Tourism Australia yesterday confirmed that one of the world’s greatest gastronomic talents, Heston Blumenthal, will attend its Restaurant Australia gala dinner in Tasmania.
Heston will be joining a culinary gala dinner attended by more than 80 of the world’s most influential food and wine writers, critics, reviewers, bloggers and celebrity chefs prepared by Neil Perry AM, Peter Gilmore and Ben Shewry.
Tourism Australia has also confirmed a number of Australian top food and wine figures who will be attending the star studded event including; Matt Moran, Maggie Beer, Stephanie Alexander, Matt Preston, George Calombaris, Gary Mehigan, Jock Zonfrillo and Mark Olive.
“We’re extremely excited to have Heston as our guest at MONA on November 14 as part of a dining experience I think must surely be unique. At the heart of our Restaurant Australia campaign, and where our country excels, is exactly the fresh produce, people and place which Heston, his restaurants and style of cooking epitomises. More so, food lovers will soon be able to enjoy this here in Australia when he brings his award-winning The Fat Duck restaurant to Melbourne early next year,”
John O’Sullivan, Tourism Australia Managing Director
According to Tourism Australia, Heston was incredibly impressed with the Restarurant Australia gala dinner invite given the high number of global food and wine figures including fellow dining guests and the world class chefs and their teams working in the kitchen, preparing the meal.
“As a regular visitor and huge fan of Australia, Tasmania and MONA I must say I can’t wait to take my place at this dinner. To share the room with so many knowledgeable international food and wine people and to be served up dinner by three of the country’s most respected and talented chefs, is a culinary experience I just couldn’t miss and am hugely looking forward to”
Heston Blumenthal
Masterchef’s Matt Preston, George Calombaris and Gary Mehigan will also attend the gala dinner.
Additional VIPs coming from 16 of Tourism Australia’s key markets include:
- Alice Waters, Chef, Author, Proprietor – USA
- Eric Ripert, Award-winning Chef, Restaurateur, Author and TV Personality – USA
- Adrian Anthony Gill, TV and Restaurant Critic, Author – UK
- Sanjeev Kapoor, Celebrity Chef, Restaurateur, TV Presenter – India
- Yifan Liu, Celebrity Chef, TV Show host – China
- Sherson Lian, Celebrity Chef and Host – Malaysia
- Lorenzo Cogo, Chef – Italy
Are you one of the lucky ones who will be visiting The Fat Duck?
Tourism Australia’s ‘Invite the World to Dinner’ event takes place on Friday 14 November at MONA in Tasmania – recently recognised by the Lonely Planet as one of the top 10 ‘must visit’ regions for 2015. Please visit www.restaurantaustraliamedia.com for the full list of influencers as well as latest news and content from the Restaurant Australia campaign.