Our local seafood is just as seasonal as fruit and vegetables!

What swims around in our local waters is more prolific at different times of the year.

This informative evening will highlight what is available and in good supply at the local Sydney Fish Market and local seafood suppliers around town in May. There will be the opportunity to try your skills at preparing and cooking different varieties and then to enjoy a shared table of prepared dishes with local wines.

Our presenter is the experienced Brigid Treloar who has been a freelance food consultant for over 20 years. The author of eight cookbooks, many of them translated into other languages, she also contributes to newspapers and magazines, reviews restaurants and judges cookery and recipe competitions. She has made many TV appearances and can often be heard discussing food on the radio. Brigid has presented specialist cooking classes in Sydney, interstate and overseas and is an educator at the Sydney Seafood School. Brigid advises many of Australia’s food companies on product and recipe development, food styling and photography and provides recipes and cooking information for company websites.

As we sample Krinklewood’s biodynamic 2009 Verdelho, we’ll learn how to prepare some very simple and delicious recipes:
Char-grilled local Squid with salt and pepper seasoning
Chermoula Sea Mullet Fillets
Pink Ling Skewers with Wasabi Mayonnaise

We’re excited to include Iain Suthers, a Professor in the School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences at UNSW, and now based at the Sydney Institute of Marine Science. Iain has published over seventy papers and book chapters on a variety of marine subjects concerning fisheries and oceanography, including a recent book on plankton. Plankton is the base on which the entire ocean food chain rests. Iain will tell us about the growth rate of fish as the key to sustainable fisheries, as well as the work of SIMS and ocean climate.

There will be Pukara Estate olive oils to try and Steve Jones of Broken Bay Oysters will be telling us all about this important local seafood species.

The evening is held at the Electrolux Kitchen Showroom which gives you the great opportunity to browse and test some of the newest cook tops and ovens.

When: Thursday, May 06, 2010 from 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Where: Electrolux Kitchen Showroom , 163 O’Riordan Street,  Mascot,  2020 Sydney.  View map.

Cost: $50 members, $55 non members, $35 students and pensioners. For bookings.