I dearest stone as well as coil as well as I dearest food. If entirely at that spot was some means to combine the two. Oh wait, at that spot is! Lord's Day evening's entertainment, billed every bit "A Rock 'n' Roll Cook Off for Charity", was a sort of Iron Chef for Melbourne's indie stone elite. Devised every bit a fund raiser for Good Shepherd Youth as well as Family Service, the upshot pulled together Melbourne musicians, media personalities as well as nutrient journalists for a surreal eventide of fun at The Corner Hotel.
The basic construction of the eventide involved 4 teams of v 'celebrities' each, ii savoury cook-offs as well as a dessert challenge betwixt ii oestrus winners to detect out whose cuisine reigned supreme. But the basic construction doesn't do justice to the chaotic, noisy as well as hilarious evening.
We arrived to a moderately busy band room, alongside the ii stages laid up: a minor ane scattered alongside amps, mics as well as drum kits as well as a big ane alongside a makeshift kitchen, overhead mirrors to give the crowd a practiced sentiment of the activity as well as a clever apron collage for wallpaper.
After a food-themed D.J. laid (my personal highlight: Cherry Pie past times Warrant), Helen Razer (our cough-medicine addled host for the evening) took control, introducing her swain commentators: Clem Bastow (Inpress, The Age etc) as well as Matt Preston (Epicure, Melbourne Food as well as Wine Festival). The rules were explained: each oestrus would pit ii teams against each other for one-half an hour's fiercely competitive cooking producing at to the lowest degree 3 courses for judging. All of which had to contain... the cloak-and-dagger ingredient.
To larn the start oestrus underway, Helen introduced the start ii teams, pitting a vegan-friendly Team 1 (Lindsay 'The Doctor' MacDougall as well as Macromantics plus 3 non-vegans) against Team 2, ably led past times Lisa Miller alongside back upward from members of Mach Pelican, Dallas Crane as well as The Meanies. After a minute of well-orchestrated suspense, the cloak-and-dagger component subdivision for battle #1 was revealed: mushrooms!
As the cooking got underway, Little Red outburst into some assort of amalgam of The Strokes as well as The Jackson Five. Our attending was divided betwixt the band as well as the kitchen, but the refer of dumplings from Team 1 caught it as well as had me cheering on Macromantics as well as the gang. The alert went off and, afterwards some frantic plating, the dishes were ready to hold out served upward to the judges: John Lethlean from The Age, Cath Claringbold from Mecca Bah as well as Andrew McConnell from Three One Two).
I imagine it's some fourth dimension since these 3 gourmets ate nutrient prepared inwards such a haphazard manner, but they gamely tucked into their feasts. From Team 1: shitake sugariness soy stir-fry, Macro-dumpings as well as chocolate shitake surprise, piece from Team 2: a suite of dishes dubbed 'Blitzkrieg Wok' including a mushroom penne as well as a twain of other dishes lost to the mists of time. According to the judges, squad 1 produced both the best dish (Macro-dumplings) as well as nearly inedible endeavour (choc-shitake surprise). Unfortunately for them, the 'surprise' was plenty to toll them the match, alongside the judges unanimously pronouncing Lisa Miller's Team 2 the winners of oestrus 1.
A brief recess for to permit everyone larn their breath dorsum (and to allow the kitchen-roadies some cleaning time) followed, alongside Joelistics from TZU providing the music. Heat 2 followed, as well as out came the big guns of stone 'n' coil cooking: Team 3 was led past times Dan Kelly, whose pre-rock career-path included a stint cooking at Claypots, piece Team 4 boasted Rebecca Barnard - formerly of Rebecca's Empire as well as a cooking spot on JJJ. The cloak-and-dagger component subdivision for oestrus #2: the less veg-friendly chicken.
This fourth dimension when the cooking started nosotros moved across to the stone phase to sense SixFtHick - terrifying Brisbane rockers who cause got no abide by for the comfortable business betwixt the audience as well as the performers. Fronted past times brothers Ben as well as Geoff Corbett, the demo was chock total of insanity: prowling, screaming as well as kicking their means through short, precipitous bursts of rock. As the clock ran downwards on oestrus #2, the 'Hick injure things upward alongside a Queensland cocktail: a stubby tipped into a cowboy boot, shaken as well as poured downwards audience members' throats from on high.
I'm non certain how people manage alongside a total SixFtHick demo - afterwards xxx minutes I was ready to larn away from the frightening the world of stone as well as dorsum to the gentle fine art of cookery. The judges, starting to demo some alcohol-influenced apparel as well as tear (I don't recall nutrient critics as well as chefs ordinarily cause got access to a rider), dived into their 2d circular of stone 'n' coil dishes. Team 4 were upward first, alongside Rebecca taking charge. They came upward alongside some assort of gyoza, a chicken-based pizza as well as something known every bit Spazzy-surprise (named afterwards squad fellow member Ally Spazzy).
Team 3 produced 4 courses: Ming Dynasty chicken, Marvin the chicken sandwich, chicken alongside Dan Kelly Sauce and, inwards a determination that toll them the heat, Bog Log III's boobscotch whiskey chicken alongside a human breast-milk sauce. The judges were a picayune disappointed past times Dan Kelly's endeavour given his pedigree, but the breast-milk flavoured chicken was the existent occupation for squad 3 - alongside all of the judges disgusted both past times the concept as well as past times the taste. Despite Bob Log's disappointing functioning inwards the kitchen, he got my vote for wittiest apron, proudly wearing the slogan, "Got to a greater extent than fourth dimension for misbehavin', since I started microwavin'".
So Rebecca Barnard's Team 4 advanced to the dessert-themed concluding against Lisa Miller's Team 2. The concluding was a 15 infinitesimal affair, alongside each squad producing sugariness treats based on the cloak-and-dagger ingredient, bizarrely presented past times a Devo-inspired helper, BANANAS!
Despite my anti-banana agenda, the dessert circular was the highlight inwards damage of sheer cooking action: Andy as well as Scott from The Living End came upward alongside chocolate bumholes: cored banana slices filled alongside a Mars bar mush.
In addition, Team 4 came upward alongside ii to a greater extent than dishes: maple foliage rag (bananas caremalised inwards maple syrup) as well as Elvis Presley's favourite, fried banana as well as peanut butter sandwiches. In comparision, Team 2 expended all their unloose energy on ane dish: banana filled crepes. While all this was going on, The Wayfaring Strangers were dancing unopen to the music phase wearing picayune to a greater extent than than aprons as well as strategically places tongs. The judges traipsed out for the concluding fourth dimension as well as hoed into the diverse dessert plates. Team 2 looked the favourites merely through sheer release of dishes and, when the concluding scores were announced they were victorious, taking abode the initiatory Golden Wok (see above).
This long as well as rambling post service has barely begun to comprehend merely how action-packed the whole eventide was - the nearly fun I've had inwards ages. The whole thought is quintessentially Melbourne: stone 'n' coil as well as nutrient mushed together into a chaotic mess where all of a abrupt it makes perfect sense for John Lethlean as well as SixFtHick to hold out sharing a bill. And, of course, the whole thing was for a practiced drive - everyone involved donated their fourth dimension as well as a practiced chunk of the coin raised volition halt upward helping immature disadvantaged Melbourne-ites. Foodie amusement can't larn much amend than that.
The basic construction of the eventide involved 4 teams of v 'celebrities' each, ii savoury cook-offs as well as a dessert challenge betwixt ii oestrus winners to detect out whose cuisine reigned supreme. But the basic construction doesn't do justice to the chaotic, noisy as well as hilarious evening.
We arrived to a moderately busy band room, alongside the ii stages laid up: a minor ane scattered alongside amps, mics as well as drum kits as well as a big ane alongside a makeshift kitchen, overhead mirrors to give the crowd a practiced sentiment of the activity as well as a clever apron collage for wallpaper.
After a food-themed D.J. laid (my personal highlight: Cherry Pie past times Warrant), Helen Razer (our cough-medicine addled host for the evening) took control, introducing her swain commentators: Clem Bastow (Inpress, The Age etc) as well as Matt Preston (Epicure, Melbourne Food as well as Wine Festival). The rules were explained: each oestrus would pit ii teams against each other for one-half an hour's fiercely competitive cooking producing at to the lowest degree 3 courses for judging. All of which had to contain... the cloak-and-dagger ingredient.To larn the start oestrus underway, Helen introduced the start ii teams, pitting a vegan-friendly Team 1 (Lindsay 'The Doctor' MacDougall as well as Macromantics plus 3 non-vegans) against Team 2, ably led past times Lisa Miller alongside back upward from members of Mach Pelican, Dallas Crane as well as The Meanies. After a minute of well-orchestrated suspense, the cloak-and-dagger component subdivision for battle #1 was revealed: mushrooms!As the cooking got underway, Little Red outburst into some assort of amalgam of The Strokes as well as The Jackson Five. Our attending was divided betwixt the band as well as the kitchen, but the refer of dumplings from Team 1 caught it as well as had me cheering on Macromantics as well as the gang. The alert went off and, afterwards some frantic plating, the dishes were ready to hold out served upward to the judges: John Lethlean from The Age, Cath Claringbold from Mecca Bah as well as Andrew McConnell from Three One Two).I imagine it's some fourth dimension since these 3 gourmets ate nutrient prepared inwards such a haphazard manner, but they gamely tucked into their feasts. From Team 1: shitake sugariness soy stir-fry, Macro-dumpings as well as chocolate shitake surprise, piece from Team 2: a suite of dishes dubbed 'Blitzkrieg Wok' including a mushroom penne as well as a twain of other dishes lost to the mists of time. According to the judges, squad 1 produced both the best dish (Macro-dumplings) as well as nearly inedible endeavour (choc-shitake surprise). Unfortunately for them, the 'surprise' was plenty to toll them the match, alongside the judges unanimously pronouncing Lisa Miller's Team 2 the winners of oestrus 1.
A brief recess for to permit everyone larn their breath dorsum (and to allow the kitchen-roadies some cleaning time) followed, alongside Joelistics from TZU providing the music. Heat 2 followed, as well as out came the big guns of stone 'n' coil cooking: Team 3 was led past times Dan Kelly, whose pre-rock career-path included a stint cooking at Claypots, piece Team 4 boasted Rebecca Barnard - formerly of Rebecca's Empire as well as a cooking spot on JJJ. The cloak-and-dagger component subdivision for oestrus #2: the less veg-friendly chicken.
This fourth dimension when the cooking started nosotros moved across to the stone phase to sense SixFtHick - terrifying Brisbane rockers who cause got no abide by for the comfortable business betwixt the audience as well as the performers. Fronted past times brothers Ben as well as Geoff Corbett, the demo was chock total of insanity: prowling, screaming as well as kicking their means through short, precipitous bursts of rock. As the clock ran downwards on oestrus #2, the 'Hick injure things upward alongside a Queensland cocktail: a stubby tipped into a cowboy boot, shaken as well as poured downwards audience members' throats from on high.I'm non certain how people manage alongside a total SixFtHick demo - afterwards xxx minutes I was ready to larn away from the frightening the world of stone as well as dorsum to the gentle fine art of cookery. The judges, starting to demo some alcohol-influenced apparel as well as tear (I don't recall nutrient critics as well as chefs ordinarily cause got access to a rider), dived into their 2d circular of stone 'n' coil dishes. Team 4 were upward first, alongside Rebecca taking charge. They came upward alongside some assort of gyoza, a chicken-based pizza as well as something known every bit Spazzy-surprise (named afterwards squad fellow member Ally Spazzy).
Team 3 produced 4 courses: Ming Dynasty chicken, Marvin the chicken sandwich, chicken alongside Dan Kelly Sauce and, inwards a determination that toll them the heat, Bog Log III's boobscotch whiskey chicken alongside a human breast-milk sauce. The judges were a picayune disappointed past times Dan Kelly's endeavour given his pedigree, but the breast-milk flavoured chicken was the existent occupation for squad 3 - alongside all of the judges disgusted both past times the concept as well as past times the taste. Despite Bob Log's disappointing functioning inwards the kitchen, he got my vote for wittiest apron, proudly wearing the slogan, "Got to a greater extent than fourth dimension for misbehavin', since I started microwavin'".
So Rebecca Barnard's Team 4 advanced to the dessert-themed concluding against Lisa Miller's Team 2. The concluding was a 15 infinitesimal affair, alongside each squad producing sugariness treats based on the cloak-and-dagger ingredient, bizarrely presented past times a Devo-inspired helper, BANANAS!
Despite my anti-banana agenda, the dessert circular was the highlight inwards damage of sheer cooking action: Andy as well as Scott from The Living End came upward alongside chocolate bumholes: cored banana slices filled alongside a Mars bar mush.In addition, Team 4 came upward alongside ii to a greater extent than dishes: maple foliage rag (bananas caremalised inwards maple syrup) as well as Elvis Presley's favourite, fried banana as well as peanut butter sandwiches. In comparision, Team 2 expended all their unloose energy on ane dish: banana filled crepes. While all this was going on, The Wayfaring Strangers were dancing unopen to the music phase wearing picayune to a greater extent than than aprons as well as strategically places tongs. The judges traipsed out for the concluding fourth dimension as well as hoed into the diverse dessert plates. Team 2 looked the favourites merely through sheer release of dishes and, when the concluding scores were announced they were victorious, taking abode the initiatory Golden Wok (see above).This long as well as rambling post service has barely begun to comprehend merely how action-packed the whole eventide was - the nearly fun I've had inwards ages. The whole thought is quintessentially Melbourne: stone 'n' coil as well as nutrient mushed together into a chaotic mess where all of a abrupt it makes perfect sense for John Lethlean as well as SixFtHick to hold out sharing a bill. And, of course, the whole thing was for a practiced drive - everyone involved donated their fourth dimension as well as a practiced chunk of the coin raised volition halt upward helping immature disadvantaged Melbourne-ites. Foodie amusement can't larn much amend than that.
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