Truffle Central at Braidwood Central School over the weekend was a terrific success. Saturday was buzzing in the school gymnasium and hall as the Farmers Market joined the day and students cooked up some treats in the kitchen with Chef Christian Hauberg who had organised and helped with the recipes - truffle egg rolls, chestnut and vichyssoise soups with extra truffle, Portuguese tarts and truffle popcorn were on the menu.
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The lectures in the school hall were well attended in the bigger venue. Guest Speakers Prof James Trappe Oregon State University, Dr Karl Vernes from University of New England and mycologist Todd Elliot engaging the crowds with their tales of the secret world beneath the soil surface.
The Marshalls from Terra Preta Truffled wish to thank the speakers as well as Tim Roberts from the Tom Farrell institute at the University of Newcastle, for travelling so far.
Thanks also go to Lark Hill wines, who gave gifts for the speakers, and Cathy Owen and Jenny Daniher from Garlicious Grown who also gave gifts for speakers and chefs. Silo Bakery from Kingston donated a lovely big tart as a thank you for the chefs.
A special thanks also to Braidwood Community Bank and Mary Mathias for their support and chief organiser Kelly Bauman from BCS.
Teachers James Gunderson and Lisa Maddern who were on the floor all day making sure everything went to plan and the student involved who worked all day in the kitchen.
On Sunday chefs Sean O’Connell from Monster Kitchen and Bar in Canberra, and Sam Miller and his team from Silver Eye Restaurant in Sydney enthralled the cooking classes in the gymnasium, and the truffle tours took punters out into the forests to look for native truffles.
Congratulations to Rob Martin who won the guess the weight truffle prize. The truffle weighed 153.5 grams, Rob guessed 153.6.