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Sunday Activities! Option 1: Beer Blogging Workshop

admin — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:59:44 +0000

This year, we will be organising several activities for Sunday 21st September. Delegates will be split into groups, and will be provided with an opportunity to learn, be inspired and engage with a local business or experience. Delegates will be given an opportunity to provide a preference for which activity they wish to attend.

We are very excited to be working with The Beer InCider Experience to be bringing you the first of our Sunday activities.

The Beer InCider Experience is a craft beer and cider festival taking place over the same weekend as Eat Drink Blog (September 20th-21st) in Albion, Brisbane. There will be 100+ different beers and ciders showcased, live music and food!

Our activity will involve a beer blogging workshop for those bloggers interested in beer and cider blogging, attendance at the festival and a walkthrough, and tastings of different craft beers and ciders!

Transport to Albion from Brisbane CBD will be arranged for those attending the workshop.

This is definitely a workshop for those bloggers interested in the more liquid side of life, recognising the “DRINK” part of Eat Drink Blog!

Check out the Beer InCider Facebook page, and Instagram…..

Stay tuned (hang in there!) for further Sunday activities to be announced….. Keep checking the Eat Drink Blog Twitter account and Facebook page to stay up to date.

Sunday Activity – Option 2: Unearth the Mystery of Mushrooms

admin — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 06:56:58 +0000

This year the committee has organised three different half-day food and drink activities for Sunday 10 November. The activities will be for groups of 30-35 people, providing delegates the opportunity to engage with a local business/industry and learn a thing or two.

Delegates will get a choice to participate in one of the activities.

When delegates have their registration confirmed, a separate email will be sent out to select a Sunday activity.

We are excited to reveal that the second activity delegates will get to choose from is a mushroom farm tour and hands on cooking challenge thanks to Australian Mushroom Growers.

Australian Mushroom Growers are hosting a rare opportunity for bloggers to indulge their senses and inspire creative talent with mushrooms.

Have you ever wondered what makes mushrooms so special and how growers produce this fascinating and versatile ingredient all year round?

Here is your chance to discover how it is done. The magic of mushrooms will come alive as you tour Crown Mushrooms in Wanneroo in the morning, followed by a hands on team challenge to prepare a mushroom feast for lunch in the training kitchen facilities in the neighbouring West Coast Institute of Training.

This promises to be a fascinating and delicious culinary adventure.

Thanks to Australian Mushroom Growers for coming on board and sponsoring a Sunday activity for Eat Drink Blog 4!

There is one more Sunday activity to be announced.

We have already announced a Mastering French Pastries with Emmanuel Mollois.

Stay tuned…

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Sunday Activity – Option 1: Mastering French Pastries

admin — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 05:40:22 +0000

Delegates will get a choice to participate in one of the activities.

When delegates have their registration confirmed, a separate email will be sent out to select a Sunday activity.

We are excited to reveal that the first activity delegates will get to choose from is a fun, interactive pastry cooking class with celebrated French pâtissier, Emmanuel Mollois.

Emmanuel was born in France’s Loire Valley and grew up in Vendée. At 15 he wanted to become a cartoonist but his father had better ideas and sent him to his uncle (a food caterer), where Emmanuel’s passion for eating became a passion for cooking.

After completing a cooking apprenticeship, Emmanuel worked his way up through various restaurants in regional France until he decided to move to Paris. After five years working in highly-rated gourmet restaurants specializing in pastry making, he and partner Gordana decided to travel the world. Melbourne, Australia was their first stop and even though Emmanuel couldn’t speak a word of English, he was soon working at La Brasserie, South Yarra followed by The Willows in St Kilda.

After two years he crossed the Nullarbor to try the Perth lifestyle and has never looked back. As head pastry chef at The Loose Box in Mundaring he won numerous awards. In 2000 he created the award-winning Le Paris Brest Patisserie Francaise in Perth’s hills before deciding to move closer to the ocean. From 2003 until 2012 he owned and ran the Choux Café patisserie in Swanbourne — crowned ‘best in the west’ by Perth’s Sunday Times. In 2012, Emmanuel joined with his long-time friend (and owner of The Loose Box) Alain Fabregues to open Bistro des Artistes, an authentic French bistro in Subiaco.

Emmanuel has been a regular TV guest on Poh’s Kitchen and Ready Steady Cook. Lovers of pastries and desserts can master the art of French baking with Emmanuel !

Thanks to UWA Publishing for coming on board and sponsoring a Sunday activity for Eat Drink Blog 4!

There are two more Sunday activities to be announced.

Stay tuned…

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