{"id":24835,"date":"2019-09-25T05:50:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T19:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=24835"},"modified":"2019-09-29T12:38:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T02:38:09","slug":"eat-drink-west-is-linking-producers-to-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/eat-drink-west-is-linking-producers-to-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"Eat Drink West is linking producers to consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"

KATE Davis\u2019 toastie tasting tale illustrates her commitment to and collaboration with Ballarat\u2019s chefs, cooks, producers and consumers.<\/p>\n

A couple driving up from Melbourne to undertake eating toasties during Plate Up Ballarat in May, contacted Ms Davis asking if 1816 Bakery was open.<\/p>\n

When she told them unfortunately not due to a power failure, the couple\u2019s next request was to try the Winner Winner toastie.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhich of course, due to Murphy\u2019s law, had just opened and hadn\u2019t received its bread delivery,\u201d she said. \u201cSo, I got the bread from 1816 Bakery, ran it up the street to Winner Winner and the visitors had the amazing experience they were hoping for, tasting six different toasties on the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Davis, founder of Plate Up Ballarat, said the month-long food festival was a great success.<\/p>\n

But once it was over in May the conversation on food producers and hospitality venues began to dry up.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, the chefs and cooks started asking for more producers to contact,\u201d she said. \u201cThis gave us the impetus to establish Eat Drink West, a platform that can support local growers and producers and the chefs and cooks that support them?\u201d<\/p>\n

Eat Drink West website, launched last week, is not just a landing page, it lists producer details and stockists and it links back to each individual producer\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

It is the other side of the coin from Plate Up Ballarat.<\/p>\n

Restaurants and hospitality venues pay a fee to be take part in the annual food festival while food producers and growers pay to be listed on Eat Drink West.<\/p>\n

Caf\u00e9 Sidra owners Belinda Brooksby and Allan Penhall took part in Plate Up in May.<\/p>\n

As the caf\u00e9 is also the cellar door for locally made 321 Cider, Ms Brooksby said they are thrilled to register on Eat Drink West as well as Plate Up as it showcases the regionality of both endeavours.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new platform informs restaurants, cafes, bottle shops about our organically grown and small batch cider made here in Learmonth,\u201d Ms Brooksby said. \u201cIt also links us to other suppliers so we can source local products to use in the cafe\u2019s meals.\u201d<\/p>\n

The unique value proposition for producers is the database of cafes, restaurants and food venues who can access the Eat Drink West site.<\/p>\n

Judy Crough, Western Plains Pork Marketing Director, was one of the first suppliers to sign up to the new initiative.<\/p>\n

She said joining was a great way of connecting and getting the business\u2019s name out to restaurants, cafes and people looking for product.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is so much easier than doing it myself, when we first started direct selling, I would walk the streets and knock on doors,\u201d Ms Cough said. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing to have all this happening regionally.\u201d<\/p>\n

Check out Eat Drink West’s new website at eatdrinkwest.com.au<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KATE Davis\u2019 toastie tasting tale illustrates her commitment to and collaboration with Ballarat\u2019s chefs, cooks, producers and consumers. A couple driving up from Melbourne to undertake eating toasties during Plate Up Ballarat in May, contacted Ms Davis asking if 1816 Bakery was open. When she told them unfortunately not due to a power failure, the […]<\/p>\n

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