The Age Good Food Guide - Best new country restaurant - Loam, Drysdale

The Sydney Morning Herald today reports that Aaron and Astrid Turner from Loam Restaurant in Drysdale have been awarded The Age Good Food Guide's best new country restaurant.

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Loam Restaurant in Drysdale in the running for awards

The print version of the Geelong Advertiser, (29 July 2010 p. 3) reports that Loam Restaurant chef Aaron Turner is in the running for two prestigious Australian Gourmet Traveller food awards.

A profile on Aaron is available from the Australian Gourmet Traveller.

The September 2010 issue of Gourmet Traveller will have all the winners.

Loam Restaurant at Drysdale - restaurant review in The Age newspaper

"Sunday Lunch: Loam, Drysdale" The Age, January 30, 2010

"It's not everyone who asks: "Now, what don't you like to eat?" However, that is what diners at Loam are asked while being presented with an A-to-Z list of key ingredients and fresh local produce that the kitchen has gathered for the month. January features asparagus, blackberries, crab, mulloway, nasturtium, suckling pig (Western Plains), wagyu beef and zucchini flower..."

Loam at Lighthouse Olive Grove, 650 Andersons Rd, Drysdale, 5251 1101. Open for lunch Wednesday-Sunday noon-3pm; for dinner Friday-Saturday from 6.30pm.

The Bellarine Peninsula is part of the 2010 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival

Local restaurants, cafes and food producers on The Bellarine Peninsula will be hosting a series of events in conjunction with the 2010 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival.

The program of events include:

• The Worlds Longest Lunch in Portarlington at Bellarine Estate on Friday 12 March;
• A Taste of Classic Queenscliff lunch at the Vue Grand on Sunday 14 March;
• Tastes of the Bellarine Dinner on Friday 19 March; and concluding with
• The Longest View Cocktail Party at Kilgour Estate on Sunday 21st March.

More information is available.