Closet cooks - come out from wherever you are!

If you are resident of Hepburn Shire then you are invited to enter our famous Closet Cooks competition. 

For a small entry fee you can enter any/all of these categories:

• Jam
• Jelly
• Pasta Sauce
• Chutney
• Marmalade
• Cakes
• Confectionery
• Treasured Secret
• Bread
• Preserves

Primary and secondary school students are encouraged to enter - we look forward to the cooks of the future.

Entry proceeds go to the Glenlyon Hall Kitchen - have you seen how it's progressing?

An entry form can be downloaded from here.

Another two stallholders signed up for the Fayre

Sandy Farm Winery and Piper Street Food Company have joined the ranks of local producers participating in this year's Fayre. 

Hop along to taste these foods

Kangaroo Hills Organic Farm will be exhibiting and selling their products at this year's Fayre.

Scenes from a Fayre

Glenlyon Fine Food & Wine Fayre

A key philosophy of the Fayre is to support and promote small local food & wine producers. We define 'local' as - products being sourced as close as we can to Glenlyon. Stallholders who have indicated that they will be attending the Fayre on the 31st July include:

• Meredith Cheese
• Goldfields Farmhouse Cheese
• Janey Bee Biscuits
• Maldon Yabbies
• Pud for All Seasons
• Hidden Secret
• Malmsbury Olive Oil
• Olive Branch Preserves
• Big Shed Wines
• Ellender Estate
• Guildford Vineyard & Cellar
• Passing Clouds
• Zig Zag Wines

Keep reading as we will update the list and expand on each producer's products as we move closer to the Fayre.

13th Glenlyon Food and Wine Fayre

This year's date for the Glenlyon Food and Wine Fayre is Sunday, 31 July 2011.

Come and join us between 10am and 4pm.  The Fayre is set in the grounds of the historic Shire Hall in the picturesque village of Glenlyon.  It showcases the area's cool climate wines along with new and established producers of fine Food.

Over 35 of the area's finest vignerons and food producers offer sips, samples and sales to visitors while they enjoy live music and cooking demonstrations from local chefs.

Here are pics from previous years.