A Farming Feast with the Gourmet Farmer
William Angliss Institute is thrilled to be joining Melbourne Food and Wine Festival with two unique events in March 2018.
A Farming Feast
Fat Pig Farm owner and chef Matthew Evans and his wife Sadie will share their experience of setting up the Fat Pig Farm within a small farming community. They will host a farming feast at Angliss Restaurant with a shared plate dinner.
Guests will enjoy drinks and starters in the Angliss culinary garden, followed by shared plate feast with a short talk and Q&A opportunity.
Regenerating Communities – What’s New on the Menu?
Microbes – in the soil, in your food and in you !
The modern movements of holistic farming and fermentation are a growing response to the health impacts of intensive farming and highly processed food. From commercial farming to creating living food in the kitchen, join the panel to learn about the role of microbes in a more sustainable, healthier and delicious future.
Come and enjoy drinks and canapés designed by Fat Pig Farms’ Matthew Evans before our panel discussion.
Matthew Evans, the Gourmet Farmer, chef, restaurateur and sustainable food advocate.
Owner of Fat Pig Farm, Tasmania and host of Gourmet Farmer on SBS. He is an advocate for sustainable seafood and is a strong believer in knowing and trusting what you eat.
Charles Massy – author and re-generative farmer
Brought up in the industrial farming tradition and turned to alternative, holistic methods of working the land. Author of ‘Call of the Reed Warbler’, in which he argues for five regenerative landscape functions to restore health to the land: solar, water, soil, dynamic eco-systems and the human-social.
Sharon Flynn –award-winning fermenter and author
Owenr of the award-winning fermented food and drink business 'The Fermentary'. A staunch advocate of traditional fermentation methods and author of 'Ferment for Good - Ancient Foods for the Modern Gut’.
Dr Kelly Donati – Lecturer Gastronomy, William Angliss Institute
Developed and lectures in the Bachelor of Food Studies and Master of Food Systems and Gastronomy at William Angliss Institute. Kelly is on the board for Melbourne Farmers Markets and the founding Chairperson of Sustain: the Australian Food Network.
Hosted by Dr Nick Rose, – Lecturer Food Studies and Food Systems, William Angliss Institute
Executive director Sustain : The Australian Food Network, a Churchill Fellow and a Global Advisor to the United Nations Global Compact Cities Programme, author of ‘Fair Food: A movement with a mission’ and is currently teaching and researching food systems and food studies at William Angliss Institute.
Places are strictly limited, so book now.
8th February 2018.
