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Interview: Executive Chef Dan Hunter – Royal Mail, Dunkeld, Victoria, Australia

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Royal Mail Hotel

Photo M D Hill

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When visiting Australia, our goal was to explore areas within 1 to 2 hours of Melbourne. We had no idea we would find such talent with all of the food and wine–in Melbourne itself and all of Victoria. While exploring the Grampian region, we stayed at the well-known Royal Mail Hotel in Dunkeld, Victoria. We were able meet and interview Executive Chef Dan Hunter. Dan also in the Hotel Manager. His talent during the past 3-1/2 years and earned the honor of being a 2 Chef Hat restaurant since the first review. We enjoyed a 12 Course Degustation Menu that Dan prepared.

Dan’s video follows:

98 Parker Street
(Glenelg Hwy)
PO Box 50, Dunkeld
Victoria 3294, Australia

TELEPHONE:

03 5577 2241
(International: +613 5577 2241)

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Celebrity Cruise Lines Brings Cruising to Wall Street

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

Celebrity Cruise NYSE Event

All of the Hill Team enjoys cruising. Norm and I often talk about our Celebrity experience quite a while ago.

Celebrity’s innovation in introducing its new offering starting next November is just one example of what is to come.

The food has always been outstanding on Celebrity and it has recently introduced a culinary focus.

I’d love to experience its ships with all the new features currently offered.

My guess is this will be a sell out for those on the East Coast.

Celebrity Cruises brings the Caribbean to Wall Street NYC on 3-1-11.

Celebrity Cruises commissioned Kurt Wenner – the inventor of 3-D street art – to create an innovative art installation at the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate the anticipated arrival of the premium cruise line’s newest ship, Celebrity Silhouette. The ship will be sailing to the Caribbean out of Cape Liberty in Bayonne, NJ starting in November, allowing New Yorkers and tri-state area residents to start their vacation without taking a flight, maximizing their vacation time. New York Stock Exchange employees had fun “relaxing” on the hammock and “grilling” on what will be the industry’s first outdoor, interactive grill restaurant, called The Lawn Club Grill.

For more information visit Celebrity Cruises.

Valrhona Chocolate Wheel of Flavor

Monday, February 14th, 2011

Valrhona Flavor Palette

Valrhona is one of the VIP sponsors of Bocuse d’Or and the official partner of the World Pasty Cup that is part of Sirha. Its booth is beautiful, tasty and always crowded.

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I going to quote their descriptions of the flavor wheel.

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The Les Grands Crus Explains Wheel.


Tanariva 33% A delectable milk chocolate offering soft and succulent milky carmely savours. Light colors with bronze nuances, very typical. Pure Madagascar. 33% cocoa.

Jivara 40% is persistently flavourd milk chocolate. Its distinctive flaor both mild nand chocolaty, unveils notes of carmel and vanila enhanced with a touch of malt and 40% cocoa.

Tainori 64% Pure yellow fruit flavors give way to fresh, tangy citrus overtones, progressively yielding to delicate yet long-lasting cocoa and hot bread aromas. Pure Dominican Republic. 64% cocoa.

Valrhona Display-photo by M D Hill

Manjari 64% Heavenly acidulous red fruit and dried fruit and dried-fruit hints. Pure Madagascar. 64% cocoa.

Caraibe 66% Its opulent and soft melody unveils subtle almond and roasted coffee flavors. 66% cocoa.

Guanaja 70%. It deveops an astonishing bitterness revealing an aromatic range of warm notes. 70% cocoa.

Alpaco 66%. The subtleness of floral aromas exquisitely melting into supremely intense chocolaty notes. Pure Equator. 66% cocoa.

Abinao 85%. A highly sophisticated dark chocolate. Its empowering and intense aroma emphasizes a specific bitterness and exceptional long-lasting flavors.  85% cocoa.

Florence Pujol of Valrhona says, “The story of Valrhona could be resumed in a few words. ‘A quest for excellence.’ Yet it is a long story of taste that the men and women who work for Valrhona have been writing since the company’s creation in 1922; a passion for exceptional taste, cultivated right from the source, applied through exacting standards, confirmed through delectable creations and perpetuated through a strategy of total quality.

“A historic partnership for professionals in the world of taste, including restauranteurs, patissiers, caterers, confectioners, ice-cream makers and bakers, developed to help them fully express their expertise through a range of professional products and exclusive services.”















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