media releases
Feast on the Scenic Rim
Scenic Rim Eat Local Week 2016 plates up from June 25, with a delicious schedule of food and farming events. The festival of food and farming is now in its sixth year and showcases the bounty of fresh produce, wine, beer, milk and gourmet products that grow in the...
Scenic Rim crayfish farmer can’t eat his produce
Rob Hutchings is a well-known Scenic Rim crayfish farmer. He's been farming the native Australian species on a farm at Tarome since the 1980s. But you won't find Rob eating his produce ... he's allergic. He recently told 612ABC how years of handling crayfish led to...
Alison Alexander talks Scenic Rim onions
October marks the start of the Scenic Rim's onion season, It's a relatively short season which runs through until late December, early January. The region has a number of onion producers, who grow brown and red onions, as well as the smaller white spring onions. You...
Songbirds Scenic Rim degustation returns
Songbirds Rainforest Retreat will host its popular Scenic Rim degustation during Eat Local Week. Headchef, Jasper Kan, has been busy touring the region, sourcing ingredients for the five-course tasting menu. “We can be really proud to live in this beautiful region,”...
Eat Local Week now on
Eat Local Week 2015 kicked off on the weekend with record crowds at the Lost World Farm Gate Festival and the Scenic Rim 4Real Milk open day at Rathdowney. The Royal Hotel had a packed house for the Scenic Rim degustation and plenty of people called into the...
Glen’s wild about Scenic Rim produce
Scenic Rim produce was on the menu at a popular Brisbane botanical bistro this week. Wild Canary Bistro, at the Brookfield Garden Centre, hosted a sold-out Scenic Rim producer’s lunch, which will be attended by some featured local farmers. Wild Canary chef, Glen...
Kalbar carrot beer is hopping off the bar
Is this be Australia’s first healthy beer? A beer that’s been made with Kalbar carrots has the media and craft beer enthusiasts hopping with excitement. The Wabbit Saison is a collaboration between Ipswich craft brewer Wade Curtis, of Four Hearts Brewing and Kalbar...
Eat Local Week ambassador tours Scenic Rim paddocks and produce
Scenic Rim Eat Local Week Ambassador, Josue (Josh) Lopez, has been treated to a culinary road trip of the region, touring the farms and food producers as part of his new role. The talented Executive Chef of the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA)...
Calling aspiring Scenic Rim chefs: join the QAGOMA kitchen
Are you an aspiring Scenic Rim chef? As part of the collaboration with QAGOMA for Eat Local Week, aspiring Scenic Rim chefs have the opportunity to be selected for a Culinary Internship. This is an opportunity to be embedded with the expert QAGOMA team to produce an...