Paddock to Plate 2023

WELCOME

It’s wonderful to be able to celebrate our regional, rural and local communities and producers at this year’s Paddock to Plate. It is our honour to celebrate the role of parents and family in the lives of our students while also acknowledging the work of those in our regional and rural heartland.

Indeed, St Hilda’s was founded in 1964 with the mission and purpose of providing access to a world class education to female students primarily from the regional and rural communities of Victoria. While our demographic has shifted somewhat over our 59 year history, with a welcome increase in both metropolitan, interstate and international students that add great diversity to our community, we’re still proud to note that around 60% of our students come from the regions. Supporting these communities will always be a core value and purpose of St Hilda’s.

Paddock to Plate also seeks to embody the college motto, ‘Communitas’, which speaks to our commitment to giving back and contributing to communities around us at a local,

national and global level. This motto defines much about what we do here at Hilda’s and is drawn from a strong sense of belonging, connectedness and responsibility to others that is so impressively strong in many of Australia’s regional and rural communities. We hope that tonight, as we raise funds for Farm My School (a charity selected by our student body), that you feel more connected to both our community as well as those around us that we seek to support.

James (Jimmy) Hardiman

Tonight, we are raising funds for ‘Farm My School,’ a not-for-profit social enterprise located on the Bellarine Peninsula.

‘Farm My School’ is a world-first initiative that transforms unused school land into regenerative market gardens and provides fresh produce to school communities experiencing high levels of food insecurity. ‘Farm My School’ are passionate about empowering students. It promotes healthy eating, ecological stewardship, food security, and connected communities, and empowers students to pursue tertiary pathways in Agricultural and Horticultural studies.

‘Farm My School’ has generously supplied the vegetables and herbs that are on our plates tonight. On August 30th, student volunteers will take our food waste from tonight to ‘the Farm’ to support their regenerative market gardens and work alongside the Bellarine Secondary College on a two-day excursion. By doing this, we create a circular food waste solution and ensure we decrease our wastage and carbon footprint.

We are incredibly grateful to the college and broader community who generously donated items for our auction and raffle tonight, and for ultimately making this night possible. Thank you for your support!

Student Club Charity Convenors Communitas Director, Meg Kennedy-Ripon

JOVITA CHIA MILLY HOLMES

HANNAH LILFORD

TOBIAS MILIANKOS-KING

Welcome, Principal James Hardiman & Communitas Director, Meg Kennedy-Ripon

Music Performance by Sonia Freiburg

Main course shared platters served

7:45PM

Guest Auctioneer, Mr Matt Bowles

Auction commences

Farm my School Panel, Dean of Students Fiona Cadorel

8:15PM

Musical Performance from The Addams Family, Jacinta Baker

Dessert served, tea and coffee available self-serve

Auction continued

8:45PM

Raffle and Lucky Door Prizes drawn

9PM

Thank you and closing

Thank you to our students and staff who have generously volunteered their time. Families, brunch in the Dining Hall on Sunday 23 July is between 9:30am &1:30pm

CONNECTING ACROSS VICTORIA

St Hilda’s College was originally founded so that rural and regional women could attend university. 59 years later, St Hilda’s continues to provide rural and regional as well as international students a home away from home. At St Hilda’s we are all encouraged to think about our college community and the broader community around us. Tonight, we engage with these connection interstate and across Victoria with local businesses and organisations contributing generous donations to Paddock to Plate.

OUR CONNECTIONS

DOMAINE ASMARA

Domaine Asmara, located in Toolen, Victoria, showcases the very best modern wine. Founded and run by St Hilda resident, Ben Grievings’s family (2022), the winery has provided a selection of Andreas and Henni’s wines & spirits for tasting, as well as bottles being served at our tables tonight.

PIZZINI

One of our beautiful dinner service wines comes from King Valley’s Pizzini Wines with Italian heritage. Thanks to Chloe Royal’s (2022) grandparents who built the vineyard and Aunt Nat, we share authentic Italian wines tonight.

THE AMERICAN HOTEL

Courtesy of Meg Kennedy Ripon’s (2022) family at the American Hotel Echuca, there is a voucher up for grabs! The hotel that features timbers from the original port of Echuca, includes many spaces such as an open rooftop bar and apartments.

BINDI WINES

Tonight in our auction we see Bindi wines, located in the Macedon Ranges on family property of the Dhillon family, Tobias Miliankos-King’s (2022) uncle! Originally purchased in the 1950s, it is a 170 hectare farm.

ST HILDA’S PADDOCK TO PALTE 202

ST HILDA’S STUDENT CLUB

Built on the college’s motto of ‘Communitas’, the St Hilda’s student club represents our students and creates a strong sense of belonging, connectedness and responsibility to others. Tonight some of the beloved merchandise is to be given out!

ST HILDA’S THEATRE GROUP

St Hilda’s has a strong cultural program including the theatre group that produces a musical production every year. The group is hoping to follow last year’s success of ‘Heathers’, with The Addam’s Family this August. Please enjoy Jacinta Baker’s performance this evening.

SYDNEY BEE SHOP/HENRY’S HONEY

Sydney Bee Shop follows Henry, Sonia Freiburg’s (2023) father, and his bees that create the delicious honey throughout the year. Their honey and honeycomb feature in our menu tonight!

KIM WESTCOTT

Kim Westcott is a Melbourne-born artist and is Kelly Hirschmann ‘s (2023) mum! She completed her studies in Fine Arts at VCA In 1989 and currently is represented by MAGMA Galleries. An art piece that features macrophotography by Kim is in our auction tonight.

OUR PRODUCERS & CONTRIBUTORS

BINDI WINES

‘Bindi’, 50 kilometres north-west of Melbourne focusing on Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. michael@bindiwines.com.au┃bindiwines.com.au/

DAL ZOTTO WINES

Known for their prosecco and Italian varieties, Dal Zotto Wines is located in King Valley. facebook.com/dalzotto.wines┃www.dalzotto.com.au/

DOMAINE ASMARA

Cellar Door & Distillery in the heart of the Heathcote wine region, Toolleen. facebook.com/domaineasmara.vineyard┃www.domaineasmara.com/

MOUNT TOWRONG VINEYARD

Established in 1996, Mount Towrong Vineyard is nestled between Geboor & Mount Towrong. facebook.com/mounttowrong┃www.mounttowrong.com.au/

PIZZINI

Pizzini produce multiple varieties including Pinot Grigio, Brachetto, Nebbiolo & Prosecco. facebook.com/PizziniWines ┃www.pizzini.com.au/

POLITINI WINES

Politini is where Sicily meets King Valley with Sicilian, Italian & traditional French varietals. www.politiniwines.com.au/

SYDNEY BEE SHOP

Besides creating the best honey, Sydney Bee Shop creates kombucha & removes bee hives. facebook.com/SydneyBeeShop ┃sydneybeeshop.com/

BILLSON’S BREWERY

An historic craft brewery located in the town of Beechworth in Victoria’s High Country facebook.com/Billsons1865/┃www.billsons.com.au/

BORDRIGGY BREWERY

Bodriggy Brewpub is a new brewery-home located in Abbotsford with local focus facebook.com/bodriggybrewingco/┃www.bodriggy.beer/

FARM MY SCHOOL

Farm My School is also working to mitigate climate change by working with communities facebook.com/farm.my.school/┃www.farmmyschool.com/

SIP AND ENJOY

Sip & Enjoy sells alcohol free beverages aiming for literally guilt free goodness. https://www.facebook.com/SipandEnjoy.NonAlcdrinks┃www.sipenjoy.com.au/

SOBAH

Sobah is Australia’s first non-alcoholic craft beer company based in Kombumerri country facebook.com/sobahbeverages/┃www.sobah.com.au/

MAGNEASEIUM

Lewanna Smith created MAGNeaseIUM after experiencing the properties of magnesium facebook.com/Magneaseium/┃www.magneaseium.com/

MELBOURNE STARS

The Melbourne Stars are a Twenty20 franchise cricket team, based in Melbourne, Victoria facebook.com/MelbourneStars┃www.melbournestars.com.au/

KIM WESTCOTT

Kim Westcott is an Australian Postwar & Contemporary artist from Victoria, Australia www.magmagalleries.com/artists/30-kim-westcott/overview/

OUR PRODUCERS CONTINUED

THE AMERICAN HOTEL

Echuca’s favourite contemporary classic Hotel – Bar, Courtyard, Deli & Lounge facebook.com/AmericanHotel/┃www.americanhotelechuca.com.au/

GO WEST

Go West is a family operated touring company featuring the best Victorian experience tours facebook.com/gowestmelbourne/┃www.gowest.com.au/

MELBOURNE MUSEUMS

The Melbourne Museum is a cultural history museum located in the Carlton Gardens facebook.com/melbournemuseum/┃www.museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum

MOUNTAIN VIEW HOTEL

The Mountain View Hotel is located in the heart of King Valley, Whitfield. facebook.com/mvhotel/┃www.mvhotel.com.au/

PORTALINGTON GRAND HOTEL

the historic yet newly refurbished Portarlington Grand Hotel is the perfect getaway. facebook.com/PortarlingtonGrandHotel ┃ www.portarlingtongrandhotel.com.au/

BLYTH BROS

The Blyth family are Australia’s largest daffodil producers, growing over 100 different varieties in Ellinbank, Victoria. www.blythbros.com.au/

TRIBAL ROSE

Tribal Rose has been supplying quality flower stock and floral services from our landmark premises in Fitzroy since 1996. info@tribalrose.com.au ┃www.tribalrose.com.au/

RAFFLE ITEMS

Bodriggy brewery have provided two slabs of their crowd pleaser, Staunch Pilsner. Thank you Bodriggy Brewery.

A box of Mount Torowong Wines’ finest bottles from the family owned and operated winery. Thank you Mount Torowong Wines.

Brought to you from Whitefield, Victoria, Dal Zotto is the pioneers of prosecco & have gifted us two bottles. Thank you to Dal Zotto

GIFT PACK

MAGNeaseIUM delivers pain-relieving magnesium, made in Australia with ultra healing effects. Thank you MAGNeaseIUM.

Providing both a singular and twin gift box, Domaine Asmara’s bottles are full of love and passion. Thank you Domaine Asmara.

La Mama Theatre is on traditional land of the people of the Kulin Nation. Cactus is their next show starting Aug 16

MOUNT TOWRONG WINE BOX

MAGNeaseIUM

2 x BOTTLES OF DAL ZOTTO PROSECCO

2 x BODRIGGY BREWERY SLABS OF BEER

2 x DOMAINE ASMARA GIFT BOXES

2 x TICKETS TO CACTUS AT LA MAMA THEATRE

AUCTION ITEMS

THE AMERICAN HOTEL

$200 VOUCHER + NIREBO MOTEL OVERNIGHT STAY

Thanks to American Hotel & Nirebo Motel.

Thanks to Mountain View Hotel and Piccolo AirBnB

Thanks to Portalington Grand Hotel.

Thanks to the Uhlmann Family.

Thanks to Billson’s Brewery.

Thanks to Eclectic Tastes.

Thanks to Tobias Millanos-King & his Family.

Thanks to Kim Westcott.

Thanks to MCG, Go West, Luna Park Port Phillip Ferries & Melbourne Museums

ONE NIGHT STAY AT PORTALINGTON GRAND HOTEL

$100 VOUCHER AT MOUNTAIN VIEW HOTEL & WEEKEND STAY AT PICCOLO AIRBNB

TENTERFIELD STAY

3 BILLSON’S BREWERY BOUTIQUE SPIRITS

OP#1 BY KIM WESTCOTT

4 PACK OF BINDI WINES

$300 BLACK CAT TRUFFLES VOUCHER

MELBOURNE PACKAGE

2 x MELBOURNE STARS FAMILY FULL SEASON PASSES

6 BOTTLES OF LORNE OTWAYS WEEKEND

$500 GEORGE JENSEN VOUCHER

2 x FORMULA 1 FOUR DAY PASSES

Thanks to Kevin Mathews Electrical.

Thanks to Polintini Wines.

Thanks to Melbourne Stars

2 x MELBOURNE STARS ADULT FULL SEASON PASSES

Thanks to Melbourne Stars

Thanks to Melbourne Stars

Thanks to the Abraham Family.

LUCKY DOOR

ST HILDA’S COLLEGE MERCHANDISE

Been jealous of your student’s green and blue merch? No need to worry when the student club have kindly donated some pieces for you to nab!

2 x 4 PACKS OF SOBAH BEVERAGES

All the way from the Goldcoast, Sobah has sent us 2 packs of non-alcoholic beverages coming in 4 which are perfect for any occasion.

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ST HILDA’S PADDOCK TO PLATE 2023

x OPENING NIGHT TICKETS TO THE ADDAMS FAMILY St Hilda’s College Theatre Group presents the new comedy the Addam’s Family! They invite two lucky guests to opening night this 31st of August.

THANK YOU

Farm My School

Fran & Kit from Organic Photography

Trippas White Group Catering Team

Tribal Rose

Musicians of this evening

St Hilda’s Maintenance & Housekeeping Team

The Ulhmann’s

The Abraham’s

Matt Bowles

Kim Westcott

Adrian Oats

Abbey Miller

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& Members of the Student Club who has volunteered their time to assist preparations and pack down

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGERS

Ms Kate Abraham, Alumni & Development

Mrs Carly Damen, Marketing, Communications + Events communitas@hildas.unimelb.edu.au