The Mundaring Truffle Festival

The Mundaring Truffle Festival 1st to 5th August 2007 General Information The inaugural annual Mundaring Truffle Festival will be held in Mundaring, in the beautiful Perth Hills, from 1-5 August 2007.

There is a full programme of activities designed to highlight the truffle - (see below). This wonderful event will feature some of Australia's top chefs: Shannon Bennet, Alain Fabregues, Gabriel Gaté, Philippe Mouchel, Emanuel Mollois and Peter Manifis will be presenting master classes, and media coverage will be national and international.

Major stakeholders and agencies include:
The Loose Box Restaurant
Chef Alain Fabrègues is Chairman of the organising committee and holds several national and international awards for his culinary achievements and the quality of his restaurant, The Loose Box.

Little Caesars
Theo Kalogeracos has twice been named World's Best Pizza Maker, in New York and Las Vegas. His new restaurant in Mundaring will be opening in March 2007.

The Shire of Mundaring
The Shire of Mundaring is handling the Business and Financial Planning of the event along with Insurance and Risk Management. They have also supplied funding to launch the project.

The Shire of Manjimup
The Shire of Manjimup will be providing significant in kind support. This beautiful regional area is where much of the produce that will be available at the markets comes from.

York Olive Oil Company
Arnaud Courtin, owner and olive oil expert will be responsible for the Produce Markets. Arnaud has also been on the organising committee of the York Olive Oil Festival since 2004.

Perth Hills Vignerons Association
The Association has agreed to move its annual Wine Show forward to coincide with the Mundaring Truffle Festival.

Tourism WA
The Perth Regional Manager for Tourism WA, Ms Lesleigh Clarke has been part of the Committee since its inception, and will continue to provide support and advice.

EventsCorp
Mr John Kruiskamp from Events Corp has been assisting the committee in an advisory capacity for several months, and will continue to do so.

M Pierre-Jean Pebeyre, from SA Pebeyre in France.
This company manages the distribution of some 70% of the world truffle market. Mr Pebeyre will be in Mundring for the festival.

The participating truffle growers to date include
The Wine and Truffle Company,
Pemberton Truffle Growers,
Manjimup Truffle Growers,
Oak Valley Truffles
and the Toodyay Truffle Company.

Please contact the Event Coordinator, Jennifer Rupp, for more information.
Email: destinationmarketing@jkwh.com
Tel: (08) 9295 0424
Fax: (08) 9295 0426

Preliminary Programme: (as at 10 January 2007)
Wednesday 1st August 2007
09.30 to 11.30 - Mundaring 1 Cooking - Master Class A
12.30 to 14.30 - Mundaring 1 Cooking - Master Class B
15.30 to 17.30 - Mundaring 1 Cooking - Master Class C
11.00 to 13.30 - Glen Forrest - Winter Walk and Wine tasting
14.30 to 15.30 - Mundaring 2 - Pizza class
16.00 to 17.00 - Mundaring 2 - Olive Oil Appreciation class
16.30 to 17.30 - Darlington Estate - The Kangaroo* reading & afternoon tea
* The Kangaroo was partly written by D H Lawrence during his stay in Darlington, and 2007 is the 70th anniversary of its writing.
19.00 onwards - Various - Dinner at various restaurants

Thursday 2nd August 2007
09.30 to 11.30 - Mundaring 1 - Cooking Master Class D
12.30 to 14.30 - Mundaring 1 - Cooking Master Class E
15.30 to 17.00 - Mundaring 1 - Cooking Master Class F
15.00 to 16.00 - Mundaring 2 - Olive Oil Appreciation class
10.00 am to 4.00 pm - Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre - Food and Wine writing workshop

Friday 3rd August 2007
10.00 to 16.00 - KSP Writers centre - Food and Wine writing workshop
10.30 to 12.30 - Mundaring 1 - Cooking Master Class A
13.30 to 15.30 - Mundaring 1 - Cooking Master Class D
11.00 to 12.00 - Mundaring 2 - Olive Oil Appreciation class
12.30 to 14.00 - Mundaring 2 - Pizza Class
17.30 onwards - Little Caesars - Special event pizzas
19.00 onwards - The Loose Box - Dinner
19.00 onwards - Darlington Estate - Dinner
19.00 onwards - Theo's Restaurant - Invitation only dinner

Saturday 4th August 2007
11.00 to 17.00 - Brown Park - Perth Hills Wine Show
11.00 to 17.00 - Brown Park - Food Producers displays and classes
11.30 to 12.30 - Mundaring - The History and use of Truffles
12 noon - Brown Park - Truffle Dog Presentation and Display
13.30 to 14.15 - Wine Show - Olive Oil Appreciation Class
14.30 to 15.00 - Wine Show - Wine appreciation seminar
19.00 onwards - The Loose Box - Gala Dinner / Little Caesars - Dinner

Sunday 5th August 2007
09.00 to 15.00 - Pioneer Park - Mundaring Gourmet Produce Markets
11.00 to 17.00 - Brown Park - Perth Hills Wine Show
11.00 to 16.00 - Wine Show - Food producers' displays and classes
13.00 to 14.00 - Mundaring - Truffle Dog Presentation and Display

The Mundaring Arts Centre is currently finalizing an art exhibition that will run for the duration of the Truffle Festival. It will feature highly specialised botanical works on various types of funghi, including truffles.