A Taste of Northern New South Wales

To celebrate and share the exquisite food produce, restaurants and people of the NSW Northern Rivers region, Sample Food Festival will be held on Saturday 6th October 2012 at Bangalow Show Grounds, Station Street, Bangalow.

This will be the second Sample Food Festival, which has attracted the region’s best chefs and food producers.

Farmers markets and a range of food produce, health and lifestyle stalls will fill the Bangalow Showgrounds from 9:00am. Twenty restaurant marquees will serve $5.00 and $10.00 tasting plates between 9:00am and 3:00pm, with the best of these being awarded the prestigious Golden Fork Award.

Highlights from last years festival inlcuded cooking and lifestyle demonstrations will be held throughout the day, including Simon Grigalius from My Restaurant Rules, Gavin Hughes from The Byron at Byron Resort, Phil Dudman and Julie Ray showing us garden to kitchen tips and Leah Roland, Principal of the Bangalow Cooking School giving cooking classes for both adults and kids.

Eight of the region’s top Chefs will gather at The Byron at Byron Resort at night to prepare the Sample Gala Dinner for 150 guests.

Katrina from Satiate in Bangalow will be joined by Gavin Hughes from The Byron at Byron Resort, Joseph Griffin from Harvest in Newrybar, Perry Hill, Monique Guterres-Harrison from Seaweed Cuisine Byron Bay, Peter Flemming from 561 Alphadale, Scott Frost from Seven Mile Restaurant in Lennox Head and Adam Smith from Fleurs in Ballina to prepare the Sample Gala Dinner, at which the winners of the Golden Fork Award will be announced. 

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