Elite Event: Single Origin

Ah Unilocal you did it again, a fabulous way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Bread, butter, cheese & alcohol… all things that I love & along with a mini bread making masterclass it was perfect!!! The goody bag was also most excellent.
The team at Brasserie Bread were awesome & making bread was great fun. I love how Unilocal introduces you to businesses that unless you live in the area you might not know of & when I’m next in South Melbourne I’ll be sure to call in for a loaf of their bread.
Yarra Valley Dairy cheese is some of my favourite & I’m sure I probably consumed half my body weight in it on this day, good job we could buy more to take home with us. Somehow I’ve managed not to eat it so far & will serve it up on Christmas Day.
The Melbourne Gin Company offerings were fabulous. I’m not normally a fan of G&Ts but this was something else & served with grapefruit made for a very refreshing beverage or two!!!
Thanks Jackie & Crew, a great way to end the Unilocal Elite ’15 year :)

Bread, cheese, wine. The trio of perfection. This event was so much fun! Making our own bread was a highlight, and one we were able to enjoy for days afterwards. The Yarra Valley Dairy cheese was delicious and so moreish. Melbourne Gin served delicious cocktails and Gembrook served delightful wines. All up a wonderful day. Well done Jackie and team!

As soon as I saw this event was going to be held at Brasserie Bread, I was pushing that I’m In button faster than the speed of light. I knew that we were going to be in for a good time, with that carby deliciousness that I’ve grown to love from Brasserie.
I was at the last Unilocal event there and knew it had a lot to live up to. Thankfully it did. A smaller crowd this year than at that Easter event, but in now way did that detract from the magic of the event.
I loved the arrival, bubbles. BINGO, you have me at hello. They were delicious and a wonderful way to kick off the afternoon. It was a little hard to choose what to do next, until Brasserie made it quite easy — Bread Making.
My partner in crime was a little reluctant to get involved in the bread making, thinking it wasn’t really his thing, but the kneading and then the act of plaiting and playing with the dough got him in the end and he loved it. Getting to take home the fruits of his labour and enjoying it for dinner that night, breakfast the next day and a few snacks in between made him appreciate the art and love that can go into the product. Or maybe it didn’t, either way bread was devoured and oh my goodness we enjoyed it.
Moving on, it was time to get stuck into a glass of Gembrook’s finest, a beautiful Pinot Noir which I thoroughly enjoyed and will be on the lookout for in some of Melbourne’s best wine shops.
Clever little cookies there are also responsible for Melbourne Gin Company. Wow this was some of the smoothest gins going around. Normally I’m not a straight gin drinker, but you could easily do this. I started this review last week, but got distracted by work deadlines, so I am adding this line here — I went to Meredith Music Festival on the weekend and one of our camping team pulled out a bottle of Melbourne Gin Company and Hendricks. Melbourne Gin Company was the first bottle to be devoured. Well done.
I loved the Pepe butter and the sourdough that went onto it. Layer it on thick and delicious. Happiness. I took additional butter home with me and it’s a great excuse to eat.
Finally, I can’t forget Yarra Valley Dairy. I’ve visited there before, but it was wonderful to actually try some of their cheeses away from the typical cellar door situation and find out about the saffron fetta. A beautiful combination with the olive oil and would go just perfectly with the sourdough. In hindsight, I should have tried that combo too.
For an end of year event, it was a wonderful one, not too focused on the Christmas stuff that often occurs at this time of the year, but a great way to come together and enjoy some of Melbourne’s best produce. Thanks Jackie and Trensa for arranging a lovely event.

Well this was fun. Delicious wine, gin, cheese, butter & bread = a heck of a Sunday afternoon out in South Melbourne. Getting hands on with the baking process — pun intended — was a surprise and giggles were had seeing plus ones and other Unilocalers squeeze and shape their dough into all kinds of shapes, some that actually resembled bread! Taking home the bread we helped make, along with our goodie bag of awesomeness, meant the decadent eating continued at home well into the evening!

What a great experience!
The cheese was amazing, the butter was sinful, the bread was fresh and the people were fun.
I enjoyed being a part of the bread making process. Shaping the dough was harder than it looked, but it was so much fun. My bread turned out slightly wonky (my partner’s turned out perfect) but it was so yummy.
Thanks to everyone for such a lovely afternoon and thanks to Unilocal for putting it together!
Awesome times were had!

Great event. All my favourite things and met some nice people. I loved the bread making. Still can’t check in though. :-(

All my Single ladies… all my single origin ladies… Ok I’ll stop torturing you with my terrible singing and potential law suit from Queen B! Such a beautiful and simple end of year elite event.
Brassiere bread held a bread bake off class, teaching all how to make the best of our doughy situation.
The French vibes were running high with a guest appearance from Peppaya Butter and amazing cheeses from The Yarra Valley!
G&T’s flowed freely and hid behind the bubbles and a most delicious Pinot noir.
Cheese, bread, butter and wine. Such a perfect Sunday afternoon.

What a wonderful way to finish 2015 as a elite member of Unilocal.This was a stand out event for me. It was wonderful to experience some of the single origin products that Victoria has to offer.
Cheese from Yarra Valley Dairy, Butter from Australian Cultured Butter company & the experience of making some bread from Brasserie Bread. For me meeting Andrew from the Melbourne Gin company was a highlight. It was great to hear the story behind Andrews product and his passion for making a gin that has some amazing flavors.
Thanks Unilocal.Can’t wait to see what Jackie has in store for everyone in 2016

Another great event from Jackie and the Unilocal team! It is hard to pick a favourite aspect of this event.
It started with Tresna greeting us with sparkling wine and led into a buffet of great cheese, bread, and butter. All were great and I can honestly say that I have never seen that much butter in one place before. I know it is sacrilege at an event like this, but I only really enjoy bread in low doses so i skipped out on the baking portion opting instead to sample the bites of bread on display paired with some excellent cheese from Yarra Valley Dairy. The Saffron feta was amazing.
although I have seen it around, I hadn’t yet tasted the MGC gin until this event. I was pleasantly surprised: a very good gin that will serve as the base for a nice martini. I’m interested to try with some orange bitters and a grapefruit twist. The Wanderer pinot noir, though, was the real surprise. Although pricey (what booze isn’t in Oz), it had the complexity and depth of a good Burgundy and I couldn’t draw myself away from it.
Overall, a great way to end the Unilocal year and it gave me some good ideas for snacks to bring and serve at Christmas/​New Year’s parties.

What a great way to finish off a Unilocaly year that with cheese, bread and butter! Oh and bubbles and gin. The food was amazing, drinks plentiful and the company well it was awesome! I loved catching up with new and old faces and it was the best reminder of the year on how awesome it is to be elite!

Bread! Cheese! Goodie Bags! The Unilocal crew was out for some casual carb-​y goodness to help close out the 2015 elite events. Sampling the local products on a warm Sunday afternoon was a treat. The Single Origin Showcase included:
–freshly baked loaves at Brasserie Bread
— creamy cheeses from Yarra Valley Dairy (I highly recommend the marinated saffron)
— the most amazing butter I have ever paired with bread (pepe saya is adding some sweet magic to his butter churn)
— delightful gin from MGC, pinot, and bubbles, poured by the charming Andrew
Adding an extra smile to the day, Tresna and Jackie presented us with goody bags to take home. Lucky for my friends I was willing to share the Unilocal love that evening — making me one popular lady.

What a day, what a loaf (or 2) of bread!
The Single Origin event was a great end of year get together for Unilocal elite members and their friends.
I enjoyed the baking, and the great interactions with my fellow Unilocalers when baking goes wrong. Well, when plaiting goes very, very wrong.
Everything was delicious, in fact I’m going out this week to buy some of the Yarra Dairy Saffy Feta for sharing at Christmas. It was wonderful to get a chance to talk to some local producers and learn about their passion for their product. Hello Melbourne Gin Company… my new favourite gin.
Here’s to Elite in 2016!

What an event! Sunday afternoon sipping on Gin! Loved having this chilled relaxed Sunday arvo with fellow Unilocalers. Thanks also to Brasserie bread for hosting us in the brand new setup, the café looked super cool.
Was awesome taking home my own bread and having fun making it :)

What an incredible Unilocal Melbourne Elite event! This event definitely ticked all the boxes for me. First of all, greeted with lovely Prosecco and the smiling faces of Tresna L & Jackie D. We then got treated to a lesson by Brasserie of baking our very own bread (that we got to take home).
Tasting marvelous Gin from Melbourne’s very own Melbourne Gin Company (thanks Andrew) and indulging in amazing butter and cheese from the Yarra Valley. the apple cider from CO OP in Kyabrum was REALLY good too.
Yep, Victoria certainly does produce some of the highest quality products and we elites were very lucky to be able to experience them at the event.
Thanks Jackie D, Single Origin and all the vendors that produced a wonderful end of year Elite event. Now to enjoy my goodie bag…

Such a fun afternoon meeting new people and getting to taste test some of the products like cheese, butter and wine/​gin. My favourite was the goat cheese ash cracker. Yummo! So good I had so many but feeling a little guilty now. We got to make our own bread but following the bakers instructions of course and it was such an awesome experience. Thank you to the Unilocal team for this event and for the goodie bags that contain cheese and butter goodness. Oh no! Time to work this food baby off.