10 who worked in a State Govt Dept came down from Sydney for a day out from their work.
FoodPath put on a Fruit Bottling Workshop for them with Steve Hogwood, who has a new business called The 1910 Bottling Company.
The venue was the old kitchen in Hopewood Country House event building.
Steve spoke about the history of bottling fruit as a preserving method and how this has changed over time.
We had tastings and he had some bottles of his wonderful fruit available for sale.
I am sure the group enjoyed it - we did!
Hopewood provided a beautiful setting and stunning garden. The group had time for a wander through the garden before they set of for a nice lunch at Milton Park.
I am generating a list of options for corporate groups so please, tell your friends?
Yesterday we had the Mushroom Tunnel Tour (see separate posting) and today we had our first corporate event - a team "bonding" event I guess you could call it.
A group of 10 who worked in a State Govt Dept came down from Sydney for a day out from their work.
FoodPath put on a Fruit Bottling Workshop for them with Steve Hogwood, who has a new business called The 1910 Bottling Company.
The venue was the old kitchen in Hopewood Country House event building.
We had tastings and he had some bottles of his wonderful fruit available for sale.
I am sure the group enjoyed it - we did!
I am generating a list of options for corporate groups so please, tell your friends?
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