Previous Events

Talk & Taste: Cherry Christmas

Sunday 11 December - 11:00 am

Prepare for a delicious holiday season with family and friends - practical help in buying and preparing good and delicious festive food including heritage breed turkey and whole duckling, and summer party delights from antipasto to fabulous cherry jellies.

$25.00 per person - bookings essential

Kitchen Cabinet Christmas Lunch

Sunday 11 December - 12:00 pm

Celebrate with dishes featuring our region's finest seasonal produce including of course, Canberra's high summer cherries and berries.

$35.00 per person - bookings essential

The Kitchen Cabinet Upfront

Thursday 1 December - 12:00 pm

Canberra's favourite regional produce shop is now at the front of Old Parliament House - come and see the new Kitchen Cabinet shop and cafe soon!

Talk & Taste: Food futures

Sunday 13 November - 11:00 am

Join food journalist Rita Elrich for an important and intriguing convesation ranging from discerning the flavours that define a food region, to the urgency of conserving local farmlands and food diversity.

$25.00 per person - bookings essential

Spring Harvest Sunday Lunch

Sunday 13 November - 12:00 pm

Our favourite time of the year as we create dishes celebrating the fine flavours of spring in the high country.

$35.00 per person - bookings essential

A Taste of Convict Life - SOLD OUT!

Sunday 30 October - 12:00 pm

A special Kitchen Cabinet event in association with the Crave Sydney International Food Festival 2011.

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Talk & Taste: Backyard and balcony

Sunday 16 October - 11:00 am

Professor Dianne Firth unearths ideas on growing gardens large and small - with tasty tips on producing your very own food crops all year round. 

$25.00 per person - bookings essential

Spring Sunday Lunch

Sunday 16 October - 12:00 pm

A leisurely lunch of seasonal flavours from savoury to sweet.

$35.00 per person - bookings essential

Talk & Taste: Passion for produce

Sunday 18 September - 11:00 am

Meet chef Alex Herbert and discover how a dedication to seasonal and sustainable produce shapes her work.

$50.00 per person - bookings essential.

Bird Cow Fish Sunday Lunch

Sunday 18 September - 12:00 pm

A special Canberra region Sunday lunch saluting the cuisine of Alex Herbert's signature Surry Hills restaurant.
 

$35.00 per person - bookings essential

Talk & Taste: Just Food

Sunday 14 August - 11:00 am

A conversation food lovers must not miss. Prominent pig grower, campaigner and author Lee McCosker talks about how we can be sure our food not only tastes good, but that we are supporting humane and sustainable farming for the animals raised for our tables.

$25.00 per person - bookings essential

Pig Day Out Sunday Lunch

Sunday 14 August - 12:00 pm

Find out just how good local free range produce can be in this celebration of fine food growing, featuring Wessex Saddleback pork from Michelago and Ballalaba.

$35 per person - bookings essential 

Mercurio's Menu Featuring The Kitchen Cabinet

Sunday 17 July - 17:30 pm

The Kitchen Cabinet will feature on the popular Channel 7 program Mercurio's Menus this Sunday 17th July at 5.30pm.

Don't miss Paul Mecurio's conversation with Janet Jeffs on the farm amongst the Wessex Saddleback pigs and at Old Parliament House, where they discuss the Kitchen Cabinet - and cook up some truffled boudin blanc!.

Talk & Taste: Truffle time - SOLD OUT!

Sunday 10 July - 11:00 am

Grower Sherry McArdle-English tells of this season's experiences in growing & harvesting fine truffles in the Canberra region.

SOLD OUT!

Truffle Sunday Lunch - SOLD OUT!

Sunday 10 July - 12:00 pm

Featuring French black truffles in a menu that includes the all-time favourite, our truffled boudin blanc.

SOLD OUT!

Talk & Taste: Breadbuilders

Sunday 19 June - 11:00 am

Our daily bread is our most familiar food, but breadmaking still seems a mystery to most. Matthew Hulse, whose Dojo Bakery put Braidwood on our bread map, shared his discoveries of the science, art and romance of good baking.

Download Matthew's message to members of the Kitchen Cabinet - and see the photos in the Breadbuilders Gallery.

Winter Solstice Sunday Lunch

Sunday 19 June - 12:00 pm

Share the harvest of the cold months in special solstice dishes, served with hearth warming bread.

$35 per person – bookings essential
 

Special event: Chestnut Saturday Lunch

Saturday 14 May - 12:00 pm

Kitchen Cabinet members joined delegates to the 18th Australian Gastronomy Symposium for a chestnut roast featuring popular Sassafras growers Richard Moxham and Alison Saunders, followed by  a lunch in celebration of chestnut and walnut harvest time in our food region.


 

Talk & Taste: Cooking with Kid

Sunday 10 April - 11:00 am

Learn how to buy, prepare and serve this tasty and nutritious meat and chat with Sandra and Tony Greville, local producers of the finest cabrito.

$25 per person – bookings essential
 

Sunday Lunch: Goat BBQ

Sunday 10 April - 12:00 pm

Our outdoor barbecue fills The Kitchen Cabinet courtyard with delicious aromas and delighted diners – don’t miss out on this very popular annual event.

$35 per person – bookings essential
 

Growing Good Gardeners

Sunday 20 March - 12:00 pm

Join Stephanie Alexander for a Sunday lunch featuring school kitchen gardeners from Canberra’s food region, with guests including ‘Growing the growers’ team Joyce Wilkie and Michael Plane. An autumn harvest celebration of our food and our future food producers.

$60 per person, persons under 12 half price – early bookings essential
 

Talk & Taste: Our Apple Heritage

Sunday 13 February - 11:00 am

Discover apples ancient and new at this great summer event with Pialligo orchardists Jonathan and Robyn Banks. Learn how and when to choose each apple variety and enjoy an apple tasting with matching cheeses.

$25 per person – bookings essential 
SOLD OUT

Summer Sunday Lunch

Sunday 13 February - 12:00 pm

Starring real spring lamb on warrigal greens with a salad of mint, rosemary and apple balsamic, and an apple and blackberry dessert.

$35 per person – bookings essential

SOLD OUT

Talk & taste: Berry Christmas

Sunday 5 December - 11:00 am

Local berry growers Grant Hawley and Wendy Craik share their experiences in establishing a berry farm at Hall - and Janet Jeffs shares her techniques for preparing delicious seasonal Christmas fare including turkey, duck and and fabulous summer berry jellies.
Note - extreme rains mean berries are in short supply for this event!
$20 per person – bookings essential
 

Seasonal Sunday Lunch

Sunday 5 December - 12:00 pm

Berries, cherries and other high summer delights from the Canberra region for the perfect Kitchen Cabinet Christmas lunch. $30 per person - bookings essential
SORRY - SOLD OUT!

Talk & taste: garlic time

Sunday 14 November - 11:00 am

Celebrated Jembaicumbene Creek growers Gilles Bonin & Victoria Clutterbuck talk about growing, harvesting, cooking and storing garlic.Tastes will include garlic scapes as well as sensational freshly harvested garlic. $20 per person - bookings essential

Spring Harvest Sunday Lunch

Sunday 14 November - 12:00 pm

Spring crops from the Canberra region star in this special menu, including, of course, new garlic. $30 per person - bookings essential

Talk & taste: growing good food

Sunday 17 October - 11:00 am

Sow some seeds with Joyce Wilkie from Allsun Farms in this inspiring and practical springtime session. Hear about  how even the smallest kitchen garden can be a productive one – and the global effects of growing good food. $20 per person - bookings essential SOLD OUT

Gardeners' Sunday Lunch

Sunday 17 October - 12:00 pm

A salute to Canberra’s harvest of new asparagus, delicious broad beans, and the first strawberries at a lunch full of fresh new flavours and seasonal goodness. $30 per person - bookings essential SOLD OUT

Talk & taste: spring gleaning

Sunday 19 September - 11:00 am

Gathering wild foods and saving seasonal crops is a passion of the Watkins-Sully family, who put the old Reidsdale cheese factory on the map with the popular preserves and ciders produced there. Discover the secrets of gleaning good foods growing free – from rare apples to blackberries, hawthorn, elderflower and nettles. $20 per person - bookings essential

Preservation Sunday Lunch

Sunday 19 September - 12:00 pm

Janet Jeffs creates a feast of found foods and preserved produce with a country style pork terrine with pickled vegetables and spicy apple chutney. And for dessert, an apple cider panna cotta with preserved figs and rose hip syrup to make a perfect Canberra lunch.$30 per person - bookings essential

Maggie Beer Dinner

Tuesday 31 August - 19:00 pm

Maggie Beer delivers the 2010 Dymphna Clark Lecture at a gala dinner, proudly presented by Manning Clark House in association with Rockford Wines and Ginger Catering . $120 including wines

Don't miss out - book now  6295 1808 or

Talk & taste: all about oysters

Sunday 15 August - 11:00 am

Writer Frank Moorhouse and scientist Albert Caton discuss the history and mystery of the oyster. Celebrate one the oldest foods of our region, the delicious centrepiece of this special conversation. $20 per person - bookings essential

Seafood Sunday Lunch

Sunday 15 August - 12:00 pm

Featuring Canberra Coast Chowder with Sydney rock oysters, and then to the heights of the Snowy Mountains for our delicious Charlotte Pass dessert.  $30 per person - bookings essential

Talk & taste: truffle time

Sunday 11 July - 11:00 am

A not-to-be-missed chance to get to know the truffle - touch, smell and taste locally grown French black truffles when grower Sherry McArdle-English and chef Janet Jeffs team up to share their truffle experiences. $20 per person - bookings essential 

SORRY - SOLD OUT!

Truffle Sunday Lunch

Sunday 11 July - 12:00 pm

Featuring French black truffles in a menu that includes the all-time favourite, our truffled boudin blanc with truffled mashed potato - and to follow, a truffled petite vache brie with crackers and fruits. $30 per person - bookings essential

SORRY - SOLD OUT!

Talk & taste: Organics & biodynamics

Sunday 20 June - 11:00 am

Meet leading biodynamic growers Vince Heffernan (Moorlands), Sue Armstrong (Greenhill) and Tobias Koenig (Ingelara) and find out about good food growing in our region. A panel discussion with taste samples of biodynamic and organic produce, and tips for your own sustainable kitchen and garden domain. $20 per person - bookings essential

SORRY - SOLD OUT!

Winter Solstice Sunday Lunch

Sunday 20 June - 12:00 pm

Celebrate midwinter with a delicious puff pastry topped beef daube with rosemary roasted Ingelara potatoes, followed by  our solstice special, the chocolate cumquat sun pudding. $30 per person - bookings essential

SORRY - SOLD OUT!

Talk & taste: chestnut roast

Sunday 16 May - 11:00 am

The Kitchen Cabinet courtyard fills with the wonderful aroma of chestnuts roasting as growers Richard Moxham and Alison Saunders share stories and tips on growing and serving their delicious produce. Sample our chestnut soup too - and take home your very own newly harvested Sassafras chestnuts and walnuts. $20 per person - bookings essential

Autumn Harvest Sunday Lunch

Sunday 16 May - 12:00 pm

The tastes of Canberra's food harvest glow in this special celebration menu of roast Creewah River duckling galantine filled with chestnuts, apple and pork and served with a walnut and pomegranate jus. There is no resisting our autumn dessert - a delicious chestnut and walnut tart. $30 per person, bookings essential

Berry Christmas

Sunday 13 December - 11:00 am

Sample tastes of summer berries while Janet Jeffs show simple ways to prepare fabulous fare for your Christmas table. $15 per person – bookings essential

Summer Sunday Lunch

Sunday 13 December - 12:00 pm

For this very special Kitchen Cabinet Sunday Lunch Janet Jeffs is preparing a galantine of roasted Creewah River duckling with red currant sauce. To follow, she is creating a celebration Berry Christmas Jelly dessert. $25 per person – bookings essential

Rites of Spring growing good food

Sunday 22 November - 11:00 am

Get inspired to grow something edible - with Joyce Wilkie and Michael Plane of Allsun Farm at Gundaroo. $15 per person – bookings essential.

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Spring Harvest Lunch

Sunday 22 November - 12:00 pm

Share the harvest of spring with specially created dishes. $ 25 per person – bookings essential

The 100 Year 100 Mile Dinner

Saturday 31 October - 19:00 pm

Celebrate the centenary of Canberra's food region at this unique event marking 100 years since the survey and transfer of a federal capital territory..

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We're Smoking

Sunday 18 October - 11:00 am

A hands-on demonstration of smoking oysters and trout and tea-smoking eggs, potatoes and cheese.

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Smokehouse Sunday Lunch

Sunday 18 October - 12:00 pm

Café in the House. $25 per person – bookings essential

Spring Fare

Saturday 5 September - 10:00 am

Maggie Beer officially opened The Kitchen Cabinet on a glorious spring day - with scarecrows, market stalls of fresh produce, planting pots, balloons and bakery goods.

Maggie’s Table

Friday 4 September - 12:00 pm

For dinner with Maggie Beer, it was Canberra food Barossa style, three courses with matched wines. 320 people attended this sell-out event in the Members Dining Room.

Sausages Sizzle

Sunday 16 August - 11:00 am

Chefs Euan Chapman and Janet Jeffs captivated everyone with a sausage and confit making demonstration, with taste sampling, in the Members Dining Room.

Sunday Cassoulet Lunch

Sunday 16 August - 12:00 pm

Sunday Lunch in the Members Dining Room featured cassoulet , the perfect winter dish, followed by our Charlotte Pass snow season dessert.

Talk and Taste Truffles

Sunday 19 July - 11:00 am

Canberra truffier Sherry McArdle-English told a packed Members Dining Room of the troubles and triumphs of her experiences. Tasting samples of truffled eggs, potatoes, salt and camembert provided an unforgettable experience for her audience.

Truffle Sunday Lunch

Sunday 19 July - 12:00 pm

Every dish served starred the truffle - a truffled boudin blanc, truffled mashed potato and even the dessert - a Small Cow petite vache brie truffle sandwich.

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Talk and Taste Winter

Sunday 21 June - 11:00 am

Bush Goddess Pennie Scott shared her passion for sourcing good regional food at Cafe in the House.

Winter Solstice Feast

Sunday 21 June - 12:00 pm

Sunday Lunch at Cafe in the House featured a delicious beef daube with roasted winter vegetables and for dessert, our sun pudding, a hot self-saucing chocolate cumquat celebration of the solstice.