May 5, 2015
Local chef – and southburnett.com.au columnist – Jason Ford will be joining celebrity chefs Matt Golinski and Glen Barratt on stage at the Goomeri Pumpkin Festival later this month.
As it’s a pumpkin festival, pumpkins will be included in the recipes but the main focus will be on local produce.
The trio will be cooking with Moya Valley chicken, Bendele Farm duck, Rhodavale pork, Nolans beef and goat.
This is the seventh time Jason has been invited to cook at the Pumpkin Festival.
“The Pumpkin Festival has always been a drawcard for well-known food identities,” Jason said.
“Miguel Maestre from Channel 10’s The Living Room attended last year.”
This year the chefs will appearing on the Gympie Gold Regional Produce Stage between 9:00am and 2:00pm.
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Matt Golinski is a highly regarded chef with a passion for simple, produce driven cuisine based on seasonal, fresh local ingredients.
Matt is well known as one of the original team members of the popular “Ready Steady Cook” TV series and was a founding partner of the successful Rolling Dolmade catering company.
After travelling around the world in 1997 to hone his cooking skills, Matt consolidated his reputation as executive chef at Ricky Ricardo’s restaurant at Noosa Heads.
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Glen Barratt has more than two decades experience in some of Brisbane’s most iconic restaurants, including five years as head chef at Restaurant II.
He is now chef at Wild Canary in Brookfield which has its own extensive kitchen garden where they grow herbs, edible flowers and seasonal produce.
Glen is a keen supporter of farmers markets, local produce and permaculture and is a contributor to ABC Radio 612 with Sunday lunch creations inspired by his own produce.
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Jason Ford is a qualified chef, cookery lecturer, author, food illustrator and columnist.
After completing his apprenticeship, Jason embarked on a successful career in many of Brisbane’s five-star hotels including Royal on the Park, Brisbane Hilton and the Stamford Plaza.
He currently works as a hospitality teacher and columnist, and spends many of his weekends performing cooking demonstrations at rural festivals and shows.
