Tasting Australia

The 2014 event hosted over 80 ticketed and free events throughout South Australia. The festival has been held biennially for 15 years and became annual from the 2016 event which was held from Sunday 1 May to Sunday 8 May 2016.{{Cite web|title = Tasting Australia - Creative team and dates confirmed for Tasting Australia 2016|url = http://tastingaustralia.com.au/creative-team-and-dates-confirmed-for-tasting-australia-2016.htm|website = tastingaustralia.com.au|accessdate = 2015-07-27|first = South Australia Tourism|last = Commission}}

Due to government prohibitions on large crowds because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, in 2020 the event was postponed to October/November, then cancelled.{{cite web |title=Tasting Australia to be postponed |url=https://tastingaustralia.com.au/news/tasting-australia-to-be-postponed |website=tastingaustralia.com.au |publisher=South Australian Tourism Commission |access-date=13 January 2021 |language=en |date=28 May 2020}}{{cite web |title=Tasting Australia to return in Autumn 2021 |url=https://tastingaustralia.com.au/news/tasting-australia-to-return-in-autumn-2021 |website=tastingaustralia.com.au |publisher=South Australian Tourism Commission |access-date=13 January 2021 |language=en |date=28 May 2020}}

In 2021 Tasting Australia is scheduled to be held from 30 April - 9 May 2021.{{cite web |title=Tasting Australia presented by RAA travel is officially back in 2021! |url=https://tastingaustralia.com.au/news/tasting-australia-presented-by-raa-travel-is-officially-back-in-2021 |website=tastingaustralia.com.au |publisher=South Australian Tourism Commission |access-date=13 January 2021 |language=en |date=8 December 2020}} The event is still running in 2024, with a hub in Victoria Square, Adelaide, and a metropolitan and regional program.

In February 2015, South Australian Minister for Tourism Leon Bignell announced the two Creative Directors and Event Patron for the 2016 Tasting Australia event.{{Cite web|title = Tasting Australia - Creative team and dates confirmed for Tasting Australia 2016|url = http://tastingaustralia.com.au/creative-team-and-dates-confirmed-for-tasting-australia-2016.htm|website = tastingaustralia.com.au|accessdate = 2015-07-28|first = South Australia Tourism|last = Commission}}

Simon Bryant is one of two Creative Directors for Tasting Australia.{{Cite web|title = Tasting Australia -|url = http://tastingaustralia.com.au/creative-directors.htm|website = tastingaustralia.com.au|accessdate = 2015-07-28|first = South Australia Tourism|last = Commission}} Bryant worked with the Hilton Adelaide for more than ten years, culminating in becoming executive chef.{{Cite web|title = about me {{!}} simon bryant|url = http://www.simonbryant.com.au/about_me|website = www.simonbryant.com.au|accessdate = 2015-07-28}} He has worked alongside South Australian cook Maggie Beer, co-hosting more than 150 episodes of The Cook and the Chef on the ABC.{{Cite web|title = ABC TV: The Cook and the Chef|url = http://www.abc.net.au/tv/cookandchef/default.htm|website = www.abc.net.au|accessdate = 2015-07-28}}

Paul Henry is a wine writer and marketer, and one of two Creative Directors of Tasting Australia. Henry established Winehero Australia in January 2011,{{Cite web|title = Who We Are {{!}} winehero|url = http://www.winehero.com/about/who-we-are/|website = www.winehero.com|accessdate = 2015-07-28|archive-date = 15 June 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150615013423/http://winehero.com/about/who-we-are/|url-status = dead}} a company specialising in strategic planning, brand development and communication, where he acts as a director.

Maggie Beer has been a Patron for Tasting Australia. Beer has appeared as a guest judge on MasterChef Australia and runs Maggie Beer's Farm Shop{{cite web |title=Maggie's Farm Shop in the Barossa |url=https://www.maggiebeer.com.au/visit-us/farm-shop |website=maggiebeer.com.au |publisher=Maggie Beer Products |access-date=13 January 2021 |date=2021}} in the Barossa Valley with a range of products sold throughout Australia and overseas.{{cite web |title=Maggie's Delicious Gourmet Foods |url=https://shop.maggiebeer.com.au/products/ |website=shop.maggiebeer.com.au |publisher=Maggie Beer Products |access-date=13 January 2021 |date=2020}} Beer was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 for service to Australian society through cooking and writing,{{Cite web|title = It's an Honour - Honours - Search Australian Honours|url = https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1128109|website = www.itsanhonour.gov.au|accessdate = 2015-07-28}} and was named Senior Australian of the Year in 2010. In the Australia Day Honours of 2012, Beer was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) "for service to the tourism and hospitality industries as a cook, restaurateur and author, and to the promotion of Australian produce and cuisine."{{Cite web|title = It's an Honour - Honours - Search Australian Honours|url = https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1145086|website = www.itsanhonour.gov.au|accessdate = 2015-07-28}}{{Clear}}

Cheong Liew took over from foodie Maggie Beer as Patron of Tasting Australia. Liew moved from Malaysia to Australia in 1969. He received his first critical acclaim for his Adelaide based restaurant Neddy’s. However, he is probably best known for his restaurant The Grange, which opened in the Adelaide Hilton Hotel in 1995 and closed in 2009.{{cite web |last=Wilkinson |first=Simon |title=Hilton to close The Grange as original masterchef Cheong Liew quits |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/food-wine/hilton-to-close-the-grange-as-original-masterchef-cheong-liew-quits/news-story/a6439259369124b04874f91a5f12f7a9&ved=2ahUKEwjKvN7tyJjuAhWdyzgGHbHRCiIQFjAFegQINBAB&usg=AOvVaw0ENd5lAkXSz8doEOrrUfk_ |website=www.theaustralian.com.au |publisher=The Australian |access-date=13 January 2021 |language=en-AU |date=12 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307120757/http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/cheong-liew-our-real-masterchef-signs-off/story-e6frea83-1225796703214 |archivedate=2012-03-07}}

Darren Robertson is a chef, owner of Three Blue Ducks{{cite web |last1=Quinn |first1=Paul |title=Meet the team |url=https://www.threeblueducks.com/about/ |website=threeblueducks.com |access-date=13 January 2021}} in Bronte, at first, and now Three Blue Ducks on The Farm at Byron Bay.{{cite web |title=Three Blue Ducks - Restaurant |url=https://thefarm.com.au/threeblueducks |website=thefarm.com.au |publisher=The Farm Byron Bay |access-date=13 January 2021 |language=en-AU}} Robertson has previously been a visiting chef at Tasting Australia but joins for the first time as 'Food Curator' in 2021.{{cite web |title=Visit South Australia - feel stimulated, relaxed, and inspired |url=https://tastingaustralia.com.au/festival-stars/darren-robertson |website=tastingaustralia.com.au |publisher=South Australian Tourism Commission |access-date=13 January 2021 |language=en |date=10 December 2020}}

Nick Stock is one of Australia's most respected and prolific wine critics. His involvement in wine stretches beyond wine-writing to show-judging, educating, broadcasting and winemaking.{{cite web |title=Visit South Australia - feel stimulated, relaxed, and inspired |url=https://tastingaustralia.com.au/festival-stars/nick-stock |website=tastingaustralia.com.au |publisher=South Australian Tourism Commission |access-date=13 January 2021 |language=en |date=11 January 2021}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{official|http://www.tasting-australia.com.au/}} Tasting Australia
• [http://www.travellady.com/Issues/Issue70/70P-tasting.htm Tasting Australia] at TravelLady Magazine
• [http://www.consumingpassions.com.au/index.php Consuming Passions website]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311003030/http://www.abc.net.au/talkingheads/txt/s1662490.htm Interview] with Ian Parmenter in ABC's Talking Heads

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