Food and Wine Events
Every Friday
Hawkesbury Harvest Farmers & Gourmet Food Market
CBD office dwellers, this one is for you! Alight your towers for lunch and check out this great new market every Friday from 10am-2.30pm at Cook and Phillip Park (in front of St Mary’s Cathedral), College Street, Sydney. Don’t miss the chance to buy Over The Moon Milk. It’s a creamy, dreamy (full cream) non-homogenised Jersey milk that’s going to give me a compelling reason to return to this market every week.
I was also incredibly impressed with the Pepe’s Duck Fillets ($30). Their stall gives you a chance to buy your duck direct from Pepe’s Ducks www.pepesducks.com.au Australia’s largest producer of ducks. Let me guarantee, it’s a duck you’ll really ‘Luv’ because this duck actually has flavour (unlike some other leading duck brands)! I was also very impressed to find fresh Golden Beets, a lovely Mandarin Cordial and a clever Mandarin and Lemon Butter!
First Three Tuesdays in September
‘GUSTO’ – a Festival of Regional Italian Food and Wine.
More than twenty leading Italian restaurants (including Buon Ricordo and Otto Ristorante) all over the city will be running exciting Italian feasts featuring both northern and southern Italian cuisine, on the first three Tuesdays (2nd, 9th &16th) of September. See www.cira.com.au for more details.
Monday 01st September
Tasmania Unbottled
Here’s a great chance to slurp some cool wine from a wild place, in the comfortable surrounds of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Harbour Terrace (6th Floor). Event runs from 4pm-9pm and costs $45. Registration essential: www.winetasmania.com.au/booking or (03) 6223 3770.
Sunday 7th September
Burwood Festival, Burwood Road, Burwood
Tasty multicultural treats and entertainment, free admission, 10am-5pm.
More info: www.burwoodfestival.com.au or (02) 9911 9911
Marrickville Road Festival, Marrickville Road, Marrickville
Free admission, international food, stalls and entertainment, 11am-5pm.
More info: www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au or (02) 9335 2222
Wednesday 17th September & Saturday 20th September
Fort Denison Australian Cheese & Wine Experience
From garrison to gourmet, Fort Denison is the venue for the Australian Cheese and Wine Experience, from 11.45am-2.10pm. Tickets are $130 and selling fast, other dates also available. Book now: www.mcintoshandbowman.com/events.aspx or (0422) 728 505.
Sunday 21st September
‘GUSTO’ – an Exploration of Italian Regions
Sydney Seafood School, Sydney Fish Markets. This is the day long culmination of the Gusto festival (see above) where you can take part in traditional food and wine master classes, kids cooking, delicious tastings and wander around exhibitions showcasing Sydney’s leading Italian chefs, producers and importers. More info here: www.cira.com.au or (02) 9004 1144.
Sunday 28th September
Taste Orange Sunday @ Bondi
Sample the food, wine, art and music of the Orange region. Enjoy over over thirty food and wine matched stalls, music from the Orange Regional Conservatorium, and an art exhibition ‘ Out of the Blue into the Void ‘ by artists from Orange. More information: www.tasteorange.com.au
