There is a buzz in Hobart … that is because the world has been invited to dinner tonight!
Tasmania is currently hosting Restaurant Australia with a gala dinner at MONA tonight for the world’s most respected food and wine writers, celebrity chefs and broadcasters. Heston’s in Hobart!
Restaurant Australia will see over 80 international media and food and wine experts coming to Hobart for a uniquely Australian dinner at the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) on Friday 14th November.Restaurant Australia is about setting Australia’s food and beverage apart from the rest of the world, through the people, places and produce that make the country’s culinary experiences unique.In addition to the 80 international VIPs there will be over 200 influential guests visiting Hobart to be part of this event. They will include domestic media, state and territory tourism executives, government personnel, campaign ambassadors and renowned Australian food and beverage personalities.
I occasionally freelance for Tourism Tasmania as a guide with their Visiting Journalist Program and this week I was privileged to host Jessica Allen – a digital correspondent from The Social in Canada, her film crew and John Lethlean, a food reviewer from The Australian, as part of the Restaurant Australia event.
Growing up in such a special place, I appreciate how unique and beautiful Tasmania is. It is home and we live and breathe this beauty everyday, but when you show someone the magic of Tasmania for the first time, it never ceases to amaze me how utterly blown away they are. I get to experience this appeal through new eyes, each and every time this sense wonderment happens. This trip was no exception – they were staggered by the utter beauty, the houses, the water, but most of all … our food.
Our itinerary included lunch at Smolt, a wander around the city with Hobart Historic Tours, a drop of Whiskey at Lark Distillery, and a heavenly dinner at Ethos on Wednesday. On Thursday I picked the group up bright and early to catch the first ferry to Bruny Island where we had breakfast at the Bruny Island Cheese Co. Please let it be known that I experienced the best fruit buns ever – thank you Nic Haddow!
A long lunch in a vineyard at Bruny Island Premium Wines and we finished off the day sampling salty morsels plucked from their sub-tidal homes at Get Shucked Oysters. I felt proud to be Tasmanian and even prouder to be showing off our ‘every-day’. X
James was in good spirits after his operation on Friday and so we were out and about, enjoying the winter sun over the weekend. We went out for breakfast, hung out at Nick’s parents and went to the beach. I also made a delicious Cauliflower and Prawn Soup in the Thermomix!
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