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What better way to beat Melbourne’s winter blues than to go Greek! What we can’t go and visit, we can enjoy before us, as some of Melbourne’s hippest eateries help us celebrate the joy of Greek dining. Flavours of Greece, presented by Barbaresso Oyzo, brings you four weeks of Greek food, decadent desserts, gastronomic trivia and plenty of ouzo!
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This foodie event celebrates the Greek cuisine and the flavours that make it so unique and loved across the globe, when an array of Melbourne restaurants share their favourite Greek dishes, and some of their secrets, through a selection of specially designed dinners. Τhere’s an event here for all food lovers. Καλή σάς όρεξη. Leonidas Vlahakis & Tammy Iliou Co chairs, Antipodes Festival The Antipodes Festival, the cultural arm of the Greek Community of Melbourne and Victoria, is a year-long program of headline events beginning in March with the Lonsdale St Glendi, followed by the Antipodes Writers Festival, Flavours of Greece and culminates with the highly anticipated Greek Film Festival. This year the Greek Community of Melbourne and Victoria enters an exciting phase as we commence building our new Cultural Centre on Lonsdale Street. The Centre will celebrate the contribution of Greeks to Victoria, and will become the hub for all cultural activities for the GOCMV. We look forward to celebrating and sharing our vision with you over a glass of ouzo and meze at one of the many wonderful Flavours of Greece events. Bill Papastergiadis President, Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria
Bank of Cyprus Australia proudly supports the Antipodes 2012 Flavours of Greece Food and Wine Festival.
For more information call 1300 660 550 or visit www.bankofcyprusaustralia.com.au
For booking information visit antipodesfestival.com.au/flavours or call 9662 2722
The Antipodes Festival is an initiative of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria Level 3, 168 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia 03 9662 2722 info@antipodesfestival.com.au antipodesfestival.com.au Antipodes Festival Board of Management: Leonidas Vlahakis (Co-chair),Tammy Iliou (Co-chair), Paul Kounnas (Secretary), Jim Bossinakis (Treasurer), Helen Kalimniou, George Kallianis, George Koletsis, Nicole Konstandakopoulos, Michael Christoforidis, Costas Markos, Jorge Menidis, Christina Patsias, George Stavrias. Manager, Arts & Culture Program: Penny Kyprianou Flavours of Greece Consultant: Ross Karavis Flavours of Greece Producer: Barbara Kitallides
Accounts: Stacey Tsaboukos Design: Studio Bauhaus
Special thanks to Mary Anastasiou, Stephanie Apostolopoulos and Betty Kalavritinos. Bank of Cyprus Australia – A Division of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited ABN 11 068 049 178 AFSL/Australian Credit Licence 237879
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Angela’s Kitchen: Food of Smyrna
Philhellene: Food from the Islands of the Southern Aegean
Secret Northcote address to be advised to guests 48 hours prior / 0417 106 147 Tuesday 28 August · 7pm (Check website for additional dates) $90 includes wine and ouzo Cook / Angela Nicolettou
551-553 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds / 9370 3303 Wednesday 5 September · 6:30pm $90 includes wine and ouzo Host / Manny Gerassimou
Angela Nicolettou pays homage to her family roots in Asia Minor by cooking the traditional dishes of Smyrna, home of the lost Greek community on the west coast of modern-day Turkey. This four-course meal conjours the sea, the land and the sweetness of Smyrna, hand in hand with the wine and ouzo of Greece.
Designed by our grandmothers and constructed by our mothers, the dishes presented on the night are heirlooms that will be expressed as only our mothers know how. These dishes have been passed on from one generation to the next, and span the region of the Southern Mediterranean. This evening is not to be missed!
Pei Modern: Looking Back & Moving Forward
Shed 5: Food from Macedonia in modern day Australia
Collins Place - 45 Collins Street, Melbourne / 9654 8545 Tuesday 4 September · 6:30pm $110 includes wine Chef / Matt Germanchis
37 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf / 9686 1122 Tuesday 11 September · 6:30pm $100 includes wine and ouzo Chef / Vasilios Donoudis
Focusing on produce supplied by Greek Australians with a contemporary touch. Matt Germanchis, head chef at Pei Modern will be showcasing some of Victoria's best produce supplied by Greek Australians in a four course dinner at Melbourne's recently opened contemporary bistro. The menu for the evening will be accompanied by outstanding Greek wines.
Chef Vasilios Donoudis' heritage lies in Macedonia, his parents coming from Kozani and Veria. Both place of King Philip II, father of Alexander cities lie close to the heritage listed Vergina tombs, resting re the Great. The event will showcase the region’s classic cuisine, while in keeping with the modern surrounds of Shed 5. With rich history and culture so too comes amazing food with such classics as tsipouro all being Macedonian staples. halva, tyrokafteri, trahana and fabulous wines and tsip
Spitiko: Made in Greece
Greek Deli & Taverna: Whole Roast Suckling Pig Dinner
270 Park Street, South Melbourne / 9690 2600 Wednesday 12 September · 7pm $80 includes wine or beer and ouzo Chef / Philip Vakos
583 Chapel Street, South Yarra / 9827 3734 Wednesday 19 September · 7pm $89 includes wine and ouzo Hosts / Jim & Nick Pothitos
Spitiko is enthusiastic about share plates and home cooked meals, apparent in the restaurant name and on the menu. This is a place where everyone is made to feel at home. Philip Vakos in the kitchen pays homage to the good old days of simplicity implicity and freshness, a great meze and a home cooked meal. Spitiko’s menu will celebrate the simplicity of Greek cooking, and $100 from each ticket sold will go to charity.
The Greek Deli & Taverna have joined forces with Douglas g Lamb Wines to bringg you y a traditional Whole Roast Suckling Pig Dinner. Coupled with thee unique dining experience in the heart of Chapel Street and an innovative menu in celebration of Victorian torian regional spring produce, this is an evening not to be missed. You will also have the company of culinary inary firebrands Jim & Nick Pothitos as they showcase a selection of indigenous and international al wine varieties from family run Greek wineries.
Kri Kri: Barbaresso Oyzo Trivia night
Dream Cakes Café: Greek Sweet and Savoury Degustation
39-41 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne / 9662 2722 Friday 14 September · 6:30pm $40 includes wine and Barbaresso Oyzo Host / Angela Nicolettou
720 Chapel Street, South Yarra / 9544 5852 Thursday 20 September · 6:45pm $55 includes a glass of wine and ouzo Pastry Chef / Danny Katsaras
Are you a food and drink devotee? Do you know the difference between kleftiko and stifado? What secret ingredient goes into a béchamel sauce for the perfect pastitsio? Come down to our Trivia Night and battle it out for the victory of being the top food nerd! Complementary bottle of wine per table, and banquet style mezze of calamari, marinated roasted peppers, saganaki, grilled spicy pork and orange sausage, chargrilled chicken marinated with paprika and much more. Start studying! p p y g
Pastry Chef Danny Katsaras has been making his amazing Greek sweets and savoury pastries for over 50 years. At the age of 13 he was running his own brigade of Greek pastry chefs in Thessalonika, Greece. Danny fulfilled his dream of starting a pattiserie business with his children and ‘Zaharoplasteio Oneiro’ Dream Cakes was born. Let us take you on a journey of savoury and sweet delights. An evening for lovers of all things Greek.
Salona: Athenian High Tea
Salona: Nose to tail dining
260A Swan Street, Richmond / 9429 1460 Sunday 23 September · 3pm $55 includes Greek sparkling Host / Stavros Konis
260A Swan Street, Richmond / 9429 1460 Thursday 27 September · 6:30pm $85 includes matching beer and ouzo Host / Stavros Konis
Be the first in Melbourne to experience Athenian High H Tea, a great way to catch up with friends and for a great cause. $5 of each ticket sold will be donated donaated to the Fred Hollows Foundation. We will also be auctioning off one of our handsome waiters as a personal butler for a day with all proceeds going to the Foundation.
Salona Greek restaurant is going back to its roots – a five course dinner that represents a rustic nose to tail village dining experience. All courses will be accompanied with matching Greek beers. A must for any true foodie.
Hellenic Republic: Passion an and nd the Product
Greek Food Stories: Stories of new beginnings
434 Lygon Street, Brunswick / 9381 1222 Tuesday 25 September · 7pm $90 includes wine and ouzo Chef / Travis McAuley When it comes to food, it’s every Greek’s favourite topic and while recipes may vary from village to village and household to household, ld, without fresh, quality ingredients, ingredientsss, no recipe will see the justice it deserves. Hellenic Republic, alongg with suppliers and producers of some so om me of Melbourne’s highest quality ingredients, will come together to o showcase the produce that they have haaave dedicated their lives to. Matched with Hellenic wine, this five course feast is sure to provide an a evening to remember.
“My strongest memory of my γιαγιά (grandmother) is her er pulling up a chair at the kitchen table after having baked three trays of katimeri (sweet pastry with sugar and nd cinnamon). She would sit, remove her μαντιλιά (head scarf ) and unwind her long grey hair, which had turned a light shade of violet around her neck from wearing the scarf every day.” In this exciting new project, we’re asking people within the Greek community to share their personal stories of migration together with recipes that evoke special memories; village celebrations, family occasions and other loved moments in time. We use food to express love for family and friends. It is the unbreakable thread that weaves together generations of Greek families, neighbours and friends. The stories and recipes will be compiled into a beautiful book, offering a visual and written history of the undying memories and tightly held traditions of those who are inspired to take part in this project. For more information and to register your story, visit antipodesfestival.com.au/story This project is a joint collaboration between Ink & Screen and the 2012 Antipodes Festival. All proceeds will be donated to a Greek charity organisation.
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