ORANGE F.O.O.D
I first joined the F.O.O.D group some 20 years ago as a young resident to Orange working in the wine industry. I have continued to be involved at various levels in FOOD and wine during the last 20 years and I have found it extremely rewarding, making many friends and developing many events.It is with great pride that I take the reins this year to guide us forward in 2014, our 23rd year.It was after a trip to Italy where my wife and I came across Mangialonga, an event in Piedmonte walking through vineyards enjoying the local produce with 2500 people, which we brought to Orange some years later as FORAGE with the help of other like-minded people.FORAGE has grown from 350 to 750 people, to this year 1000 people who will come to experience “why we live where we live.” Great produce is turned into delicious country fare by our chefs and cooks, accompanied by wines from the experts who grow the grapes and the winemaker that makes them. All this whilst strolling across the vineyards and paddocks taking in the view and produce from our region, cementing what FOOD week is all about.
I first joined the F.O.O.D group some 20 years ago as a young resident to Orange working in the wine industry. I have continued to be involved at various levels in FOOD and wine during the last 20 years and I have found it extremely rewarding, making many friends and developing many events.It is with great pride that I take the reins this year to guide us forward in 2014, our 23rd year.It was after a trip to Italy where my wife and I came across Mangialonga, an event in Piedmonte walking through vineyards enjoying the local produce with 2500 people, which we brought to Orange some years later as FORAGE with the help of other like-minded people.FORAGE has grown from 350 to 750 people, to this year 1000 people who will come to experience “why we live where we live.” Great produce is turned into delicious country fare by our chefs and cooks, accompanied by wines from the experts who grow the grapes and the winemaker that makes them. All this whilst strolling across the vineyards and paddocks taking in the view and produce from our region, cementing what FOOD week is all about.
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SATuRdAy 12 APRIL<br />
orange Region Farmers Market<br />
Spend the morning tasting the region’s produce at<br />
the iconic Orange Region Farmers Market. Find us<br />
in the Northcourt, the open space behind the Art<br />
Gallery and Library.<br />
Heifer Station's Kids CarnivÁle<br />
Heifer Station Vineyard will be transformed<br />
for the inaugural Kids Carnivále. Complete<br />
with petting zoo, face painting, entertainment<br />
and a scarecrow competition. Bring the kids<br />
along for a full day of family activities.<br />
CoNTACT<br />
regional Gallery Northcourt<br />
Cnr. March & Byng Sts, Orange<br />
8.30am-12.30pm<br />
Gold Coin • 0425 259 350<br />
orangefarmersmarket.org.au<br />
Heifer Station Vineyard<br />
1043 The Escort Way, Orange<br />
11am-4pm • $20 per family<br />
(2 adults & up to 4 kids)<br />
0407 621 150<br />
Taste Wine in the process of being Made<br />
If you’ve never tasted wine while it is<br />
being made now is your chance... it is one<br />
of the great pleasures of making wine.<br />
patina Wines<br />
109 Summerhill Lane, Orange<br />
11am-5pm • Free<br />
0429 457 575 or<br />
www.patinawines.com.au<br />
FoRAGE<br />
NSW Department of Primary Industries joins the FOOD week<br />
Committee for the fourth time to bring you the wonderful<br />
FORAGE event. Starting at Balmoral Vineyard, progressing<br />
through Koomooloo Vineyard and finishing at a picturesque<br />
vineyard at Nashdale, FORAGE is a walk through these<br />
vineyards (and a cattle property!!) eating and wine tasting<br />
every 500 metres or so! A gentle 3.6km walk from start to<br />
finish, DPI personnel and growers will be with you all the<br />
way to chat and answer your questions about how and<br />
why our cool climate produce and wine is sooo good!<br />
F.o.o.d HQ – Apples<br />
Our high altitude, cool winters and mild<br />
summers produce great apples. Come<br />
and enjoy our apples. Today, where the<br />
Forage buses depart, you can meet local<br />
apple producers. orangeapples.com.au<br />
Cider & Good English Bangers & Mash Lunch<br />
Enjoy a guided tasting of our range of<br />
premium ciders, then feast on proper<br />
English sausages served with creamy<br />
mash and a cider sauce.<br />
Buses depart from Orange<br />
Visitor information Centre,<br />
151 Byng Street, Orange<br />
11.30am-6pm • $115pp<br />
BOOkiNGS OpEN<br />
WEDNESDaY 5 FEB online<br />
at orangefoodweek.com.au<br />
Further information<br />
James Sweetapple on<br />
0428 656 100<br />
Orange Visitor<br />
information Centre<br />
151 Byng Street, Orange<br />
11am-12.30pm • Free<br />
orangefoodweek.com.au<br />
Small acres Cyder<br />
12 Akhurst Road, Borenore<br />
12pm-3pm • $22pp<br />
Bookings Essential<br />
02 6365 2286<br />
20 www.orangefoodweek.com.au
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