Description
A hands-on lunch in the Jacican kitchen garden.
Guests will be guided through the kitchen garden. Each guest will pick weeds, edible flowers, seasonal fruit, and vegetables.
Each guest will be given a basket and garden cutters to only use during their visit to Jacican.
When guests return to the kitchen, they will be guided through what to do with each item they have picked. They will make fresh tea from garden herbs and use their picked products to garnish their meal as the lunch proceeds.
The daily menu will include tasting notes for the produce picked in the kitchen garden during the guests' visit.
- Tasting plate of Jacican preserves and other Gippsland goodies.
- Entrée —This depends on the seasonal menu, but an entree is normally individual plates and serves of a dish that the dinners have prepared together.
- Mains: Seasonal meals prepared from the Jacican kitchen garden and produce from Gippsland farmers and producers, served on shared platters.
- Palate Cleanser of seasonal fruits and herbs.
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- Dessert, a Jaci specialty - It could be a fresh cake, dome dessert or a seasonal surprise.
- Tea, coffee, hot beverage
- One Glass of Gippsland wine per guest is served with the meal.
Extra Wine, spirits, and beer are served at bar prices.
Walk amongst the Weeds cooking classes can be adapted to meet any dietary requirement, including gluten-free and vegan. The menu will be the same for all guests in each booking.
Event Details
Acknowledgment of country
Hello, I’m Jaci Hicken, from the lands of the Brataualung clan, which is where I’ve spent most of my life.
I would like to acknowledge all of us here today to cook together and share a meal.
I love sharing my dream of growing the food this country has to offer and share it with you.
The traditional place that we come together today is on the lands Gunaikurnai people
And I’d like to pay my respects to our elders past, present, emerging leaders, along with all the young people in our community.