From Farm to Fork

MCEC’s award entries are signed, sealed and been delivered to the Melbourne Showgrounds. Our pastry chef Alessandro Bartesaghi was busy packing eskys (chilly bins or cool boxes if you are outside Australia) full of our house made ice cream flavours for judging in the Royal Melbourne Fine Food Awards. We’re entering a range of our ice creams, sorbets  and labna. [...]

Last week we rugged up in thermals (well, Tony did anyway) and drove out to visit one of MCEC’s producers Sher Wagyu in Ballan, central Victoria. Owners Vicki and Nick Sher are at the helm of this 21-year business, developing, breeding and feeding Wagyu cattle for some of the best Australian and international restaurants. Sher [...]

Dishes have been trialled by their creators, Dan Hunter’s pancetta is curing in our kitchen, and our team are ready to welcome Melbourne’s best for the Starlight Five Chefs Dinner on Friday 24 May. This is the second year MCEC have hosted and sponsored the Starlight Children’s Foundation major fundraiser and 2013 is a special [...]