Tastings on Hastings Event Guide 2017

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Welcome to Port Macquarie

AN INVITATION TO IGNITE YOUR SENSEs This year’s Tastings on Hastings Festival promises to be a fabulous weekend for soaking up the spring sunshine and enjoying the delights of our local farmers, producers, artisans, winemakers, brewers, bakers and chefs.

Now in its 15th year, Tastings is the North Coast’s biggest culinary festival. In addition to the spectacular main event on the Hastings River foreshore, we’re excited by some great new satellite events across the weekend. You can dine in style or visit the food source at a local coffee roaster, winery, oyster farm or hinterland producer – there really is something for everyone!

It’s the perfect time to make a weekend of it! If you’re looking to visit, check out portmacquarieinfo.com.au to plan your stay.

Peta Pinson

Port Macquarie-Hastings Mayor

The spectacular Port Macquarie coast

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6.30pm | Gastronomical Pub Dinner - Settlers Inn 6.30pm | Foragers Dinner -Whalebone Wharf

F R I DAY 2 7 O C T O B E R 10am–4pm | Hastings Tastings Platters - Little Fish Café, Restaurant & Vineyard 12.30pm–7pm | Perfect Pairings Tour - Frankie’s Travel 7pm | Local Beer & Tapas Degustation - Latin Loafer 7pm | Celebrate Local: A Seafood Feast - Bills Fishhouse & Bar 6.30pm | Locally Made, Internationally Inspired - The Stunned Mullet

S AT U R DAY 2 8 O C T O B E R 8am–12pm | Wauchope Farmers Market with Matt Golinski - Wauchope Showground 9am–3pm | Paddock to Plate Tour - Frankie’s Travel 12pm–8pm | Tastings on Hastings Main Event - Town Green 12pm | Long, Lazy Lunch - Drury Lane Eatery

S U N DAY 2 9 O C T O B E R 9.30am–4.30pm | Hastings Hidden Gems Tours - Frankie’s Travel 10am–4pm | Hastings Tastings Platters - Little Fish Café, Restaurant & Vineyard 11am–12.30pm | The Sustainable Table with Matt Golinski - The Lost Plot Community Gardens 12pm | Cassegrain Wines Long Lunch - Cassegrain Wines 1pm | Meals in the Fields - Near River Produce

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12.00pm | Winner Hastings Regional Singer/Songwriter Competition 2017 12.50pm | Nana Klumpp & EZ3 1.50pm | Andrew Cousins 2.50pm | Sarah Marine 3.50pm | Chicken Joe & the Mavericks 4.50pm | Harry’s Lookout

Cassegrain Wines & Wicked Elf

oyster barn

5.50pm | MAR HAZE

The Ultimate Oyster Experience

6.50pm | Bearfoot

Prepare your palate for an onslaught of our region’s finest fare at the Cassegrain Wine and Wicked Elf Oyster Barn, part of the Tastings on Hastings Main Festival on Saturday 28th October. Succulent fresh, local oysters will be served up in abundance alongside a range of Wicked Elf beer and Cassegrain wine so you can sip, sup and savour your way through our region’s finest flavours. Matt Golinski will be joined by local beer and wine experts to demonstrate how to match both natural and dressed oysters with your favourite beer and wine varietals. Tasting packs combining Wicked Elf beer and Cassegrain wine with a selection of Oysters will also be available for purchase.

More information about the Oyster Barn visit, Tastingsonhastings.com.au/events

6.50pm | Soul Fire First Annual Hot Wing Challenge Final Heat - Winner Announced Presented by The Burger Rebellion and Moorebeer Brewing Co.

the burger rebellion & moorebeer brewing co.

hot wing challenge Featuring The Hot Sauce Kings Participants in the first annual Hot Wing Challenge will compete for the title of Hot Wing Champion on the Main Stage at Tastings on Hastings Main Festival.

More information visit, Tastingsonhastings.com.au/events

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GAsTRONOMY PUB DINNER WITH EXECUTIVE CHEF BEN VARELA Settlers Inn

FORAGERS DINNER The Whalebone Wharf

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Journey through a four-course meal with accompanying drinks showcasing Sydney’s latest pub food trends. Ben Varela as Executive Chef for Public House Management Group helps create the Pub food trends in Sydney. Overseeing a diverse portfolio of pubs and restaurants, including the one hatted Bistro Moncur, Ben’s team deliver over 15,000 meals each and every week.

Take your tastebuds on a spectacular culinary journey whilst basking in the majestic views of Hastings River. Newly renovated Whalebone Wharf welcomes you to a night hosted by Hatted Executive Chef Perter Ridland, formerly of Jonah’s Whale beach.

Peter and his team of chefs will be foraging produce from the local area and incorporating these ingredients into each course highlighting what the bountiful land and waters of the Hastings has on offer. An experience not be missed.

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Thursday 26 October, 6.30pm | $75 pp Tickets on sale soon

Thursday 26 October, 6.30pm | $135 pp Book now: 269 Hastings River Drive, Port Macquarie

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TAsTINGS IN THE VINEs Little Fish Café Restaurant & Vineyard

TAsTINGS ON HAsTINGS PRODUCER TOURS Frankie’s Travels

Visit one of our region’s most quaint vineyards and enjoy free wine tastings between the hours of 10am and 4pm on Friday 27 and Sunday 28 on the Tastings weekend. Enjoy a Hastings Tastings Platter that includes a selection of tasty local produce and a bottle of Little Fish Wine among the vines. Please note Little Fish will be closed Saturday 28th October.

Join Friday’s Perfect Pairing Tour and take your tastebuds on a journey matching local food and wine finished by a sunset river cruise. Saturday’s Paddock to Plate Tour will kick off with a coffee roasting experience, followed by an oyster farm tour and a visit to a boutique vineyard. Sunday’s Tour will uncover the Hastings Hidden Gems and include wine, chocolate and a long lunch!

Friday 27 October, Sunday 29th October, 10am-4pm | $55 pp Book now: 02 6581 1332 / wineanddine@littlefishcafe.com.au

Friday 27, Saturday 28, Sunday 29 October From $109 pp To book visit: frankiestravel.com/collections/tastings-on-hastings-exclusive-tours

LOCAL BEER & TAPAs DEGUSTATION Latin Loafer

CELEBRATE LoCAL; A SEAFOOD FEAsT Bills Fishhouse & Bar

Five local beers including beers from Black Duck Brewery, Wicked Elf, Bucket Brewery and Moore Beer Brewing Co. will be matched with five delicious tapas dishes.

This event will bring together a very passionate local brewing community and explore the flavours and varietals of each brewery. Latin Loafer is renowned for its tasty tapas menu and hip, riverside setting.

Be our guest as we host a culinary Seafood Experience at Bills Fishhouse to celebrate all this great region has to offer as part of the 2017 Tastings on Hastings. The evening will include a bespoke seafood feast especially curated by our talented Head Chef Dominic Smith. Expect the freshest quality seafood and sustainable local produce to grace your plate, all expertly teamed with Sparkling, local Craft Beers and the very best of NSW region Wine. Get ready to hook right in, we’ll save you a seat!

Friday 27 October, 6.30pm | $135 pp Book now: billsfishouse.eventbrite.com

Friday 27 October, 7pm | $75 pp Book now: livetix.com.au

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LOCALLY MADE, INTERNATIONALLY INSPIRED

FARM FREsH IS BEsT Wauchope Farmers’ Market

Using our bountiful local produce let us take you on a culinary journey that is a homage to both our amazing region and the iconic dishes of world class chefs from London to NYC. Our team have put their heads together and named the chefs and dishes that have inspired them both personally and professionally managing to borrow these magical recipes to be re interpreted with Mullet magic. Indulge your senses with an incredible tasting menu, enhanced by perfectly matching beers and wines. Join us in Port Macquarie on this tour of tastebud nirvana.

Join Matt Golinksi as he meets some of our growers, makers and bakers at the Wauchope Farmers Markets. The Hastings Hinterland weaves together family farms serving communities near and far with milk, cheese, potatoes, blueberries, avocados, pork, beef, garlic, macadamias and so much more. Many of the farms have been in the same family for generations and those farmers tell of travelling to local schools on horseback every day.

Friday 27 October, 6.30pm | $175 pp Book now: www.thestunnedmullet.com.au/events

Saturday 28 October, 8am-12noon Free Entry

LONG, LAZY LUNCH Drury Lane Eatery

THE SUSTAINABLE TABLE - COOKING DEMONSTRATION WITH MATT GOLINSKI The Lost Plot Community Garden

The Stunned Mullet

Come together under the leopard trees in the Drury Lane courtyard where you will enjoy a feast of Drury Lane flavours highlighting the seasonal local heroes we love to use every day.

Near River Produce, Bellingen Smokehouse and Ewetopia Farm to name a few as well as our backyard farmers who regularly contribute to making our food ever-changing and ever-surprising.

This event is BYO and family friendly.

Join popular Chef Matt Golinski as he forages through the fresh produce within the Lost Plot Community Garden to produce scrumptious, simple to prepare dishes. Be inspired to produce your dishes using sustainable home grown and local produce.

Saturday 28 October, 12pm | $60 pp Book now: www.facebook.com/drurylaneeatery or email eat@drurylaneeatery.com

Sunday 29 October, 11am-12.30pm | $5 pp Tickets available at the gate

MEALs IN THE FIELDS Near River Produce

CAsSEGRAIN WINEs: LONG LUNCH Cassegrain Wines

Two hatted Chef’s from Sydney will showcase this region’s best produce in the fields at Near River Produce. This outdoor paddock to plate experience is a culinary event not to be missed. This popular event sells out quickly, so be sure to book your tickets soon.

Join us for the unique opportunity to meet the Cassegrain winemaking team as we take you on an unforgettable food and wine journey. Ignite your senses with exclusive tank and barrel tastings; then sit back, relax and take in the ambient gardens of Cassegrain Winery while you sip and savour your way through a delicious 5 course degustation featuring fresh, local produce expertly matched to Cassegrain’s award-winning wines. Places are limited so book now to reserve your place – don’t miss out!

Sunday 29 October, 12pm | $95 pp Book: 02 6582 8320 / restaurant@cassegrainwines.com.au

Sunday 29 October, 1pm | $140 pp Book now: nearriverproduce.com/events

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Matt Golinski Popular Chef Matt Golinksi will once again join us for our Tastings on Hastings festival. Matt is a fervent and passionate ambassador for using locally sourced and grown produce. He fell in love with Port Macquarie and our wonderful producers in 2016 when he took part in the Tastings on Hastings festival as our Local Produce Ambassador.

Festival attendees will have ample opportunity to meet Matt Golinski as he tours the Tastings weekend itinerary.

First up, Matt will join us bright and early Saturday morning (October 28) at the Wauchope Farmer’s Market where he will meet some of our local growers, makers and bakers.

Next, he will make his way to the Tastings on Hastings Main Festival where he will be presenting several masterclasses and demonstrations in the Cassegrain and Wicked Elf Oyster Barn as well as on the Main stage.

On Sunday you can catch him at The Sustainable Table event hosted at our local community gardens; The Lost Plot. Here, Matt will demonstrate how easy it is to create some scrumptious dishes from the fresh food he forages from the garden that morning. Anyone who joined us for this event last year will remember how popular this demonstration was. The tasty dishes Matt prepared from scratch were incredible.

Sustainable Waste Disposal

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To help us reduce the environmental impact of our event we have once again partnered with BioPak who will be supplying Tastings on Hastings vendors with compostable and recyclable plate-ware, cups and cutlery.

Help us dispose of our waste sustainably by placing your compostable plate-ware in the green bins and all recyclable material in the yellow bins. We’ll have plenty of signs around the festival to guide your waste disposal and if you are unsure, you can always ask one of our friendly volunteers.

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Vote for your Favourite Foodie This year we are thrilled to launch the ‘Tastings on Hastings Favourite Foodie’ Awards. These Awards have been developed to acknowledge the people, places, provedores & producers who make eating and drinking in our region such a pleasurable treat.

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Head to tastingsonhastings.com.au/favourite-foodie to vote for your Favourite Foodie in the following categories

BEST LOCAL PRODUCE

Which local produce (e.g. oysters, fruit, cheese, chocolate, vegetables, meat, bread etc.) has our local community’s taste buds tingling?

BEST IN BOTTLE

This award recognises craft brewers, cider producers and wine makers in our region.

BEST IN COFFEE

Recognising local cafés and coffee providers, service, yumminess of menu, consistency of coffee, use of local produce.

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BEST IN DINING

Recognising local restaurants, cafes, pub and club bistros for their service, uniqueness of menu and use of local produce.

Our region’s Favourite Foodies (as nominated and voted upon by you) will be announced at the Main Event of Tastings on Hastings on Saturday 28 October!

We love our Vollies!

Our Tastings on Hastings event would not be the success it is without the generosity, passion and enthusiasm of our volunteers. Each year, close to 100 local people put up their hand to help our event team bring the Main Festival to life.

They do an amazing job by helping and guiding visitors, staffing the information tent, collecting surveys, encouraging recycling and helping with ticketing at entry gates. Proudly sponsored by Holiday Coast Credit Union, this year’s volunteers will be easily identified in their blue aprons and T-shirts.

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