A few years ago now, well two years, back in 2015, though it feels a lot longer, I was in a cooking competition called the WA Signature Dish, run by the Buy West Eat Best campaign. There were four regions within the state, Peel, Gascoyne, Swan Valley and Kimberley with designated hero ingredients and you […]

Who loves cooking? Who loves WA? I know I do, you too? If you do then now is your time to shine with the second round of the Buy West Eat Best’s WA Signature Dish competition. Get in the kitchen, aprons on and put our state on a plate!   Photo Credit: Peter Maloney, DAFWA This year […]

Farmers are a resilient bunch and they breed them tough in the West. It would have been extremely tough however in March this year when Cyclone Olwyn hit and devastated growers in the Gascoyne region. Beautiful crops obliterated by the destructive fury of Mother Nature. It would have been a huge knock down, but these […]

They came, they saw, they cooked up a storm! The four eager finalists from Perth and Surrounds, Great Southern, Southern Forrests and the Gascoyne gathered at the Perth Cultural Centre on Monday, WA Day for the Buy West Eat Best’s inaugural WA’s Signature Dish competition. There was a more than decent crowd in attendance, listening […]

It’s now only 11 sleeps til the big #WASignatureDish final to be held at the Perth Cultural Centre on Monday, June 2nd as part of the WA Day Celebrations. Representing the Great Southern after emerging victorious from the regional final is Clare King. Clare won with her hero ingredient of Butterfield Beef with a dish she called ‘Celebration […]

The grand final for the WA Signature Dish competition is fast approaching – roll on Monday, June 2nd! Each of the four regions has a special guest chef to help guide the regional winners to the final cook off. In the Great Southern, the chef is Silas Misah – owner and head chef of Pepper & Salt Restaurant […]

Citrus caviar – have you tried it before? It’s wonderful and lucky for us in Western Australia it’s now grown very close to home in Pemberton. Say hello to Pemberton Finger Limes, a lovely WA company run by retired physiotherapists, Rob and Jill Baker. In looking for an interesting project they decided that they would […]