From Farm to Fork

Almost 50 people joined us for our first Melbourne Food and Wine Festival event last Wednesday evening. Guests enjoyed canapes while they toured the southern hemisphere’s largest kitchen and then sat down for a five course Victorian feast, with matching wines, as the sun went down over the city. Partnering with two of our suppliers, [...]

The Melbourne Food & Wine Festival Guide (MFWF) is out and our kitchen team are excited to announce tickets are now on sale for our first ever MFWF event, fittingly called From Farm to Fork (in the ‘feasting from the earth’ category), to be held on Wednesday March 13. For the past few years our team have [...]

After months of experimentation with layers, textures and flavours MCEC pastry chefs Michael Belcher and Alessandro Bartesaghi reaped the sweets of their labour and brought home medals from the Hunter Valley’s Callebaut Chocolate Entremet competition. Mike was awarded a silver medal and Alessandro took out a gold and was placed third overall – a huge coup [...]