Please allow me to introduce our Guest of Honour...

....have we mentioned that we are really rather chuffed to have Sylvia Johnson former Melbourne Food & Wine Festival Director and originator of the Regional World's Longest Lunch joining us on Friday?

Sylvia personally oversaw eleven Longest Lunches during her time as Festival Director, and she assures us that NONE of those eleven lunches were rained out....So there you have it...

From Pierre's Garden...

...the Jerusalem Artichokes will be absolutely perfect in time for the Longest Lunch in the Kyneton Botanic Garden's next Friday!

Guess who's coming to Dinner? ...Well Lunch anyway.

Although Pierre is keeping most of the menu details of the Regional World’s Longest Lunch – Kyneton a surprise until the day -  we can let you know some of the winemakers, producers, chefs and sponsors who will be joining us at the table :

Introdcucing the superstars of the inaugural Regional World's Longest Lunch - Kyneton

• Your Chefs – Monsieur Pierre & Mr. Carsisi
   
• Our Guest of Honour : Sylvia Johnson – World’s Longest Lunch Originator and former Melbourne Food & Wine Festival Director.
   
• The Winemakers – (who will be serving your wines on the day, co-ordinated by Tom Hogan Head Sommelier & Wine Buyer of the Lake House) Big Shed Wines, Curly Flat, Knights Granite Hills, Kyneton Ridge, Paramoor, Passing Clouds and Rowanston on the Track – and our beer maker Holgate Brewhouse. 
• The Producers – including Allpress Coffee, Hardwick’s Beef & Lamb Kyneton, Kyneton Olive Oil, Red Beard Bakery, Sweet Cins Handcrafted Chocolate’s...
•  Accommodation Sponsors: www.babetteskyneton.com.au & www.circa1860.com.au
•  Event Sponsors:  Daylesford Macedon Produce, Macedon Ranges Interiors, Macedon Ranges Shire Council, Macedon Ranges Vignerons Association and Vline.
  
  Bring it on!

Regional World's Longest Lunch - Kyneton - Just the facts ma'am...

For those joining us next Friday the 2nd March for the World's Longest Lunch here are all the facts, and then some, logistically speaking that is....

 

• Registration is at the main entrance to the Kyneton Botanic Gardens on the corner or Mollison and Clowes Streets.  
• Registration will commence from 11.45.
• Lunch service will be completed by 4.00 pm.
• The Longest Lunch Long table is in a quiet corner of the gardens, a lovely stroll of approximately 500 metres from the main entrance - we suggest you wear comfortable shoes to allow you to enjoy your wander through the Botanic Gardens. Please let us know if you have any mobility challenges and we can arrange for you to reach the table by other means.
• Remember!  This is an outside event – please be prepared for changing weather - don't forget to bring a jacket and perhaps a hat (the table is in the shade, but you might like to explore a little between courses).
• In the event of bad weather, we will post a message here by 7 am on Friday 2nd March if there is to be a change of venue. If we do need to move inside volunteers will be at the Botanic Gardens to direct you to the new venue and transfers will be organised from Kyneton Station for our Vline guests
• Your chefs - Monsieur Pierre and Mr. Carsisi will prepare a delicious 4 course lunch starring provincial Victorian produce matched with wines from local Macedon Ranges' vignerons. We encourage you to consider staying on in our region to explore and visit our wonderful local wineries and producers. For tourism and accommodation information, see www.visitmacedonranges.com/ or ring the Kyneton Visitors Information Centre on  5422 6110.  
• If you are driving, please note McKenna Memorial Drive (the lower road through the Gardens) will be closed on the day – please park in Clowes Street and surrounds.
• The recommended Vline services are the 10.15 am service from Southern Cross stopping at Sunbury,  Gisborne & Woodend, arriving Kyneton 11.18 and the 10.27 service from Bendigo stopping in Malmsbury and Castlemaine arriving Kyneton 11.08.  You will be met at the Station and accompanied to the gardens. 
• For our vline guests, so that you can relax – we will remind you when it is time to catch the train home.  We recommend the 4.48 service from Kyneton arriving at Southern Cross at 5.57 pm or the 4.26 service from Kyneton stopping in Malmsbury and Castlemaine arriving in Bendigo at 5.20 pm