The Region
THE KITCHEN CABINET AT OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE
OPEN 9am-5pm EVERY DAY
GINGER LANE ENTRANCE (AT REAR OF OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE)
QUEEN VICTORIA TERRACE CANBERRA ACT 2600
TEL: (02) 6270 8156 OR (02) 6273 4366 FAX: (02) 6273 4266
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Ando Organics
Supplying organic beef and lamb, Ando Organics is run by John and Justine & Graham and Therese Rumph and family, farming at Ando in New South Wales. Their black Angus cattle and Suffolk sheep graze the Monaro Plains overlooking the Snowy Mountains.
Map location >Arcadia Saltbush Lamb
Arcadia Saltbush Lamb is produced by Garth, Jan and Graham Strong near Narrandera New South Wales. From grazing on extensive Old Man Saltbush plantations, their lamb has great flavour. Peak supply period is January-March.
http://www.saltbush-heaven.com/Map location >
Ben & Jill Verri
Ben & Jill Verri grow great pistachio nuts on their farm near Cootamundra - for a taste delight, get them in May when they are freshly harvested.
Map location >Bindaree Bee
Bindaree Bee is the Murrumbateman business of Maryanne and Michael Devey, well known names in the beekeeping world whose fine honeys are a tasting delight.
http://www.bindaree.com.au/Map location >
Budgi Werri Prunes
Budgi Werri Prunes are the prizewinning prunes produced by Doug and Cheryl Heley at Wirrimah near Young in New South Wales.
http://www.budgiwerri.com.au/Map location >
Capra Organic
Capra Organic goats cheese comes from East Gippsland, a bit beyond our regular food region - when you taste this cheese you'll know why food borders have to be free. Emma-Lee and Matthew Gurnsey's organic cheese is made where their goats graze - Mia Mia Farm, among the undulating granite foothills between Mount Lookout and Mount Taylor, just north of Bairnsdale.
Map location >Capricious Enterprises
Sandra and Tony Greville's Capricious Enterprises at Tarago raise cashmere goats for wool and for fine capretto.
Map location >Country Valley Dairy
Award-winning Country Valley has scooped the pool at the NSW Royal Agricultural Society’s dairy produce awards, winning Champion Yoghurt for their Lush Natural Yoghurt as before - and as well seven gold and one silver medal across the entire range of full cream, organic, lite and skim milk; natural and sweetened yoghurt; and cream. Country Valley Dairy lies in the beautiful valley in Picton New South Wales where the Fairley family have been farming for more than 150 years. John and Sally Fairley with their children Tom and Ellen now run the dairy, started fifty years ago by John's grandfather, father and uncle. Their milk, cream and yoghurt is all produced and processed on the farm.
http://www.countryvalley.com.au/Map location >
Curious Chocolatier
Curious Chocolatier chocolates are made in Canberra by Heidi Ross, in varieties including one using rosemary from her mother's garden.
Map location >Cuttaway Creek
Map location >Cypress Valley
At Cypress Valley near Grenfell, Ann Vicary smokes trout using a traditional Swedish method that means smoking one fish at a time - a slow and careful process that produces a delicious result.
Map location >French Black Truffles
French Black Truffles is Sherry McArdle-English's Canberra truffle-growing business at Glenlyle Estate, Majura. Her first truffle made history when it was harvested in 2007 as the young trees had not been expected to produce so early. This grower believes Canberra could become the truffle capital of Australia.
Map location >Gary's Seafood
Gary's Seafood collects fish fresh from the Eden trawlers and oysters from Bateman's Bay and delivers direct to Canberra. He also supplies prawns from Queensland and salmon from Tasmania.
Map location >GingerBread Bakery
GingerBread Bakery provides all bakery goods for The Kitchen Cabinet - our sourdough breads, muffins, biscotti, tarts, pies and biscuits are all baked in the Old Parliament House ovens.
Map location >Gleann na Meala
Gleann na Meala is a family farm at Hall where Dave and Hideko Pentony and Paddy, Michael and Ben Pentony, grow chemical-free vegetables. Dave Pentony was among those who set up the EPIC Saturday farmers' market and the family now have their own farm outlet, Choku Bai Jo at North Lyneham.
http://www.chokubaijo.com.au/Map location >
Glendino's
Glendino's fruit, flowers and vegetables are produced by Mick and Rosa Auddino at their farm near Leeton.
Map location >Greenhill Farm
www.greenhillorganicmeat.com.auMap location >
Harmony Hills
Harmony Hills near Grenfell is where Mark McSpadden farms, producing fine quality free range eggs.
Map location >Hobbitt Farm
At Hobbitt Farm near Jindabyne, Mike Corbett produces great goat cheese from his very happy herd of Saanen and Toggenburg goats.
Map location >Homeleigh Grove
Homeleigh Grove at Wallaroo near Hall was first planted with olive trees in 1999 and Peter and Caroline O'Clery now have about 1500 trees, most producing the two fine 'Homeleigh Grove' and 'Lowanna's Paddock' olive oils. They have 100 trees for table olives including Manzanilla, Kalamata, Azapa, Sevillano, Koroneiki, Benito, Verdale, Bouroni, Hardy's Volos, and Mammoth.
http://www.homeleighgroveolives.com.au/Map location >
Horizon
Horizon crystal salt flakes are produced at Pyramid Hill in northern Victoria - we think the Shepparton Basin ancient riverbed is our closest source of salt flakes. This fine product is used in The Kitchen Cabinet's spicy salt. www.horizonsalt.com
Map location >Ingelara
Ingelara is the Michelago farm of Tobias, Beatrice, Marie-Elaine and Laurence Koenig, Peter Bottomley and Gini Osborne. As well as growing great potatoes and a range of superb seasonal vegetables, Ingelara is home to a very happy crowd of Wessex Saddleback pigs. Ingelara is a biodynamic farm.
Map location >Jembaicumbene Creek
Gilles Bonin and Victoria Clutterbuck grow garlic at Jembaicumbene Creek, near Braidwood. They have two main varieties, purple-red that is a taste sensation when harvested in November and December and super pungent white garlic which keeps very well.
Map location >Kanga's Choice
Kanga's Choice verjuice is produced for Michael Butz at Eling Forest Winery from a blend of 50% of pinot noir grapes with 25% each of cabernet sauvignon and shiraz to produce his well-flavoured verjuice. The grapes are sourced from Crookwell and Bigga in New South Wales.
Map location >Kitanodai Kaihatsu
Kitanodai Kaihatsu are a regional treasure, using 'pure farming' techniques to grow organic vegetables at their Lachlan River farm near Cowra in New South Wales.
Map location >Lindsay & Edmunds
Lindsay & Edmunds new production kitchen puts the old RAAF officers' mess at Fairbairn to delicious re-use. Peter Edmunds and Michelle Fahy source the finest ingredients, from local hazelnuts to organic ginger from southern Queensland's Mango Hill Farm, for their superb chocolates.
http://www.lindsayandedmunds.com/Map location >
Loriendale Orchard
Loriendale Orchard at Wallaroo between Canberra and Yass is familiar for its annual Apple Day April harvest festival. The organic orchards include 110 varieties of apple, as well as pears.
http://www.loriendale.com.au/Map location >
Mandagery Creek Venison
Mandagery Creek Venison comes from Australian red deer raised near Orange, beyond The Kitchen Cabinet's 200km region. Tim Hansen's farmed venison is the reason why. This family business was established in July 2002 and has rapidly built a reputation for superior quality venison.
http://www.mandagerycreek.com.au/Map location >
Matuka Cashmere
Matuka Cashmere is the Sutton goat farm of Ian and Pam McDougall.
Map location >Moorlands Biodynamic Lamb
Moorlands Biodynamic Lamb is produced by Vince and Janet Heffernan at their farm at Dalton near Gunning where their grass fed lambs are raised just 82km from Parliament House.
www.moorlands.com.auMap location >
Mountain Creek Farm
Mountain Creek Farm on the north-eastern foothills of the Brindabellas is where Michael Croft and his family raise rare breeds of animals for meat and eggs to sustain biodiversity in food production including Belted Galloway cattle, Wessex Saddleback pigs and White Suffolk and Wiltshire sheep.
http://www.mountaincreekfarm.com.au/Map location >
Myrtle Creek Garlic
Josh Dorrough grows great garlic at Wyndham in the Bega Valley, without chemical fertilisers, herbicides or fungicides.
Map location >Nanima Gold
Nanima Gold is the verjuice produced by Denise and Mike McKenzie at Yass, from locally grown grapes.
Map location >Pialligo Apples
The orchards at Pialligo Apples produce apple varieties from January to June, including autumn Democrats, Queen of the Snow, Yates, Pink Lady and winter Lady Williams. Jonathan and Robyn Banks also grow varieties of quince, and feijoas and tomatillos.
Map location >Reidsdale Rural Enterprises
Reidsdale Rural Enterprises is run by the Watkins-Sully family in the splendid setting of the old Cheese Factory at Reidsdale, near Braidwood. Part of their refurbishment of this historic building is a pressing room, where apple juice and cider are made.
http://www.braidwoodmade.com.au/Map location >
Robyn Rowe Chocolates
Robyn Rowe Chocolates is a home-based business located at Murrumbateman, where Robyn and Denis Rowe make their delicious and unique handmade product, using Belgian couverture chocolate exclusively.
Map location >Rocky River Natural Products
Margot Clements produces persimmons in autumn, warrigal greens in spring and blueberries in summer at her farm on Mountain Creek Road near Yass, NSW.
Map location >Rothward Estate
At Rothward Estate near Gundaroo, Alan and Carline Edwards raise prime farmed Boer and Boer cross goats, producing fine capretto.
Map location >Sassafras
Sassafras chestnuts and walnuts are grown by Alison Saunders and Richard Moxham at Sassafras, near Nerriga in New South Wales. Harvested in autumn, the chestnuts should be used or processed soon, while walnuts have a longer fresh life.
Map location >Small Cow Farm
Small Cow Farm at Robertson in the southern highlands of New South Wales is the happy home of the Small Irish Dexter cattle farmed by Mark and Lesley Williams to produce the exquisite Small Cow Farm cheeses.
http://www.smallcowfarm.com/Map location >
The Kitchen Cabinet
The Kitchen Cabinet chefs produce a range of products in the Old Parliament House kitchens including pastrami, prosciutto, pate, pesto, dukkah, spicy salt, spiced cherries, plum sauce and other preserves.
Map location >Treetops
Treetops at Batlow is where Rhonda and Malcolm Skein and family harvest Bonza, Pink Lady and Granny Smith apples in late autumn. Treetops also produce chestnuts and free range eggs, and Yellow Box honey from hives at Murrumbateman.
Map location >Tynemar Boer Goat Stud
Ian and Marj Bullivant raise their goats at Tynemar Boer Goat Stud at Jerrawa via Yass.
Map location >Wagonga Coffee
Wagonga Coffee at Wamboin roasts a wide variety of fresh beans including Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance and organic crops.
http://www.wagongacoffee.com.au/Map location >
Wollundry Grove Olives
Wollundry Grove Olives produce the balsamic vinegar and aged shiraz vinegar we love at The Kitchen Cabinet. At their farm northeast of Wagga Wagga, Neville Chapple and Chris Ryan-Chapple also produce great olives and award-winning olive oil.
http://www.wollundrygroveolives.com.au/Map location >
Worldisle Farm
At Worldisle Farm on the upper reaches of the Murrumbidgee River near Cooma, Darius and Rosie Outhred this year have their first commercial production of Monaro Purple and Australian White garlic. The crops are helped along by grazing beef cattle, green manure crops and biodynamic methods.
Map location >Wyntrade
Wyntrade lamb is grown by Dean & Mandy Bourlet in the southwest slopes near Jugiong, with pastures also near Wee Jasper in the southern highlands. They farm without using pesticides, hormones or antibiotics.
http://www.wyntradelamb.com.au/Map location >