Events
Cadbury Taste Theatre
The Cadbury Taste Theatre continues to be one of the Festival’s hottest drawcards, and for good reason: it’s a unique opportunity to meet, and enjoy master classes, with some of the country’s most famous chefs and artisan producers – most of them Tasmanian! Don’t miss your chance to be a part of these unique events:
- Cheesemaker Nick Haddow will do a special session on hand-crafted artisan cheeses, with tastings
- Master patissier and chocolate maker Chris Walton demonstrates high-end cake and chocolate work
- Biil Lark will give a session on the dream run that Tasmanian single malt whiskies are enjoying on the world stage at the moment
- Fabian Christoph, rising star chef from Restaurant 373, will demonstrate dishes from his new project restaurant in Hobart, the Mill on Morrison
- Frances Bender, the live-wire proprietor of Huon Aquaculture will talk about a new super-premium Tasmanian salmon product
- ‘Basque Gastronomy’ presented by Jahan Patterson-Were, takes a look at culinary art in the famous Pyrenees region, following his stage at three Michelin-star restaurant Arzak
- Ashley Huntington, co-owner of Two Metre Tall Brewing Company, talks about their remarkable success in the Derwent Valley – brewing on the lunatic fringe!
- Charlotte Brown of the The Old Cable Station in Stanley, talks on the emergence of cooperative regional cuisine in Tasmania’s north
- Jack Lark, world-travelled Junior MasterChef contestant, talks about what it’s like to cook with uber-chef Heston Blumenthal in the UK
- Slow Food’s Jenny Dudgeon profiles the Australian Ark of Taste – part of a world-wide register of unique food products
The Cadbury Taste Theatre is a free program.
All Cadbury Taste Theatre Events
Dec. 28, 2011
- 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM Chris Walton
- 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM The Skills Institute with Wrest Point young Tasmanian chef's demonstrations
- 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Fabian Christoph
- 4:30 PM to 5:00 PM Jahan Patterson-Were
Dec. 29, 2011
- 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM Chris Walton
- 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Corey Baker
- 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM Jahan Patterson-Were
- 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Jenny Dudgeon
- 4:30 PM to 5:00 PM Frances Bender
Dec. 30, 2011
- 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM Chris Walton
- 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Jack Lark
- 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM Nick Haddow
- 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Rodney Dunn
- 4:30 PM to 5:00 PM Bill Lark
Dec. 31, 2011
- 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM Chris Walton
- 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Charlotte Brown
- 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM Ashley Huntington
Jan. 1, 2012
- 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM Chris Walton
- 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Sean Dunn
- 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM Nick Haddow
- 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Corey Baker
- 4:30 PM to 5:00 PM Chris Walton
Jan. 2, 2012
- 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM Chris Walton
- 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Joe Bennett
- 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM Charlotte Brown
- 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Bill Lark
- 4:30 PM to 5:00 PM Rodney Dunn
Jan. 3, 2012
- 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM Chris Walton
- 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Jack Lark
- 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM Fabian Christoph
- 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Ashley Huntington
- 4:30 PM to 5:00 PM Frances Bender
