GUIDE 2015 27 FEB – 15 MAR DISCOVER SOMETHING NEW MELBOURNEFOODANDWINE.COM.AU 3 TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Welcome MELBOURNEFOODANDWINE.COM.AU Bank of Melbourne Contents proud to be Signature Festival Events Page 4 – 5 Presenting Partner of Langham Melbourne MasterClass Page 6 – 8 Quintessentially Melbourne the 2015 Melbourne Page 9 2014 Bank of Melbourne World’s Longest Lunch Wine Weekend Food and Wine Festival. Page 10 Regional World’s Longest Lunches Find new frontiers Page 11 Event Index of flavour... Page 12 – 15 with the 23rd Melbourne Food and Wine Festival presented by Bank of Melbourne — a celebration of new-century cuisine, served up in a city with an irrepressible culinary spirit. For 17 days, Melbourne transforms hidden laneway eateries, snack into a tantalising carnival of at the mouth-watering Festival flavour, as some of the world’s Artisan Bakery and Bar, and most celebrated chefs and learn at the feet of the masters innovative winemakers come themselves. together to cook up a simmering hotpot of nourishing tastings, Join the festivities and get a masterclasses and special events. taste of the very best the world has to offer. Discover ground-breaking new cuisine and biodynamic wines, Dish by Shane Delia, Maha, Melbourne enjoy one-off feasts in Melbourne’s JOHN HADDAD AO SCOTT TANNER Chairman, Melbourne Food Chief Executive, Bank of Melbourne and Wine Bank of Melbourne is thrilled to Plan the ultimate food and wine support Melbourne Food and experience with this mini Festival Wine Festival. We’re proud to bring Guide featuring highlight events you the World’s Longest Lunch in in the 2015 Festival. From our the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne’s Artisan Bakery and Bar rising daily historic inner-city oasis. Experience in the city, to one-off chef dinners the diversity of Victoria’s food and and tours to hidden bars, there are wine culture, and share some of plenty of ways to enjoy Melbourne’s the things that make Melbourne vibrant culinary spirit. Come join a truly global gastronomic Front cover inspired by — Tuna Tartare with Crushed Pea Salad the celebrations! destination. Andrew McConnell — Cumulus Inc. (Published by Penguin/Lantern) © 2014 Bank of Melbourne – A Division of Westpac Banking Corporation ABN 33 007 457 141 AFSL and Australian credit licence 233714. 4 SIGNATURE FESTIVAL EVENTS MELBOURNEFOODANDWINE.COM.AU 5 TICKETS ON SALE NOW! TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Signature MELBOURNEFOODANDWINE.COM.AU MELBOURNEFOODANDWINE.COM.AU Festival Events Bank of Melbourne PRESENTING PARTNER World’s Longest Lunch Now in its 23rd year, the Festival’s hottest event takes centre stage in the picturesque setting of PARTNERS Crawl ‘n’ Bite Flemington Grazing Melbourne’s Fitzroy Gardens. Trail & Cellar Door Join over 1,500 lunching festival fans at the 530-metre-long table. Revel in a tantalising three-course Festival Artisan Bakery and Bar A long-time Festival favourite, The famous Flemington front menu designed by star chefs in 2015 we’re crawling more lawns and rose gardens will come Shane Delia (Maha, Melbourne) and than ever before — to hotspots, alive with an incredible selection Adriano Zumbo (Adriano Zumbo hidden gems, institutions and the of the very best boutique wineries, Pâtissier, Melbourne), brought to undiscovered — sampling signature breweries and producers Victoria life by Peter Rowland Catering. Bread. Wine. Coffee. The staples Daily workshops will run for of life — and Melbourne. both experienced and novice flavours from an eclectic snapshot has to offer in a unique cellar door cooks. Roll up your sleeves and of Melbourne restaurants, bars and atmosphere. Friday 27 February, cocktail lounges along the way. 12.00pm – 3.00pm This year’s Festival hub will knead your dough with the best centre around the Festival Artisan in the business, learning all the Combining Australia’s best horses Fitzroy Gardens With three crawl types to choose competing on autumn’s premier $155.00 Bakery and Bar, a purpose-built way from the basics to current pop-up taking pride of place in international trends. from — restaurant, bar or wine race day, cooking demonstrations Bookings: — meet the chef, mixologist or on the Smeg Stage from leading melbournefoodandwine.com.au Queensbridge Square on the banks of the Yarra River. Classes are limited, so browse the sommelier as you savour tasting Victorian chefs, global bites and workshops and book online in the plates with expertly matched wines, beverages, and a selection of Each morning a team of top local New Year. spirits, cocktails and beyond and children’s activities, and you have and international bakers, including discover what makes Melbourne, the perfect recipe for an incredible baking superstars Justin Gellatly And in the ephemeral nature of well, Melbourne. day out for all ages. (co-founder of London’s acclaimed the true pop-up, after 17 delicious Bread Ahead bakery) and Éric days it will disappear as quickly RESTAURANT CRAWLS Saturday 14 March, Kayser (Maison Kayser, Paris) will as it arrived — perhaps in a puff Monday 2 & Tuesday 3 March, 11.00am – 5.00pm prepare an ever-changing selection of flour, wholemeal or handmilled. 6.00pm – 8.00pm Flemington Racecourse, of baked loaves and goodies, Don’t miss it. & 8.30pm – 10.30pm 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington Nobu, Crown Melbourne available to eat-in or take away. Various venues across Melbourne $25 Entry. $20 Tasting glass Friday 27 February – $56.00 available to purchase. The Festival Artisan Bakery and Bar Sunday 15 March, Bookings: Festival Restaurant Express will be our rustic heart, the perfect 7.30am – late BAR AND WINE CRAWLS ticketek.com.au Opening Party Signature Series place to meet friends, learn new Queensbridge Square, Southbank Tuesday 10 & Wednesday 11 March, skills or relax with a glass of wine. Free entry. Food and beverages 6.00pm – 7.30pm Drop by for a coffee or wine, sit available for purchase. & 8.00pm – 9.30pm down for a bite to eat, or grab Various venues across Melbourne Music, moonshine and lip- The ever-popular Restaurant freshly baked treats to go. $66.00 smacking food cooked low and Express returns, with more than slow from the South — we’re 80 of the most in-demand eateries going the whole hog to kick off in Victoria offering up their most Open Kitchen the 2015 festivities. famous dishes over lunch. Breakfast Around the Tan Presented by Diabetes Australia – Vic You’re invited to the official Spanning the legends of The Age opening party; a rollicking bash Good Food Guide, this series sees Grab your family and friends — With all-ages activities on offer It’s often said that food tastes with authentic downhome pit- each venue serve up a two-course it’s time to get active. Join hundreds at the start and end of the walk, better overlooking the water. cooked barbecue by the legendary lunch — including their signature of Melbournians for a breakfast-on- including yoga and tai chi Will the Open Kitchen weekend pitmaster Rodney Scott from dish — with a specially matched the-move around the city’s most sessions, there’s no better way prove the theory? Wander along South Carolina’s Scott’s Bar-B-Que. beverage, all for just $40. finedininglovers.com popular walking trail, affectionately to start your Sunday. the river from Birrarung Marr right known to locals as The Tan. through to South Wharf, grazing A collaboration with one of Friday 27 February — Are you a fine dining lover? Discover it now! Sunday 15 March at pop-up kitchens, tasting at Melbourne’s top chefs, this Sunday 15 March Take a leisurely stroll around Event registration from 7.00am outdoor bars, watching chefs promises to be a night of frivolity, Available for lunch only the leafy greenery of the Royal Staggered walks start at 8.30am and meeting friends. good food and even better times. Various venues, Melbourne Botanic Gardens, with pit stops The Tan Track, Royal Botanic and regional Victoria at five breakfast stations filled with Gardens Saturday 28 February Friday 27 February, 7.00pm $40.00 nutritious, dietician-recommended Adult: $35.00 & Sunday 1 March, Mystery venue Bookings: breakfast options to kick-start Children 4–16 years old: $15.00 12.00pm – 5.00pm $95.00 melbournefoodandwine.com.au your day. Families (up to 4 members): $80.00 Various venues along the banks Bookings: Children under 4 years old: free of the Yarra River melbournefoodandwine.com.au Various costs: free activities and ticketed events SP594 MFWF FDL Advert.indd 1 2/10/2014 3:49 pm 6 LANGHAM MELBOURNE MASTERCLASS MELBOURNEFOODANDWINE.COM.AU 7 TICKETS ON SALE NOW! TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Langham Melbourne MELBOURNEFOODANDWINE.COM.AU Langham Melbourne MELBOURNEFOODANDWINE.COM.AU MasterClass MasterClass From dazzling demonstrations to hands-on learning, Turn to page 11 for the full booking grid. Chef MasterClass Chef MasterClass both indoors and outdoors, mix and match sessions to create your own culinary experience. Festival highlight Langham Melbourne MasterClass again presents an enticing line-up of chefs from around the corner and across the globe. Watch these masters of the kitchen prepare dishes and share the insights acquired over decades of devotion to their art. Matt Abergel Jamie Bissonnette Jeremy Charles Dan Hunter Éric Kayser Peter Kuruvita Scott Pickett Yardbird, RŌNIN and Sunday’s Coppa and Toro, Boston, USA Raymonds, St John’s, Canada Brae, Birregurra, Australia Maison Kayser, Paris, France Noosa Beach House, Noosa, Australia Estelle Bar & Kitchen and This year we’re adding The Essentials Grocery, Hong Kong Toro, New York, USA Flying Fish, Denaru Island, Fiji Saint Crispin, Melbourne, Australia to the Langham Melbourne TASTE OF THE WILD HOMEGROWN HARMONY PAIN DU PARIS MasterClass mix — a series of one- MASTER CRAFTSMAN THE NEW CHARCUTERIE Deep in the wilds of Nestled in rural Victoria is a new French icon Éric Kayser is ISLAND DREAMING SAINTLY PURSUITS hour practical demonstrations shared Canadian-born Matt Abergel has A former vegan and straight-edge Newfoundland, Jeremy Charles restaurant that, over the last year, one of the world’s true master Working out of Noosa and Fiji, A two-hatted, instant classic by masters of their craft, with each dedicated a career to perfecting punk, Bissonnette traded his bass stakes his claim as the King of has won just about every award breadmakers.