Cellar Door Wine Festival. Adelaide Convention Centre.
In the lead up to the 2015 Cellar Door Wine Festival at the Adelaide Convention centre The Barefoot Review was invited to judge a cook-off in the style of the "Meet, Make & Eat" Masterclass. The class, which will take place at the festival on the Saturday and Sunday, is an exclusive ‘behind-the-scenes’ cooking experience where you get to do exactly what the title suggests; meet people; make food together; and eat your creations!
As part of this adventurous activity attendees meet in the Festival before heading into an exclusive-access kitchen to prepare dishes using local goodies, all under the careful eye of an Adelaide chef and Eat Local Representative! Once plated up to perfection attendees make their way back to the Festival’s Farmers Market to enjoy the feast!
We were invited to judge a 6 dish cook-off prepared by 2 teams of festival ambassadors. The menu, made from locally sourced ingredients, included; Kinawooka Mussels with Smoked Pork and Hills Cider; a Salad of Hot Smoked Harris Salmon with Pickled Fennel, Endive, Dill and Fetta; Seared Dry-Aged Beef Rump, Tuna Mayonnaise and Crostini; Dry Spiced Rubbed Chicken; Honey and Prosciutto Baked Figs with Goats Cheese and Rocket Salad; and Pea, Coriander and Sour Cream Fritters with a Smoked Salmon, Preserved Lemon and Snowpea Tendril Salad.
There are 2 classes on each day at 12.00pm or 1.30pm. Saturday 21st will see guests mentored by Paul Baker, head chef at The Botanic Gardens Restaurant, and Tze Khaw, executive chef for the Adelaide Convention Centre.
Sunday 22nd will see the return of Tze Khaw this time joined by eat local representative Kane Pollard from the Topiary Cafe.
As well as the Masterclasses the festival will be showcasing over 170+ food and wine producers, from internationally renowned brands to niche boutique stars. The Festival provides endless opportunities to learn about emerging trends and exotic new varietals brought to you by South Australia’s top wine and food makers.
Bookings for the Masterclasses are essential, so to avoid disappointment head over to cellardoorfestival.com to buy your tickets.
The festival runs from Friday the 20th to Sunday the 22nd of February at the Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide.
Paul Rodda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1422579428&v=WDJJGuf9Ov0&x-yt-cl=85114404
Meet, Make and Eat video produced by The Barefoot Review and Chris Daniels Productions.
Host: Paul Rodda
Direction: Chris Daniels
Camera Operation: Chris Daniels and Paul Rodda
Editing and Post Production: Chris Daniels
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