Food and Wine Discovery Tours for Foodies
Welcome to Finding Flavour, Auckland's specialist foodie
tour company
Come and join us on a food exploration tour in Auckland and
beyond. There are other foodies to meet, delicious cuisines
to discover and markets to shop on a Finding Flavour
tour. We take you to meet the people passionate about their
cuisine, and to markets and specialty food outlets which will
enable you to recreate authentic dishes at home.
Get a behind the scenes look at some of the Auckland
region's unique food and wine suppliers. We will enjoy
some delicious food tastings and of course, time for
shopping! Pick up useful cooking tips and ideas to take
home. You will be taken on a tour of discovery by experienced
guides who are also foodies.
Or learn to cook the freshest produce of the season at one of our
seasonal cooking classes. Savour delicious cuisines at our
special themed lunches. We have a foodie world to
discover!
Join us!
Programme, February - June, 2010
Join us on one of our exciting upcoming foodie day tours,
lunches or cooking classes.
Tues 9 Feb Seasonal
Flavour Cooking Class: Summer
(evening) with
Chef Sarah La Touche
Sat 20 Feb
Chinese New Year Event and Dinner
hosted
by Jean de Bruyne
(event now unable to be held this year by Jean)
Sat 6 March Wellington
Foodie Discovery Day Tour
Sat 13 March World in a Day
Tour: Eastern Suburbs
Thurs 25 March Seasonal Flavour Cooking Class:
Autumn
(evening)
with Chef Sarah La Touche
Note new date!
Sat 27 March Chocolate Lovers
and Easter Treats Tour
Sun 18 April "Food
Alley Feast", a discovery lunch of
Asian foodie delights in Auckland's best food hall,
hosted by Jean de Bruyne
Sat 24 April
World in a Day Tour: West Auckland
Fri 30 April
-
Sydney Foodies Weekend Tour
Sun 2 May
Sat 29
May
World in a Day Tour: Central Suburbs
Tues 15
June Seasonal
Flavour Cooking Class: Winter
(evening)
with Chef Sarah La Touche
Sat 19
June World
in a Day Tour: North Shore
Sun 20
June Mexican
Fiesta Lunch at Mexican Specialties
All tours/events subject to minimum numbers. Finding Flavour
reserves the right to amend/alter any tour/event if necessary.
Recent Event: Wellington and Petone Foodie Discovery Day
Tour, Saturday, 6 March
"Fantastic day - experienced wonderful tastes from around the
world. Thank you for a wonderful experience."
Feedback from one of the tour participants....just the
experience that I was hoping our group would have, especially since
most of them had made the trip especially from Auckland for this
tour!
The weather gods were smiling on us at we explored the foodie
scene in our capital city. Forecasts for clouds and winds did
not eventuate, and we enjoyed a beautiful sunny day in Wellington
and the trendy suburb of Petone.
Any foodie tour of Wellington must include a visit to their premier
food supplier conveniently located in the central city. Terry
kindly met us and provided a tasting of specialty food products
from Wellington and surrounding regions: Kingsmead Ngawi
brie, Linkwater cheddar, Arobake honey and walnut leaf, Wairarapa
gold olive oil, Mela apple juice, Ruth Pretty tomato chilli jam,
Rutherford and Meyer wafers, Aromatics smoked mushrooms and
Harringtons pepperoni salami. We ate it all!

It is so interesting to see products from suppliers not usually
seen in Auckland...and great that a large food retailer is
supporting the local growers and food makers. (No prizes if
you guessed that our first stop was at the outstanding Moore
Wilson's Fresh!)
Time for coffee....at a specialist coffee brew bar featuring nine
single origin coffees and four brew methods! Charlie and Ben
guided us through all the choices and made their
recommendations.

Our coffee
"guides" This
paper cone system looks familiar!
On to Petone....where we started by visiting a Dutch food importer
(more tastings!), a spice shop and a cookbook shop on Jackson
Street. Then a little free time to explore some of the
other interesting shops.

Gouda cheese tasting
Lunch just had to be at a very popular Italian food importer
whose restaurant is always full to overflowing. The
philosophy of owner/founder Antonio Cacace is to use the freshest
and best of Italian and New Zealand ingredients. We can
attest that it is a delicious philosophy! Our lunch included
linguine with clams, ravioli stuffed with pork and beef (the hit
dish of the lunch), grilled vegetables and the most delicious
seasonal salad of fresh peaches, tomatoes, walnuts and shredded
basil.

Buono
Appetito! Some
of our delicious lunch
One last stop....at a treaure chest of a specialist food
importer/supplier. We were given a warm welcome by Stephen
and his team, and plied with coffee and tastings of all kinds,
including a selection of unusual salamis and sausages.

Stephen plying us with more food! Just some of the
salamis and sausages for sale
Fortunately this was our last stop of the day....I don't think many
of us had room to taste another thing!
"A thoroughly enjoyable day. Thank You." Feedback
from tour participant Liz.
Join us next year when we return to Wellington for another
delicious foodie tour! And watch out for possible day tours
in Nelson or Napier/Hawkes Bay!
Recent Event: Seasonal Flavour Summer Cooking Class with
Sarah La Touche, 9 February
"Wow!" "Mmmmm - this is delicious"

Chef Sarah La Touche kicked off our 2010
programme in our Summer Seasonal Flavour Cooking Class
with a repertoire of amazing tastes. Our palates were awakened
with delicious flavours from the Mediterranean region.
Although several of the dishes were new to us, Sara
demonstrated them in her usual relaxed and informative style and
made it easy for us to prepare them at home. The Tavel
rose wine from Maison Vauron complemented the food
perfectly.
Special thanks to Anthea Springford who once again opened her
beautiful home for the class and provided such warm
hospitality.

Two of the dishes: Grilled Vegetables with Romesco Sauce (the
hit of the evening!) and Charmoula Prawns with Coriander and
lLime
Join us for our Autumn Cooking Class now being held
on Thursday evening, 25 March. (Note new date). Book
Now!
Recent Event: Christmas Baking and Treats Tour, 5
December, 2009

Santa joined us in a photo!
"Fabulous festive food, delectable delights tempting our
taste buds - a wonderful introduction to the Christmas
season."
"Had a fantastic day exploring unknown places with beautiful and
delicious food of all kinds. Thank You"
"Great day, very friendly, had a great time."
Comments from satisfied participants on our
recent tour (far more fabulous words than I would write
myself!)
This is the third Christmas season that we have offered these
Christmas tours, and we love sharing our discoveries with
you. Our group of shoppers even came decked out in festive
colours, so the day was off to a great start!

The day of tastings and shopping begins....

Buche de Noel

Christmas cake to taste

Traditional Swiss baking for 6 December

Cheers!

Shannon demonstrates some great gadgets
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Grand finale shopping - Merry Christmas!
Join us next year for a festive day of Christmas foodie
shopping.