AUSTRALIAN GOURMET FOOD SAFARIS® |
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Victorian High Country Gourmet Food Safari® | ||||
6 - 11 March 2016 - Sorry, now fully booked This is your opportunity to step into the culinary heaven you see on our TV show - Italian Food Safari. Join the extended families as they celebrate the Italian culture they brought to this incredibly beautiful part of Australia. We journey into the King and Ovens Valleys where many Italian families settled initially as tobacco farmers. Plus we’ll have a day in the very pretty Kiewa Valley with two fabulous food experiences. The lush soil and high altitude is now perfect for growing Italian varietal wines such as prosecco, nebbiolo, sangiovese, pinot grigio, dolcetto, arneis and barbera…Join us and taste these wonderful styles of wine that match so well with food. Meet many of the winemakers who are really putting these areas on the map. Plus we will have a walk through pine forests and forage for pine mushrooms with Angelo Bonacci - the king of Fungi in Myrtleford, and we’ll visit chestnut and walnut groves, explore the gardens of private estates and the kitchens of great cooks. You will have an exceptional week of luxurious accommodation in country Victoria (Lindenwarrah in Milawa) combined with “kiss on both cheeks” warm Italian hospitality, countless “money can't buy" experiences including making our own pasta at a cooking school, enjoying time with 3 generations of food and wine loving families, al fresco lunches at long tables in the clear country air, visits to Italian winemakers in the King and Ovens Valleys, feasts prepared by legendary chefs, visits to producers, and much more…all with a backdrop of those lovely mountains - the beautiful Victorian High Country at its best.
In the High Country: Inclusions: Cost: How to book: Note: Click here for Sample Itinerary Feedback from March 2013: “Will spread the word – what a great trip it has been" Jan and Ray Spittle |
Kangaroo Island Gourmet Food Safari® | |||||||
21 - 26 November 2016 While there are exceptional cheeses, wines, lobster, marron, samphire, honey, olive oil and many other yummy things, there are no restaurants that you'd write home about. Enter enterprising chef Sue Pearson. Sue was working at the very upmarket Ivy Restaurant in London as one of 45 chefs, had a sea change and relocated to K.I. as all the locals call it. She has the best fish and chips shop in the world and also caters for weddings and stocks some of the beach houses with hampers of great produce. Together we have planned an exceptional trip - hard to do without that good local knowledge. We've found a series of stylish and modern, fully equipped holiday houses with decks and lovely gardens where we will base ourselves and then go out adventuring to meet some of the producers, taste the produce, put on a few spectacular lunches and dinners and generally have the sort of "behind the secret door" experiences that Gourmet Food Safaris manages to deliver.
Tour includes: How to book: Note: "On a scale of 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), how well did the tour meet your expectations? “10” "How would you sum up the trip? The only way to visit KI. We enjoyed many Island attractions some of which are not available to the average tourist." Stephen & Barb F. On a scale of 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), how well did the tour meet your expectations? "How would you sum up the trip? "A very good introduction to Kangaroo Island with a pleasing range of activities". – Tim R
"Just a short note to let you know how much I enjoyed the KI trip. The hospitality and welcome from all the places we visited was just great and I really loved the enthusiasm and passion of the local producers and their commitment to ensuring the quality and naturalness of their products. Liz is a born tour leader, Peter drove us around those dirt roads in absolute safety and Sue is an absolute genius of organisation and fabulous food. Thank you." Carol N "I've just returned from the lovely Gourmet Safari to beautiful Kangaroo Island and thought I would send you a photo of our group taken at the fantastic lunch we had last Friday at Primo Estate Winery at McLaren Vale….we met some wonderful people on KI who are really passionate about what they do. I'm so glad I was able to do it with my friends….Liz was a very organised, knowledgable and helpful guide and it was great having Peter as our driver. Sue Pearson and her assistant Naomi also looked after us very well on the island." R "Excellent, very interesting, great food & staff. Very well organised - 10/10." - Louise R "Great balance with scenery, food and producers. Great to meet the producers passionate about their products - 10/10" - Adrian B "I had a great trip. I did something I have wanted to do for a long time. I needed the break and there was the opportunity to relax (read, walk along the beach, sleep), chat to friendly, interesting people. 9/10" - Janet T
Feedback from our November 2012 safari: How would you rate this trip? 10
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