A duo from the Red Tie Band entertained diners … the full band will be back in Memorial Park on Saturday
March 12, 2016
The music echoing from Kingaroy’s Memorial Park on Friday night is a signal that the annual South Burnett Wine and Food in the Park Festival is on this weekend!
The now-traditional dinner under the stars on the night before the festival attracted 100 diners to the park to enjoy a three-course dinner featuring South Burnett produce.
After last year’s rainstorm, tables were set up inside the giant wine tent but organisers need not have worried as the weather was perfect.
Guests mingled in the park before their meals were served, enjoying canapes including strips of Wagyu rump, Peking-style duck, Bunya nut balls and oyster shooters.
The mains included pork belly, Moroccan-style lamb and petit filet mignon.
After a perfect start to the festival, organisers are looking forward to an even bigger day on Saturday.
Gates open at noon.
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South Burnett Wine & Food in the Park Festival Program
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At A Twilight Affair
Diners mingle and enjoy canapes under the stars before moving inside the giant wine tent to enjoy dinnerRosie and Darren Schmidt, from Kingaroy, with Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington and her husband Jason … Darren is the retiring chairman of South Burnett Events, which organises the annual Wine and Food in the Park FestivalEnjoying a pre-dinner drink … from left, Andrea Steele, Shaun Hicks, Wayne and Kirstie Schumacher, and Margie and Michael Magnussen
Jane and Dennis Franklin, and Louise Armstrong
Jim Young with Julie and Eric Green (Hitachi)
Dan Andersson, Ken Stewart, Owen Stewart, Abigail Andersson and Jodi and Lincoln HawksJames Craig and Brian Noga, from Hitachi, with Brian’s wife Regina … the trio came up from Brisbane for the festivalJames MacMillan and Sheena Lindholm, from Kingaroy, with Simon Berry, from Kingsley Grove WinesBarb Pearson, from Tingoora; Karyn Bjelke-Petersen, from Kingaroy; Carlynne Royes, from Emu Park; and Tracey Tunstall, from Kingaroy
