We are hosting a day in both the kitchen and the garden that concentrates on bushfoods – in this kitchen workshop we are extremely proud to present Jude Mayall of Outback Chef. She will lead the group through a fantastic menu that includes bush tomato tart, fish cooked in paperbark and quandong crumble, and will share her knowledge and her passion along the way. Come along and learn just how easy it is to include our native bush foods in your everyday cooking.
Details
Hosted by Jude Mayall of Outback Chef, the morning will begin with a brief discussion on native food, with samples and tastings, and an overview of how native food knowledge has been passed down through generations. Jude will also run through preparing bush foods, for example when to use bush tomatoes and how to hydrate quandongs, as many ingredients are sold dried. The group will then move onto preparing an array of stunning bush food dishes.
The menu for the day: bush tomato tart with a green salad, fish cooked in paperbark with desert lime, pumpkin mediallions with lemon myrtle and mountain pepper, warrigal greens, and quandong crumble with wattleseed icecream. This will all be shared for lunch along with a glass of wine.
An art curator, Botanical artist and speaker on Australian Aboriginal art and culture, Jude Mayall has been heavily involved in Australian Aboriginal art for over twenty years. She was a regular speaker on Understanding Aboriginal Art at the Centre of Adult Education for Victoria and has curated exhibitions in Australia, the United States, Europe and Canada. Among those, an exhibition of Aboriginal art and sculpture featured in complementing a new range of Outback Furniture in Australian timber for US manufacturer, Kimbal Furniture. In Osaka, Japan, an exhibition featured works by both Indigenous and botanical artists showing art from a cultural as well as horticultural aspect.
During Jude's involvement in Aboriginal art and craft she learned a lot about bush tucker and bush food from the Aboriginal women who taught her through their vibrant and colourful paintings. These paintings not only increased her knowledge but also fuelled a desire to go further with Australia's native bush food … Outback Chef has been a natural and passionate progression.
Jude is originally from the land in country Victoria; she grew up with a love for art, food and cooking. Her mother was an innovative cook and taught her the traditional methods of food preparation, but encouraged experimentation where the good, the bad and the downright unedible can happen!!!
Outback Chef is about showcasing Australia's native cuisine and teaching the best way to use the many herbs, spices, fruits and berries that grow naturally in this country.
Additional Details
Please wear covered shoes suitable for working in the kitchen.
Enter the College via the main reception area, which is located near the end of Cromwell Street, and follow the signs to the kitchen.
Public transport is usually the best way to get to Collingwood College, with Collingwood train station only minutes away. On Saturdays there may be limited parking in the immediate vicinity of the College. Other parking options are generally the north and south sides of Hoddle Street, in Gipps Street and in the parking zone at the end of Islington Street.
Cooking with Bush Foods – Saturday 25 August
We are hosting a day in both the kitchen and the garden that concentrates on bushfoods - in this kitchen workshop we are extremely proud to present Jude Mayall of Outback Chef.
Date: August 25, 2012
$129.00
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