Show Hours
- Mon, 7 September
10am - 5pm - Tue, 8 September
12pm - 9pm - Wed, 9 September
10am - 5pm - Thu, 10 September
10am - 5pm
Staged alongside
The Bake Skills Nationals - Media Update
"Football, Meat Pies, Kangaroos & Holden cars"
You remember the song! Well put w/ c September 21 in your diaries now, because that's the week that, to paraphrase former test cricket captain, Bill Lawry...."it's all happening"... in Melbourne this year!!!
Football: Well, there's this little event called the AFL grand final happening at the MCG at the end of that week!
Meat Pies: Yes...there will literally be "heaps" of them...not only at the official Great Aussie Meat Pie competition...but also at this year's Bake Skills Australia National Teams Competition where 4 young State teams will each prepare six (6) "traditional great Aussie pies" for judging by the GAMP judges, as part of 3 intensive days of competition in search of those coveted green Bake Skills Australia champion's blazers (and a trip to Singapore!).
Where's "it all happening"?
The Bake Skills Nationals will be conducted at 2 locations for the first 2 days...
- The William Angliss Institute - where the competition production includes plain & fruit doughs, damper, organic sourdough, ciabatta, brioche, danish pastries and yeast raised donuts, and
- The Fine Food Australia exhibition - where teams will create, make, decorate and display cold Set Cheese Cakes; 3/4 puff strudel; Pativiers & Fruit Bandes; assorted "creative puff pastries"; great Aussie Pies; Lemon Meringue Pie; Gingerbread & gingerbread Shapes...and an un-iced wedding cake base
- On Day 3 (Wednesday, Sept 24), all teams will be at Fine Foods where they'll spend a hectic day producing a creative bread model; 2 x chocolate innovation mousse cakes and a gingerbread feature. Teams will also have to design & create 4 x identical plated desserts from a mystery box of ingredients they receive the day before and decorate their feature wedding cake.
In addition to the 4 competing teams -
- A chocolate expert from Callebaut chocolate will be demonstrating some of the finer aspects of chocolate making and will be available to field any questions you have on chocolate.
- Queensland COOKON sales will have their latest pastry display cabinet on show to see
- EOI's Ashley Gurney will be available to field questions on shortenings, fats & oil,
- Moffat will be displaying their Rotel oven, together with a range of mixers & dough break.
- A range of information & samples will be available from all Event Partners & supporting company's including Van Den Berghs; Kerry Pinnacle;
- Free copies of Leading Edge Magazine's latest edition will also be available.
Stop Press: The Teams competing in this year's Nationals have recently been named. They are -
Team Queensland, represented by...
Megan Denning - an apprentice Pastry Chef at Brisbane's Sofitel Hotel, specializing in cakes, pastries & desserts, and...
Ashleigh Hoeksema - an apprentice pastry chef at Jonathan M's Patisserie in sunny Coolum
Team Manager: Chrystal Geddes (Baking Industry Training Australia)
Defending champions, New South Wales, represented by...
Andrew Davidson - a 3rd year apprentice who works under at the 5 star Shangri La Hotel under the tutelage of their exec pastry chef, Brendan Dewar, and...
Josh Mantellato - a final year apprentice who's spent the last 3 and a half years specializing in bread & pastry products at Killarney Vale Bakery and Café on the NSW Central coast.
Team Managers: Dean Tilden & Janet Aislabie from the Hunter Institute of TAFE
Team Victoria, represented by...
Paul McDonald - representing his State for the 2nd time, Paul works for Shepparton's famous Freeman's Bakery Cafes and has recently completed his apprenticeship there, and...
Jade Walker - a final year apprentice who joined La Dolce Vita Bakery in Shepparton earlier this year, where she specializes in special occasion and wedding cakes.
Team Manager: Kim Banfield (Goulburn Ovens TAFE)
Team South Australia, undergoing final selection as we went press will be anchored by...
Chereen McDonald - works at Gawler South Bakery and has recently completed her apprenticeship,
Team Manager: Ian Nankevill (Regency Institute)
What's that? We didn't mention Kangaroos & Holden cars? Well, they both are available in Melbourne that week too, but we've run out of space, so that's a story for next time!
See you at the Bake Skills Nationals!
For more information - contact Craig Perry @ 0414 472 111
To register for a FREE ticket to Fine Foods - go to www.finefoodexpo.com.au
Event Partners & Sponsors
Proudly Supported by:
......EVENT PARTNERS......
E O I
MOFFAT
VAN DEN BERGH'S
CALLEBAUT CHOCOLATE
DIVERSIFIED EXHIBITIONS AUSTRALIA
... SPONSORS ...
WILLIAM ANGLISS INSTITUTE OF TAFE COOKON EQUIPMENT
LEADING EDGE MAGAZINE (Official Media Sponsor)
... SUPPORTERS...
KERRY PINNACLE BAKERY INGREDIENTS ALLSTATES DCP MARKETING SERVICES
Australian Society of Baking (ASB)
National Baking Industry Association (NBIA) Australia Baking Associations (ABA)
