Gourmet Safaris is a food tour company started 18 years ago by Food Safari host Maeve O’Meara. "The idea came to me when my mothers’ group asked me to take them to a Lebanese restaurant they’d heard me talking about on radio," says Maeve. "I loved the experience of opening up new food worlds to them, introducing them to my friend the chef, tasting a special menu and getting a few recipes to try later. I realised people love finding authentic delicious food and being guided in their experience and also that I knew so many chefs, bakers, artisan food businesses and providores I wanted to help shine."
Thanks to , you could win one of four double passes to a food tour in Melbourne or Sydney. Hosted by a local food expert (Maeve O'Meara, if you're lucky!), each tour will take you to a vibrant suburb with a passionate food culture. See itineraries for the tours and entry form below.
runs guided food tours through some of Australia's most fascinating and culturally diverse neighbourhoods by bus and by foot.
Prize details:
• 1 x double pass Italian on Wheels Gourmet Safari, Melbourne April 2 (RRP $280)
• 1 x double pass Greek Walking Gourmet Safari, Melbourne April 16 (RRP $250)
• 1 x double pass Fairfield Walking Gourmet Safari, Sydney April 9 (RRP $250)
• 1 x double pass Turkish Gourmet Food Safari of Auburn, Sydney April 16 (RRP $250)
TOTAL: RRP $1030
Meet passionate cooks and sample their delicious goods on the tour. Source: Gourmet Safaris
Sample some of the city’s best Italian food, including freshly made mozzarella, salami and prosciutto. Visit one of the famous temples of Italian food and have a behind the scenes tour with the owner, meet family-run pasta makers using the finest durum wheat, explore an Italian food emporium, and meet world-famous pizza-maker Johnny Di Francesco featured in . Also on the tour, enjoy a cooking demonstration and glass of wine, and finish with gelato.
Explore the vibrant Greek suburb of Oakleigh by foot. Watch as local butchers fire up their barbecues on the street and try their delicious louganiko sausages. Enjoy a Greek coffee and fabulous lunch, along with tastings of dips, olives, nuts, cheese, sweets and some ingredients you may not have come across. One of the stars of Food Safari Fire Thomas Deliopoulos also showcases his exceptional years and souvlaki
Begin your day in this vibrant multicultural suburb with a coffee and sweet and then watch bread being baked in a 900 degree oven. Sample Croatian burek and smallgoods, along with luscious caramel cakes from South America. Visit an Assyrian emporium full of exotic ingredients from the Middle East, and enjoy a delicious Lao lunch with a show-stopping dessert.
Start with a Turkish coffee or tea learn about the cuisine and some of the key ingredients and easy recipes. Explore this exotic suburb’s food emporiums filled with spices, delicacies and pretty Turkish tea glasses. Try the best Turkish Delight, visit great bakeries and a butcher, then enjoy a traditional Turkish lunch . In this tour you’ll meet Efendy chef Somer Sivrioglu, featured in Food Safari Fire.
Diners enjoying a meal on their Gourmet Safaris tour.
Note: Travel and accomodation is not included in this prize. To redeem this prize, you must be able to make your own way to the tour pick-up location stipulated.
Gourmet Safaris also offers hosted banquets with cooking demonstrations, week-long safaris in Australia, and overseas safaris to Vietnam, Sardinia and Corsica, the Greek Islands and Turkey. Find more information .
Competition opens: Wednesday 10 February at 1:00pm (AEDT)
Competition closes: Thursday 10 March at midnight (AEDT)
Competition drawn: Friday 11 March at 10:00am (AEDT)
Congratulations to the following winners:
A. Burdon, 2113 (Fairfield tour, Sydney)
J. Tatchell, 3003 (Greek tour, Melbourne)
K. Johnson, 2640 (Italian tour, Melbourne)
M. Anderson, 2068 (Turkish tour, Sydney)
