I’m currently stepping into an elevator right off the middle of George St to be taken directly up into Glass Brassiere. I’m here tonight for the Cloudy Bay Wine Dinner – a 5 course dinner designed by Luke Mangan to showcase the upcoming wines from Cloudy Bay, one of New Zealand’s top wineries.

Weeks of researching, planning, organising and countless sleepless nights later, now it’s all over. The Food Bloggers dinner hosted by Merivale was held on Wednesday night. I’ll give you a run down of my experiences working in a commercial kitchen and an overview of the initial planning process down to plating up our courses.

it is definitely another excuse to stuff ourselves with food that would make us forget about the chilly temperature not at all helped with an equally chilly wind.

And that’s how we all came about to Löwenbräu Keller to taste-test their perfect-for-winter dishes.

Zeta Bar and it’s winter concept have drawn me out on a Friday night, it’s undeniably wintertime – it’s been drizzling all day and the skies are black by 5pm. The concept is inspired by the European style of celebrating winter – mulled wine, roasted chestnuts, hot toddies and even roasted marshmallows are all on offer.

If there’s one thing I know about wine it’s that there’s an entire world of wine knowledge out there that I have absolutely no idea of. We’ve been invited to a Celebration for Chardonnay at the Park Hyatt and I think it’s time I’ve broaden my horizons a little with a little wine variety.

SBS Food was one of the sponsors of the ‘Eat. Drink. Blog.’ conference and were gracious enough to sponsor a week long Food Blogger Photography Exhibition. The photos were chosen from a selection of photos submitted by Australian Food Bloggers, Howard, Squishies and I submitted a few photos for consideration sliding in just under the deadline.

Fancy 1 of 5 double passes to this years Vintage Cellars International Wine Fair ? Check out the post and see how you could win. It’s a great opportunity to try great wines from around the world at the Sydney Overseas Passenger terminal!

There’s something which is so decadently appealing about casinos, it’s been a while since I’ve set foot in Star City Casino. Stepping inside the main doors we’re greeted by beautiful women in Chinese dresses, all set to the accompanying jangle of the slot machines. I think we’re in the right place for the launch of Fat Noodle.

If there’s something I can’t resist its ice cream. No matter what the weather is like ice cream is inevitably on my mind. This appears to be so ingrained in my personality that on a recent est get-together not a single one of the team members blinked when I admitted I’d gone to eat ice-cream before meeting up for dinner.

Our Japanese lunch has been organised by Gourmet Safaris, a company which hosts a number of Gourmet walking tours both locally and internationally all designed by Maeve O’Meara. The Gourmet Safari word has obviously been spreading, it’s a varied crowd which has turned out for today’s event.

Zeta Bar is situated inside of the Hilton Hotel, stepping inside onto the bar terrace we’re greeted with the iconic view of the Queen Victoria Building. Despite the dismal weather things are comfortable at the Terrace as the area is made up of high glass ceilings, leather couches and a more than generous wall of alcohol.

Frankie Unsworth and Rachel Khoo are hosting ‘edible immigration tales’, a one off dinner event over 3 days in a secret eastern suburbs location in Sydney. Interested ? Click on to read more.