Stallholders invited to the Fayre

Well - we're at the starting blocks, preparing for this year's Glenlyon Fine Food and Wine Fayre.  These are those who've been invited to participate.  Some new, some coming back, and lots of long standing wineries and producers.

A Hidden Secret
Big Shed Wines
Captains Creek Organic Wines
Crisp Produce & Preserves
dhaba at the mill
Ego Cakes and Catering
Ellender Estate
Fontanella Wines and Vineyard
Goldfields Farmhouse Cheese
Guildford Vineyard
Henry of Harcourt
Herbal Lore Liqueurs
janey bee food products
JCBEE
Kangaroo Hills Organic Farm Pty Ltd
Maldon Yabby Farm
Malmsbury Olive Oil
mt franklin wines
Olive Branch Preserves
The Orchard of St Francis
Paramoor Winery
Passing Clouds
piper st food co
Pud for all Seasons
Rotary Club of Daylesford
Sandy Farm Winery
spade to blade catering
Sweet Cins
Taste of The Orient
The vintage baker
Truffleberry Farms
Tuki
verde provedores
Zig Zag Wines

Planning underway for this year's Fayre

This year's Glenlyon Fine Food and Wine Fayre will be on Sunday 29 July. Already 20 producers have sent in their expressions of interest.  And a good collection/selection they are too.

More info closer to the day here and at glenlyon.vic.au.

Regional World's Longest Lunch at Glenlyon

I don't think so many have watched the rain radar so much as the organisers of the Regional World's Longest Lunch held last Friday in Glenlyon.

Rain
Wind
Rain and wind
Definitely NO sunshine
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Wind

Then - the wind dropped and the rain held off and 150 people enjoyed the most amazing lunch under the 150 year old trees in Barkly Street, Glenlyon.

Chef Ryan Sessions (The Argus Dining Room) created the most talked about canapes.

Canapes at the Glenlyon Store

Kazuki Tsuya (Kazuki's at The Raglan) designed the entree,

Michael de Jong (Istra Smallgoods and Ellender Estate) "innovated" the main course

and Christian Reuther (Ego Catering and Ego Culinaria) presented a delicious dessert to end the meal.

Wines were from Birthday Villa, Chanters Ridge Vineyard, Ellender Estate, Fontanella Wines, Passing Clouds and Sailors Falls Estate.

Regional suppliers of produce were:
Country Cuisine
Daylesford and Hepburn Minteral Springs Company
Ellender Estate
Harcourt Apples
Herbal Lore Liqueurs
Inglenook Dairy
Istra Smallgoods
Janey Bee Food Products
Meredith Cheese
Mount Franklin Organics
Mount Zero Lentils
Red Beard Bakery
Kyneton Olive Oil
Simone Lucaks Plums
Spa Venison
Tuki Trout Farm
Western Plains Port
Wombat Forest Organics
Yandoit Blackberries

Sponsors:
Hepburn Shire Council
Daylesford Macedon Ranges Tourism Board
Daylesford Macedon Produce
Macedon Ranges Vignerons Association
Coronet Laundry
Glenlyon General Store
Tom Hogan (our lovely wandering musician)

Musician Tom Hogan

Daylesford Newsagency
Littles Coaches

Volunteers:
Students from Daylesford Secondary College (they did a great job as waiters)
Glenlyon CFA
Glenlyon Progress Association

Waiters being briefed by Dave (from the Glenlyon Store)

Excel Events and VicRoads were invaluable for their co-operation.

And here's the amazing event organiser who made it all happen - Jenny Ellender! Curiously - she says never no more ever again!!

(There was a photo of Jenny here but she asked for it to be removed.)

Sold out!

150 tickets for the World's Longest Lunch Daylesford but really Glenlyon have sold out - weeks before the event.  How exciting is that?

Join the Marmy Army and fight for the MarmalAshes

Take up the challenge - join the Marmy Army. Here's some info from the organisers.

MarmalAshes Buninyong Marmalade Association Inc

A0056934Y                            www.buninyong.vic.au/marmalade

Buninyong has had a lot of fun with marmalade this past twelve months.

After Australia disastrously lost the Ashes, Buninyong light-heartedly challenged England to something else they claim to have invented. Our challenge was accepted. So we selected a Buninyong Eleven, 11 jars of our best home-made - plus 12th jar, and these were given a Mayoral send-off on their tour to England last February up against an England XI at the International Marmalade Awards in Cumbria, northern England.

           

We won!

But now we hear that England, stung by their loss, have been practising so the task is now beyond our small village …. So:

To all marmalade-makers across the length and breadth of Australia – our Marmy Army!

We need You!

To help defend the MarmalAshes trophy against the England XI in February, 2012

The MarmalAshes, a tiny insignificant jar, is held in the old Buninyong Courthouse, the

Historical Society’s Museum, in exact replication of the Ashes at Lords.

So send in your best home-made citrus marmalade to Buninyong in January

 

The selectors will be at the

Buninyong Marvellous Marmalade Fair

Sunday 5^th February, 2012

Our expert CWA Judges and Celebrity Selectors will select the Australian XI to tour to England as well as where the best marmalade in Australia comes from and who makes it!

Will your marmalade be selected to tour to England in 2012 for the Test against England ??

Or be judged best in Australia ??

Marmalade Competition Public Viewing– 12pm to 3pm in the Buninyong Town Hall

* Official Opening at 1.45pm followed by;

* Celebrity Selectors and CWA Judges comments, followed by;

* Presentation of Marmalade Prizes, including ‘Man-made’, ‘Junior’ and Best in Show.

* Then the  announcement of who has been selected for the Australian XI to tour to England.

Further information: www.buninyong.vic.au/marmalade or email marmyarmy@gmail.com

Before the 2012 Fayre

We're filling in time before the next Glenlyon Fine Food and Wine Fayre (29 July 2012) with the Worlds Longest Lunch on Friday 2 March.  The official info says it's in Daylesford, but it's actually being held in the main street of Glenlyon!

It's eight years since the last huge, wonderful lunch party was held under Glenlyon's canopy of leafy trees.  We invite you to join us in 2012 when the talented chefs of Daylesford will showcase the best produce from the region. Come and experience the lifestyle of the village of Glenlyon and share the passion of the local chefs and vignerons.

Start with canapés from "Wild Birch" (the dining room of Peppers Mineral Springs Retreat) and Chanters Ridge Vineyard Macedon Sparkling at the Old Glenlyon General Store and perambulate up the avenue to the long tables under the shade of the elm trees outside the historic Glenlyon Shire Hall.

Take your place at the long tables for a Japanese inspired entrée from Kazuki Tsuya of Kazuki's at the Raglan (formerly of Lake House and France-Soir), matched with a Pinot Grigio from Fontanella Wines of Glenlyon and Sailors Falls Estate.

Michael de Jong (formerly the chef of Farmers Arms) will be seeking out the best produce from the region for the main course to match with wines from Ellender Estate and Passing Clouds.

Christian Reuther of Ego's Culinaria and Ego Cakes & Catering will tempt you with one of his exceptional desserts, matched with a Gewürztraminer Auslese from Birthday Villa at Malmsbury.

Proceeds to the Glenlyon CFA Fire Station Building Project and Glenlyon Progress Association.
Bookings: TryBooking Event Ticketing
Enquiries: Jenny Ellender, 03 5348 7785

After the fayre

The day went extremely well - fine warm weather, crowds of people (way up on last year's number), great foods and wines to sample and buy, engaging chefs and cooks sharing their knowledge.

This blog will go quiet for the next few months, until we start gearing up for next year's Fayre on Sunday 29 July 2012.  We're planning a few activities before then, aimed at reminding all about the fun of the Fayre to come - so check back now and again and see what the people of Glenlyon are up to.

Closet cooks

Jessi Singh demonstrating and sharing Aloo Gobi

Kazuki Tsuya demonstrating Japanese crab omelet

Christine Lewis and the perfect poached egg