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What’s Happening?
WHAT’S
HAPPENING?
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NESPRESSO PRO RANGE
Nespresso has launched new coffee Espresso Caramel and Espresso Vanilla as part of its Professional range, giving restaurants, bars and hotels a wider flavour variety to offer their patrons.The two flavours have enjoyed huge success in the in-home market, prompting Nespresso to make them available to professional customers.
Nespresso business solutions commercial manager Stefan Vermeulen said, “The hospitality industry is always seeking new ways to delight customers with exceptional coffee experiences. With this in mind, we have developed two new flavoured coffees, which can be enjoyed alone or combined with milk to create interesting recipes for today’s coffee connoisseurs”.
Espresso Caramel and Espresso Vanilla are based on the Espresso Forte, with an intensity of seven. The vanilla flavour has a full and slightly caramelised aroma of vanilla, while the caramel flavour mellows the roasted notes of the Forte for a coffee reminiscent of browning sugar.
Espresso Caramel and Espresso Vanilla are now available to all professional Nespresso customers in Australia. For more information, visit www.nespresso. com/pro.
NEW MONIN SYRUPS
MONIN have added two new products to the range: Le Fruit de MONIN Pineapple and Le Fruit de MONIN Cherry. Le Fruit de MONIN Pineapple is sweet and tangy with a hint of acidity and perfectly captures this fruits tender flesh. The Le Fruit de MONIN Cherry brings you the just-picked flavour of ripe, succulent summer cherries. With its abundance of taste and colour, in any cocktail, it will take you back to the sunny days of childhood. Both Le Fruit de MONIN Pineapple and Cherry are Available in 1L PET bottle
For more information contact Stuart Alexander, MONIN sales representative on 1800 225 417/ ncsc@stalex.com.au
PENALTY RATE REFORMS
In February 2017, the Australian Fair Work Commission (FWC) ruled that Sunday and public holiday rates will be reduced for full-time and part-time workers in the hospitality, retail and fast food sectors. For hospitality, Sunday pay rates were reduced from 175 per cent to 150 per cent while Public holiday rates were reduced from 250 per cent to 225 per cent. Casual workers will have also had rates reduced from 275 to 250 per cent on public holidays. Work Sundays or Public Holidays or own a venue? Send us your thoughts on the penalty rate reforms. Email lukas@ hipmedia.com.au with your take.
SUEY SINS OPENS IN SYDNEY’S SURRY HILLS
A piece of 1920s Shanghai has opened in Sydney’s inner city Surry Hills suburb. Suey Sins is tucked away on Campbell St and offers sensory cocktails and Asian fusion small eats. This bar is named after a famous Shanghai call girl, the venue offers sensory cocktails and Asian fusion small eats inside a pre-war Shanghai inspired atmosphere, complete with neon lighting and urban street arts. The kitchen at Suey Sins is open until 12am each night making it perfect for a late night feed. Suey Sins is open Wednesday to Sunday from 12pm – Late
Level 1, corner of Campbell & Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills.
TWO BIRDS PALE
Two Birds Brewing has launched their latest brew, simply called PALE. The pale ale style brew is something the fans of Two Birds have been crowing for since the successful reception of their Oaty McOatface Pale Ale specialty brew last year and is brewed with flaked and golden naked oats. The roll out of PALE comes in conjunction with the announcement of a new bottling line the brewery have had installed, which will allow Two Birds to perform smaller packaging runs more often, meaning the beer will be getting out to the world as fresh as possible, as well as doubling their capacity The launch of PALE also heralds a revamped look and feel for the Two Birds brand, with each of the core ranges featuring new look illustrations that depict its origins. The full rollout will take place throughout 2017.
BONDI HARDWARE RE-LAUNCHES
Sydney’s Bondi Hardware celebrated its fifth anniversary with a huge re-launch bash, inviting 200 locals, media and celebrities to gain the first glimpse of the refreshed venue. The new-look Hardware has a more boho vibe, with lush greenery, Moroccan textiles and a fresh white palate throughout. Also refreshed is the venue’s menu offerings, the team reworking some of Hardware’s most popular dishes and serving guests a taste on the night. Dishes include lime-cured Kingfish tostadas with kimchi paste, avocado, nori dust; and crispy lamb salad with hummus, feta, Israeli couscous and pear.
Bondi Hardware, 39 Hall St, Bondi Beach NSW 2026. bondi-hardware.com.au.
BAR JOSEPHINE, MELBOURNE’S LATEST CRAFT BEER VENUE
Footscray in Melbourne’s west has welcomed the latest venue to the suburb and the only dedicated craft beer bar in the area, Bar Josephine. The venue houses 12 taps, all rotating, featuring both local and international craft brews, with the locals’ favourite, Footscray Ale by West City Brewing almost always on tap. Josephine will also play host to regular tap takeovers, and is open from 1pm-1am seven days a week. A short but sweet cocktail offering and tight wine list round out the drink selections that can be enjoyed in the eclectic beer garden or if you’re in the mood feel free to take a book off one of the shelves and curl up on a couch.
295 Barkly St, Footscray VIC
DAWINE
Australian Wine Distribution Company DAWINE Limited has commenced trading under its own name on the ASX, after completing the Reverse Take Over of Brand New Vintage Limited. DAWINE is focused on the rapidly expanding Asian wine market, and has developed a platform to target the wine retail market in the region.
With DAWINE, consumers in China now have the opportunity to purchase authentic wine from around the world via their personal computers, tablets and mobile phones. The platform addresses nationwide distribution capability, which is a traditional issue with wine distribution in Asia, with established distributors having predominantly provincial capabilities.
SouthTrade International have launched the first ever Southern Comfort Travelling Tales Cocktail Competition in Australia to find the next preeminent, original cocktail.
Paying homage to New Orleans, the birthplace of Southern Comfort, Travelling Tales invites bartenders from across the country to enter an original Southern Comfort-based cocktail inspired by an authentic story for their chance to be crowned Australia’s national champion.
The ten best entries from New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia will be chosen to compete in the State Finals from May 9-17. They will then go head-to-head for a place in the National Final on Tuesday June 13 in Sydney, with two finalists progressing from each state.
The winner will receive a trip to the Big Easy for the world’s premier cocktail festival, the 15th Annual ‘Tales of the Cocktail’. They will also take in an exclusive tour of the Southern Comfort Distillery.
Travelling Tales is open to all bartenders. Entries are now open State Finals and close on 16 April. Entries are limited to three (3) per person. To enter, visit southerncomfort.com/ southerntalescompau and follow #SouthernTales for updates.
