Wednesday 27 July 2011

Hooray!


On Monday night we were overjoyed to take out the 'From the Dairy' category at the Delicious Produce Awards. Held at Guillaume at Bennelong, the awards are aimed at recognising the efforts of Australia's top producers. 
The field of finalists for the 5 producer categories read like a who's who of Australian food, and it was an honour to be amongst those who hold similar food values to us.
While we are all passionate about what we do, it is not easy competing against multinational corporations who strive to portray themselves as artisan, and inject themselves into the market space along with hard-working Australian businesses. That is what is so exciting about these awards, they are a celebration of all the gusto Australian producers put in and the exceptionally high quality that results from the effort.
The judging panels both state and national are made up of industry stalwarts, including chefs, media experts and icons like Maggie Beer (who loves our Licorice ice cream!). These identities embody the competition with a strong credibility, and we hope to be able to back up our success with a good showing in years to come.
Thanks to all involved in the competition, the producers, judges, and organisers and a special mention to all who would love to have been a part of it, but with all the fires, floods, locusts and everything else thrown at us over the last 12 months, were unable to.

You can find a list of the award winners and finalists here, congratulations to all!

Thanks to Lizette from Warialda Belted Galloway, here is a picture of one chuffed Gundowring member with the result of the night!

Thursday 21 July 2011

A bit of perspective

It is a wonderful thing to be able to step away from the day to day, and literally get a different perspective on Gundowring.

The home of Gundowring Fine Foods from Waddingtons deck
Once or twice a year we make sure to turn of the churn, head out for lunch and talk about the challenges and the successes of the last 6 months. This year we are eating at Waddingtons! Restaurateurs Jan and Rod Waddington and their son Rhy, who now cooks in America, have long been friends and sources of inspiration for different ice cream flavour combinations.

The team hard at work choosing a dessert... not an easy decision!
We revel in the sweeping views of the Kiewa Valley looking across to Gundowring home base and great food and hospitality that never ceases to amaze us.

It is always great to see our ice cream used with flair
Thanks to Jan and Rod for having us, and to the team for a lovely day. Same time next year?

First things first!

Wednesday 6 July 2011

Churning Online


Imagine waking up to this view. Luckily enough, we here at Gundowring Ice Cream get to do just that, and year in year out, we never tire of it.

We use our own farm fresh milk to hand craft ice cream made from a traditional anglaise and ingredients inspired by the best regional produce. We also used to write a newsletter twice a year with news from the farm and information about new flavours and events. The reason we haven’t printed another edition is that it was primarily a newsletter that was made to hand out at Farmer’s Markets and events. By the time it was written, printed and picked up at the event or market, news was often 6 months old at least.

We decided that all that printing was unnecessary and that we could make better use of time and resources by doing something exciting, electronic and easily updated, hence…the Gundowring Churn Online!

We will be keeping this blog filled with all the fun stuff that normally goes into our newsletter, as well as news, reviews and recipes.

So join us as we bring a little of the Kiewa Valley to the internet!