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Australia's Best Destinations for Food: Short Edible Escapes
Andrea Black - Traveller - 19 April 2015

Some of Australia's favourite chefs and food writers share their favourite edible escapes. Click here to read about one of Maeve's favourite destinations

Kelly Mazur
Travel Writer & Owner of www.kellyellamaz.com

Greek Food Tour with Gourmet Safaris

No one knows good food better than the legendary Maeve O’Meara. So who better to take you on a food tour in Sydney than a company owned and operated by Maeve? We spent last Saturday with Gourmet Safaris experiencing some of the best food Sydney has to offer!


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Maeve O'Meara's Gorgeous Women's Only Tours
Optus Zoo - January 2015


When Maeve O'Meara joined a mothers group she no idea the move would give birth to a successful business.

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Maeve O'Meara's top 5 places
Australian Financial Review

My life revolves around food.I'm always seeking out new places to visit - little hidden gems of cafes and restaurants, artisan producers, bakers, providores, emporiums, butchers, smallgoods makers.

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My Best 5 Food Experiences in Corsica - Catherine Saxelby - Foodwatch

Part 2 - I spent a few nights in Corsica when travelling on one of Maeve O'Meara's Gourmet Safari tours in 2014. Click here to read the full article

Greek Walking tour of Oakleigh - Melbourne
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Discovering the heart of Greek Melbourne.

Have you ever heard the saying, that people make a place? This is certainly true of the suburb of Oakleigh, Melbourne's real "little Greece".
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My 5 best Foodie Experiences in Sardinia - Catherine Saxelby - Foodwatch

In June 2014 I went on the holiday of a lifetime -  a 10-night group tour of Sardinia & Corsica with the bubbly Maeve O'Meara of the Gourmet Safaris fame.....click here to read more

SMH - Good Food
Spices of Sydney
- Carla Grossetti

If you are not cooking with Spices, your food will taste of nothing our experts tell Carla Grossetti who goes on a Gourmet Safari with Maeve O'Meara

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Vanilla Magazine - Raquel Neofit
Maeve O'Meara

She’s graced our televisions for years enticing us with cuisines of the world – this Autumn, presenter, author, journalist and food aficionado Maeve O’Meara caught up at Vanilla to chat about Gourmet Safaria, life and family. Click here to read more

Yours Magazine - Angela Saurine
Top 5 Foodie Tours

#1 Greek Walking Gourmet Safari, VIC

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Great Aussie Bite
Gourmet Safari French on Wheels

‘French’, ‘gourmet’, ‘food’ and ‘safari’’. Put those four words into a sentence and what do you get? Only one of the most delectable, indulgent and tasty sensory adventures of your Sydney culinary life.

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Kangaroo Island - FODOR's by Deb Hopewell
April 2014

This Gourmet Safaris tour whisks you from Adelaide to Australia’s third largest island, where you’ll spend four nights in your own beach house. Click here to read more

Visitors Guide to Haberfield - 2045

Many feel that Leichardt is the little Italy of Sydney, but they would be wrong.  Sydney’s true little Italy is Haberfield.  You may have read recently about my hidden bar exploration of Sydney, which was arranged by Destination NSW.  This was but the tip of the iceberg of discovering my hometown with Nicole from Bitten by the Travel Bug. I was asked what suburb I would like to get to know better.  Instantly Haberfield came to mind.  By the powers that be, and in this case the powers of Destination NSW, Nicole and I found ourselves on a private tour of Haberfield.
SBS Feast Magazine
February 2014 edition

Melbourne Gourmet Safaris
A vibrant cultural melting pot, Melbourne offers myriad different flavours, from Richmond's authentic Vietnamese fare to Carlton's "Little Italy". SBS Food Safari presenter, Maeve O'Meara, shares some top picks sampled on her Gourmet Safari tours.

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A Gourmet Safari of Haberfield

Bridget Davies - The Internet Chef


On a warm Sydney summer morning, it was arranged that we meet at Il Goloso Restaurant Haberfield which sits in the heritage listed old Post Office building on Dalhousie Street . I was to be part of a Haberfield Italian walking safari hosted by the gorgeous Maeve O’Meara of Gourmet Safaris and the wildly popular television series Food Safari.

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Daily Telegraph

Saturday 14 December 2013
- Neil Keene

Gifted Shoppers reveal retail secrets

Australian Traveller, National

December 2013/January 2014

Eating Expedition

Daphne Hatzlstavros migrated from Greece as a 14-year-old with her family and settled in Melbourne's eastern fringes....Click here and scroll down to read more

The AU Review - 15 November 2013

Eating with AU: Gourmet Food Safari's Greek Gourmet Tour of Marrickville


Oh travel - is there anything more liberating? Discovering places you never knew existed and seeing a world that never before existed in your memory is one of the best experiences you can have in life. But, who ever said you need to travel outside your own city for such a journey? Certainly not Maeve O'Meara - TV Food Presenter and best selling author. Click here to read more

Sun Herald - 27 October 2013

Girls Only: Get Gorgeous in Vietnam with Maeve

Book it now. Maeve O'Meara's next girls - only tour of Vietnam departs on March 29, 2014. Maeve's "Gorgeous Safaris" feature gourmet food. luxurious accommodation, shopping and pampering spa treatments. .......Click here to read more

Sunday Telegraph - 27 October 2013

Takeaway to global kitchen

Cookbook author, journalist and TV presenter Maeve O'Meara is perhaps best known for her ongoing SBS TV series Food Safaris.  So far she has covered 44 different styles of cuisine, many without leaving Australia.......Click here to read more

Daily Addict - 15 October 2013

Gourmet Safaris Take the Taste Trail


Boiling water is added to a metal bowl of curds and Kirsty Laird begins the process of working and stretching them to create fresh balls of mozzarella. It seems to take just minutes and soon a platter of the still warm, creamy, salty cheese is being handed around and devoured by a small group of guests....Click here to read more
 

Maeve's Greek Island Highlights

SBS Feast Magazine - May 2013

 

SBS Food Safari Presenter and Gourmet Safaris founder Maeve O'Meara has been hosting annual tours to the Greek Islands for the past 10 years. From homemade yoghurt to dancing under the stars, she recalls her favourite Mediterranean moments.

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Sunday Dream
The perfect girls' week away to Vietnam has something for everyone

Sun Herald
November 2012

Lisa is a well-travelled executive who works 70-hour weeks. Denise with her effervescent personality and bright red-dyed hair, is a serious shopper who's already snapped up some duty free jewellery before the plane has even departed.....

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Vietnam as you like it
Sun Herald 22 July 2012


Food & Pampering
Renowned foodie Maeve O'Meara doesn't hesitate when asked her favourite Vietnamese dish. "The Pho", she says pronouncing it as "far".......

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BBC Travel & Huffington Post
April 2012


Sydney's Gourmet Food Tours
Popular Australian television host Maeve O’Meara, of Food Safari fame, grew the idea of a gourmet culinary tour in Sydney after sharing some of her favourite foodie discoveries with family and friends.

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100 Travel Adventures
SMH Good Weekend March 2012

See Safaris' Director Maeve and her top travel destination!

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Best in NSW... Foodie Tours
Body & Soul Magazine February 2012
by Nicola Conville

Love food and travel? Strap on your walking shoes and try a gourmet getaway....

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Delicious Niches
My Business Magazine - February 2012

TV Presenter, Author and Entrepreneur Maeve O’Meara’s business Gourmet Safaris knows what it takes to succeed in a niche – her own business thrives by showcasing the best of Australia’s specialist food businesses..

 

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Broome Girls & Pearls

A Pearl of a town
Discover Magazine

Broome is as desirable as the pearls it produces. It may be far, far away but there’s a polished, sophisticated side to this outback town. Robin Powell reports.

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Girls and Pearls Safari - Broome

Travels with my sister
Prevention Magazine - Robin Powell


On a Pearl safari in Broome Robin Powell meets four sets of sisters, strengthening bonds and renewing relationships in one of the most beautiful and remote corners of Australian

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Greek Odyssey Safari

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Tania Cusack January 2012

On an overcast day last month I set off to discover some of Sydney's Greek heart. The Greek Odyssey tour from Gourmet Safaris, starts at Central Station, Sydney city, kicking off by bus at 8.30am...

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Stairway to Heaven
Australian Doctor July 2011 - Robin Powell

In the dry season, when the full moon rises over Broome's Roebuck Bay, the exposed mudflats glow like a silvery set of steps. The effect is called "Staircase to the Moon", and it happens for three nights every month from March to October....

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Shop Girl Blog
French Food Safari - July 2010

Part One - Breakfast at Ganache
The air was crisp, the trees bare of leaves and the clouds appeared to be retreating as I took a brisk walk to Central Station, the meeting point for the French Food Safari......

Part 2- In the Kitchen at Ganache


Part 3 - Victor Churchill Butcher

Part 4 - Lunch at La Grande Bouffe

Part 5 - Belle Fleur Chocolates

Part 6 - Simon Johnson
Victorian High Country

Wine, dine and unwind
Paradise Magazine

It's a real family affair in Victoria's King Valley...sometimes known as Little italy. Take a culinary journey to discover some of the best Italian food and wine in Australia...

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McGrath Magazine
26th July 2008

Maeve O’Meara and the team at Gourmet Safaris illustrate how cultural discovery doesn’t necessarily have to happen far away from home.
- Daniel Bloom

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Tasty times in Sydney
Courier Mail

The sights, sounds and smells of Sydney’s many communities are a feast for food lovers, writes John Wright.

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Kitchens & Bathrooms Quarterly

Gourmet Safari’s Sweet Indulgence Tour would definitely give Willy Wonka a run for his money.
- Karina May

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Beautiful Bali
New Idea August 2008

Take a trip to paradise, indulge your senses and recharge the batteries...                                             

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Postcard from Vietnam
Woman's Day March 2008

Josephine Agostino enjoys a week of shopping and pampering in paradise........

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Winners Take All
The Weekend Australian 24th November 2007 

The Novotel Twin Waters Resort on the Queensland Sunshine Coast.....was the venue for our annual The Australian Travel and Tourism Awards   event on November 16.........

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Escape to the East
New Idea 4th August 2007 

This tour of Vietnam takes in shopping, cooking classes and plenty of pampering.......

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In the Kitchen
Kitchens & Bathrooms Quarterly

Food safari presenter and director of gourmet safaris maeve o'meara reveals her culinary inspiration and lets us in on her plans for the future

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Maeve's Kitchen
The Weekend Australian Magazine - The Food Issue - 1st September 2007

SBS food presenter Maeve O'Meara distils the wisdom of her many exotic adventures into a list of must-have kitchen staples...

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Jackets, Jewels and Jaunts in Vietnam
Sunday Telegraph 21st January 2007 

Only as the plane is 32000ft above the Timor Sea do I take a close read of the holiday itinerary....

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How to feel gorgeous in one perfect week
The Sun-Herald 22-05-2005

The plane touched down in Ho Chi Minh City just 45 minutes ago, but en route to a domestic flight to Da Nang, a quick stop in the airport gift shop is made and so is the all-important first purchase. "Look," beams Maureen, as she proudly shows off two lacquered Vietnamese handbags. "Only $25."

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Gourgeous Safari

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The Ultimate Girls Holiday 
New Woman - October 2006

Are you feeling a bit frazzled by your hectic work schedule?  There is hope. It comes in the form of a blissful, seven day break in an exotic location created just for the girls.

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Getaway Girls - The Sun Herald - 10 June 2007

It's time for the Getaway girls.....Women are embracing tours that exclude men...

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Gourmet Goddess  

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Michelle Holden

Maeve is one of these madly busy women, running around all the time with a million things going on all at once and the picture aims to represent the may food lives of Maeve O'Meara. It's almost like she would be an octopus if she could. She's got a very global outlook, beyond religion or culture, she believes in the commonality of us all having to eat. She's great to work with; open to everything. She comes in a swirl and leaves in the same sort of madness. I've photographed her at home before and there's always so much going on. There's kids and animals and people dropping around and there's all this colour. Maeve is a very colourful person. She creates from a very mixed palette.

Gourmet's Safari to Success

Maeve O’Meara describes her multi-stranded career as a translation service for tastebuds. Also a mother of young children, this dynamic entrepreneur tells Camille Howard how maintaining a work–life balance is crucial to her definition of success.

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East Meets West   East Meets West

Are you the type of traveller who sometimes offers to take people to the airport (or meet them when they arrive) just to experience the vicarious excitement of a journey that might have been yours? Fortunately Sydney's vibrant multicultural society also allow you to visit another country without leaving the ground. Such a destination is 'Little Turkey' in the western suburb of Auburn.

 

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Gourmet Safaris Taking off

Respected journalist, author and food presenter of SBS TV's Food Lover's Guide and Channel Seven's Better Homes and Gardens, Maeve O'Meara, has expanded her Gourmet Safaris program to take in Far North Queensland, country NSW and the idyllic Greek Islands. Each safari will introduce guests to local producers, farmers and chefs...

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Scallop  

Isle of Plenty
Australian Good Taste Magazine

 

The scallops clack like castanets as Andrea Cole hauls the black plastic basket out of the sea and onto the emtal floor of the boat. "They don't like it out of the water much," she shrugs, then deflty opens a scallop with a small-handled knife and slices the muscle from the shell.

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From Punchbowl to Greece, take your taste buds on a culinary safari
The Sun Herald Magazine

Maeve O'Meara thought it was a crazy idea. It had to be. A culinary excursion with a group of strangers through some of Sydneys best undiscovered sretaurants? And after the concept catches on we'll take a group to.. the Greek Islands? Surley no-one would go for it.

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Spa Safari  

Spa Safari
ABC Life etc Magazine

Imagine an indulgent weekend with girlfriends, featuring day spa treatments, fantastic food and, of course, time to shop. Now extend the fantasy to a longer stay in another country and you have the Gourgeous Safaris seven-day tour to Vietnam.

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Chocolate Indulgence
ABC Life etc Magazine

Sydney boasts a variety of local multicultural communities that lie beyond the beaten track. Enjoy authentic cuisine on a Gourmet Safari tour. Set up by food author and TV presenter Maeve O'Meara, Gourmet Safaris will have even the most food savvy enjoying new eating experiences.

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Italian in Haberfield 
North Shore Times & Mosman Daily

This month is the perfect time to go on safari in Sydney and be immersed in the colour and vibrant energy of the city's diverse ethnic quarters.

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Margaret River Safari
The Weekend Australian - 29 July 2006

Victoria Laurie joins a bus full of food lovers on a tour of Western Australia's southwest

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