The Mantle is one cool venue. Sort of a refurbed warehouse style space, it has been sectioned off into several different dining venues. You want a burger? Head along to Short Order Co. Or pizza, off you go to Magna Pizza. Or if you fancy a small shared plates experience at an eatery that has signed […]

With thanks to Moora Citrus I recently attended an amazing dinner they held in their orchard in Moora, two hours north of Perth, with the creative team from Fervor Food incorporating the stunning citrus into an epic seven course degustation feast! The air was heady was the scent of orange blossoms and as the sky […]

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 […]

I love to cook and I feel passionately about showcasing WA in the kitchen. We are a spoilt bunch in the West with so much amazing, fresh local produce and Dorper Lamb is one of my favourites! Tender and flavoursome, it is definitely a high quality meat. Cutlets are a great way to get hands […]

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 […]

On Monday morning in the beautiful town of Denmark four lovely ladies gathered to cook up a storm at Pepper & Salt Restaurant at Forest Hill Winery. They were battling it out to take the coveted title of regional winner for the Great Southern Region for their chance to progress to the big final on WA […]

Monday, April 28th is a very exciting day for four lovely ladies from WA. It’s the regional final for the WA Signature Dish Competition for the beautiful Great Southern region and it will be held at Pepper & Salt Restaurant at Forest Hill Vineyard in Denmark. The Great Southern region covers a 39,007km section of the South […]

West Australian lamb is amazing. I’ve cooked up lamb chops and cutlets many a time, but recently I decided it was time for my lamb roasting debut. I’d roasted pork, beef and chook before but never gotten around to lamb – clearly an oversight! But with my family coming around for lunch recently it was […]

Mt Barker Free Range Chickens are a happy bunch of chooks ‘free to do whatever they like, wherever they please’. Sounds like quite the pleasant and stress free life for a chicken. As soon as these chicks hit three weeks old they are free to roam the farm during the day – scratching in the grass, […]