Or in the Southern Highlands …
Who doesn’t love a good pie? Especially on a cold June day. If that’s you, get yourself to the Southern Highlands this June when you can eat your way through the Highlands as they celebrate the great Aussie pie with Pie Time!
Home-made beef and veggie pie with filo pastry – photo by LFW
“The Southern Highlands has a large saturation of quality pie producers with everything from your top-notch gourmet pies, to family winter warmers and deliciously sweet dessert pies,” said Steve Rosa, Manager Tourism and Events, Destination Southern Highlands. “What better way to demonstrate some pie parochialism than with a pie festival, pie trail, pie competition and related pie events featuring over 30 local pie sites including bakeries, cafes, restaurants, hotels and associated businesses in the Southern Highlands. In essence, we’ll become the Southern Pie-lands throughout June.”
Chicken, leek, and bacon pie – photo by LFW
Pie Time has four components. The Pie Time Festival—featuring pie tasting, beer and pie matching, cooking demos, competitions, and music, and will be held on 24 and 25 June in Bowral’s Corbett Gardens. The Southern Highlands’ Best Pie Competition—for professional and apprentice bakers is on 22 and 23 June, also in the Corbett Gardens. The Pie Trail and Dine with a Pie includes pie sampling at hotels, cafés and restaurants during the month of June.
Pies will also be available at key attractions including the Illawarra Fly, Bradman Museum’s Stumps Café, Fitzroy Falls, and galleries, pubs, and restaurants in the region.
Hearty lamb and veggie pasties – photo by LFW
You can also get a Pie Time break package—a ‘pie-cation’ at the iconic Peppers Craigieburn in Bowral where you can enjoy their signature pie and wine for two people, plus a welcome drink on arrival—from 1 June to 31 August. Pie-cation packages, and Southern Highlands’ hospitality, is also available at The Robertson Hotel, Peppers Manor House, Mildenhall Guesthouse, Fitzroy Inn Historic Retreat, and Gibraltar Hotel Bowral.
Pie eaters can also win an Ultimate Pie Lovers Experience including a gourmet pie lunch for 10 people at award winning Centennial Vineyards Restaurant, simply by buying a pie or pie dish, throughout June, and entering the comp on www.pietime.com.au
So lock this fun event in your calendar now!
For more information on Pie Time visit www.pietime.com.au. To book your stay in the Southern Highlands for Pie Time 2017 visit www.southern-highlands.com.au or call 1300 657 559.
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