Join us for a special in conversation event with celebrated chef Annie Smithers and Tulip’s Mike Jaques to celebrate Annie’s brilliant new memoir, ‘Kitchen Sentimental’.
Annie Smithers is one of Australia’s most highly regarded chefs and one of the first to truly epitomise the paddock-to-plate ethos. Her restaurant du Fermier, in the small village of Trentham, features a menu du jour based on classic French farmhouse cooking, using vegetables harvested that day from her kitchen garden and local meats and poultry. Annie has written two cookbooks and writes for The Saturday Paper fortnightly. Her first memoir, Recipe for a Kinder Life, published in 2021.
In her latest book, Annie answers the question she is asked most often: why cook? She takes us on a journey through every significant kitchen in her life, both domestic and professional, sharing with engaging honesty her personal development, her surprisingly complex relationship with food, and the lessons she has learned along the way to find her culinary niche at the famed du Fermier restaurant in country Victoria.
We are truly delighted to be able to host Annie at The KO Creative Studio in Newtown – please join us on September 10 for an engaging and thoughtful discussion between Annie and the Chef/Owner of Geelong’s own Tulip restaurant, Mike Jaques as they cover Annie’s life and career to date, food, farming and so much more.
Bookings include a glass of local wine and shared grazing platter. Both books will be available for purchase and signing on the night.
Purchase tickets via The KO’s website here.
