Bathurst Harvest Festival

Sunday 11th
to
Monday 26th April
2010
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Schedule of Events - Food

Easter Festive Lunch

This event is a traditional Greek Festival lunch which would traditionally eaten to celebrate Easter. The lunch will feature local produce and classic Greek and Mediterranean cooking styles and flavors. Relax in the leafy courtyard and enjoy salt marinated lamb from the BBQ, roasted fetta in vine leaves all accompanied by our truly local Renzaglia Wines from O'Connell. Bookings are essential.

Date:

Sunday 18

Time:

11am to 4pm

Cost:

Fixed price

Venue:

The O'Connell Café, 2431 O'Connell Road

Contact:

6329 4880

The Bathurst Harvest Festival & The Flavours of Autumn

Cobblestone Restaurant & McGrath Family Wines - hosted by Peter McGrath, the night will showcase regional produce matched with the McGrath Family medal winning wines and music from Mitchell Conservatorium.  Limited seating - 3 courses with matching wine.

Date:

Friday 23

Time:

6.30pm

Cost:

$100.00 per person.  Pre-purchase from Cobblestonelane

Venue:

Cobblestone Function Room, 173 George Street 

Contact:

6331 2202

Bathurst Region Harvest Festive Farmers' Market

The Bathurst Region Farmers' Market offers the community the opportunity to purchase food, plants and value-added produce directly from the grower/maker. A special celebratory Farmers Market will be held as part of the Bathurst Harvest Festival. There will be live music, children's activities, demonstrations, plus more. Join the Bathurst Region Farmers market to enjoy a fantastic celebration of local regional and seasonal produce during the Harvest Festival.

Date:

Saturday 24

Time:

8am to 12noon

Cost:

Gold coin donation

Venue:

Bathurst Showground, Kendall Avenue

Contact:

02 6329 4880

Website:

www.bread.org.au

Farmers' Market Dinner

Take pleasure in a four course dinner featuring the fresh produce from that morning's market. These dinners are very popular and include innovative and delicious ways of getting the best from our marvellous variety of local producers. Enjoy the taste of our region in the historic building that is the O'Connell Café. Bookings are essential.

Date:

Saturdat 24

Time:

7pm for 7.30pm

Cost:

Fixed menu $55-$65

Venue:

The O'Connell Café, 2431 O'Connell Road

Contact:

02 6329 4880

Harvest Dinner

Bathurst Council for Christian Education invites you to a Harvest Dinner to promote the work of Christian Education in Bathurst High and Kelso High (Denison College).  Tickets are available from your church, Bathurst Health Foods and Pilgrim Books.

Date:

Saturday 24

Time:

6pm for 6.30pm  start

Cost:

Fixed menu $35.00

Venue:

Bathurst Goldfields, 428 Confrod Straight, Mt Panorama

Contact:

02 6324 5465

 Festa della Vendemmia at Vale Creek

As a feature of the ‘Bathurst Harvest Festival', the ‘Festa della Vendemmia' (Grape Harvest Festival) will be held at ‘Vale Creek Wines' Cellar Door. The day will include tastings of our distinctive Italian wine varieties, whilst a light menu will feature the popular ‘Arrosticini', a lamb delicacy from Italy's Abruzzo region. Various light musical recitals will add to festivities. Being harvest time or ‘vintage', the winery will be full of excitement and activity. Tours of the winery and vineyard will take place and include exclusive barrel tastings of the 2009 red wines that will be bottled in May for release later in the year.

Date:

Saturday 24 & Sunday 25

Time:

Saturday 12 to 4pm & Sunday 11am to 4pm

Cost:

Entry Free.  Wine and food at list prices

Venue:

Vale Creek Wines, 438 Cow Flat Road, Georges Plains

Contact:

02 6332 2011

Website:

www.valecreek.com.au

Solid Gold

This will be an evening of gold medal winning wines from Winburndale's cellar matched with the culinary masterpieces of chef Phillippe Legall. This event will be hosted at Bishops's Court Estate. Bookings are essential.

Date:

Sunday 25

Time:

6.30pm

Cost:

Fixed price

Venue:

Bishop's Court Estate, 226 Seymour Street

Contact:

6332 4447

The Harvest Festival is part of the Autumn Colours program which features many
 more events that celebrate the colours of the Bathurst Region.
 For a Autumn Colours Program contact Bathurst Visitor Information Centre