Maeve O'Meara's Gourmet Safaris in Sydney, Australia | Tour agent

Maeve O'Meara's Gourmet Safaris

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 2 8969 6555

Address: Cremorne 2089 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: http://gourmetsafaris.com.au

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24.01.2022 Frank Bonfante back in the ‘hood... special guest host on our Gourmet Safari Thursday walking tour of Haberfield today .. the owner of @franksfruitmarket for 45 years .. Frank filled in for new owner John Veluti and shared many tomato tastes including a green crunchy variety that perfectly matched his shirt.. so many varieties to try and lovely soft basil leaves to accompany.. note the shopping bag ..just 5$ at various shops in Haberfield.. plus the wonderful Dorothy from @p...aesanella_haberfield sharing stories with our distanced group and tastings of the delicious marshmallowey just made ricotta, the baked ricotta, bocconcini and delicious blue cheese wonder marscapone reale served with fig glaze. Thank you to all our hosts today. #gourmetsafaris #haberfield #foodvillage #italianfood See more

24.01.2022 Box of the finest Middle Eastern ingredients.. including the silky velvety hommous that we saw being made for Food Safari Earth .. @alaseelrestaurants founder @faysal.elabd shared his special technique with us.. this box of dips from Faysals brand @mazatifoods, bread, olive oil and walnut cookies is what everyone needs and we need you to come and support this special fundraiser this weekend 18 Danks Street Waterloo. Come and meet my daughters @stackcarli and @kittystack who will no looking after this #boxesforbeirut initiative. @ Sydney, Australia

23.01.2022 Best care package at front door.. flowers, a card, and glorious homemade mushroom and walnut soup. Thanks dear Jane. Umami bomb!

23.01.2022 Thanks so much to the brilliant team @nelrestaurant with exceptional chef @nellyjrobinson re-creating and adding finesse to some family favourite dishes he grew up with in Manchester including colossal fish pie (recipe: https://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipes/nellys-fish-pie) .. plus chef Callums take on the Bunnings sausage (#bestmouthfulever) and pastry chef Gavin with wicked sticky toffee pudding and butterscotch sauce. Thanks for a great lunch. Waiting just a heartbeat bef...ore we release new Safari adventures ... we will return in Spring! #gourmetsafaris #foodadventures #foodtours #longlunches #funsleepovers #thankgodfortastebuds @ Maeve OMearas Gourmet Safaris See more

23.01.2022 Thanks for this great pic dear @jtsaba from our day in Punchbowl researching for Gourmet Safaris including a visit to @yumyumpunchbowl where the music was just so good .. reckon they’d do dance classes along with tasting when our groups return to the heartland? Punchbowl was where I brought my mothers group over 25 years ago and the idea of doing food tours started.. there’s magic here! #gourmetsafaris #dancinginthebakery ... #multiculturalaustralia #thankgodtheycame See more

23.01.2022 The recipe for orange and almond cake from renowned @maureensimpson.73 .. a beauty.. and folks this afternoon Ive jarred 27 pots of superb jam.. and its perfect!

22.01.2022 This Saturday we are hosting the most delicious feast at acclaimed Nel Restaurant. We have booked the whole restaurant and we will be safely distancing and looking after you while enjoying some world class food and wine and stories from chef Nelly Robinson. Its a one off feast featuring his colossal fish pie which appeared on Food Safari Water. We have superb cool climate wines from our friends in the Victorian High country. @gapstedwines ... A few spaces left. Come and join us. @nelrestaurant @nellyjrobinson https://gourmetsafaris.com.au//water-banquet-with-nelly-r/ #gourmetsafaris #foodsafariwater #fishpie #longlunch #foodandwine #savourthemoment @ Nel Restaurant

21.01.2022 Thanks to our Haberfield friends Joe and Chris @peppes_pasta, @zanetti5stargourmetdeli with delicious tastes of prosciutto, Sicilian olives and fabulously well priced 36 months aged parmigiano, Rosanna @lamonicahomewares with Italian cooking gadgets including a pasta maker that would be a great Christmas present, @napoli_in_bocca for splendid woodfired pizza and lovely Loredana who created this display @raffaelsbakeryandcakes and shared stories of her dad working in the bak...ery. Boy we know some great people.. plus newest members of food village Chris and Jessie @happyfield.haberfield and talented @chocolateartisan Jessica Pedemont who shared hand made marzipan chocolates with a beautiful spiced flavour. Heaps of great tastes for Christmas! #haberfield #gourmetsafaris #artisans #providores #thankgodfortastebuds See more

21.01.2022 Sticky toffee pudding with butterscotch sauce and vanilla ice cream. Superb end to a truly memorable lunch. Thanks @nellyjrobinson @nellyjrobinson and team. #gourmetsafaris #longlunch #comfortfood #topchef

20.01.2022 Expert marmalade makers please help. My tangelo marmalade so delicious but a bit runny. I soaked the fruit with the seeds in a muslin bag and then cooked slowly for 2 hours, added sugar and boiled until I thought the mix passed the saucer test.. but its still a bit liquid. Would you heat again with more seeds from next batches to come? Recook with jamsetter ? or chock it up to experience? It tastes so beautifully citrusy with that marshmallowy ricotta from @paesanella_haber...field @paesanellacheese and my new favourite sourdough rolls from @berkelo.au Thanks dear cooks... See more

20.01.2022 Brunch for Beirut full of deliciousness .. the incredible coming together of chef @michaelrantissi @keposstreetkitchen plus @sharonsalloum @csalloum @almondbar @crumpetsbymerna @pepesaya @fookassab @jtsaba @thecocotribe @larissatakchi @getfishau @fmayerimports @harkola.fww

20.01.2022 Always something glorious about liquid chocolate ... Organically grown ethically sourced chocolate from @chocolateartisan who creates some unique chocolates and is one of a handful of bean to bar chocolatiers in Australia. Thanks for welcoming our group Jessica and Amy. #gourmetsafaris #haberfield #chocolate ... #artisan #supportsmallbusiness See more

19.01.2022 A special morning exploring the organic citrus orchard at Reiby Farm in the Hawkesbury River with Arabella ...then we use blood orange juice in an orange and almond cake from cookbook author @maureensimpson.73 . #homesafari video filmed and edited by @maeadjoa with help from @c_stack1 ..beautiful work thanks so much. Thanks to @reibyfarm, ceramics from @cameron_williams_pottery and @mudaustralia and treasured kitchen implements -orange juicer @brevilleaus and mixer @kitchenaidausnz

18.01.2022 Adventures with orange and almond .. and my new fluted cake mould (and my vintage cake tin to store it in) Love the absolute simplicity of this luscious cake full of goodness. Recipe from the Jewish Episode of our very first series of Food Safari from home cook Batia Slater. I made this for the family but had to try to make sure its good. It is. Thanks for the oranges @reibey_farm_ ..a gift that keeps giving .. @ Sydney, Australia

18.01.2022 Hows this for a fabulous idea? My dear friend Annies food and wine quiz kicks off next Monday evening 31st August at the stylish Veras Cocktail Lounge, Upstairs The Terminus Hotel Corner of Harris & John Streets, Pyrmont. From 7.30pm Free to participate - bookings are essential https://www.trybooking.com/BKWJV... Numbers are limited Veras Cocktail Lounge will be deep-cleaned and used exclusively for TASTY TRIVIA Come and join... @tastytrivia supported #GourmetSafaris right back when I was starting off and Im so happy to be able to return the favour .. and what better subject than food!! Come early and join us for a drink. Annie is 0412219065 #foodquiz #tastytrivia #mondaynights #pyrmont #brilliantidea See more

17.01.2022 Silkiest award winning fettuccine .. thanks for the visit @peppes_pasta .. and sharing stories of Haberfield and growing up in the bakery.

17.01.2022 Another wonderful day @keposstreetkitchen raising funds for Red Cross Beirut Appeal with the extended Middle Eastern family @michaelrantissi @fookassab @jtsaba @tedywithone_d @crumpetsbymerna beautiful good, beautiful guests including @gail.eades.710 and @k_roche62 frequent Gourmet Safaris fliers, guests buying up #boxes4beirut from @thenutroastercompany @alaseelrestaurants @mazatifoods @ablaspastries @ocfinefoods @enotecasydney @deliciousaus and to my daughters @stackcarli and @kittystack @ Kepos & Co

17.01.2022 Every guest @keposstreetkitchen gets a @thecocotribe yoghurt to take away from@Brunchfor Beirut today. Thanks @tedywithone_d @ Kepos & Co

16.01.2022 The best pea and ham soup ever.. thanks @nellyjrobinson @nelrestaurant for such deliciousness.

16.01.2022 Vegetarian/vegan dream dish ...An afternoon making pumpkin kibbe with dear friends @jtsaba and sister Sandra and @tedywithone_d .. we roasted pumpkin and then mixed with fine brown burgul, lemon and orange zest, grated onion .. and then a mountain of greens (including Sandras homegrown tender parsley) wilted and cooked with spices and onions, mixed with chick peas and stuffed into pumpkin and burgul case and then fried to golden and served with labne.. and lucky we had Tedy ...from @thecocotribe with her creamy natural yoghurt mixed with a little tahini and lemon juice to serve. Great way to spend a Saturday. Thanks for the pics @stackcarli #lebanesefood #communalcooking #vegetarianrecipes #vegetarian #vegan @ Sydney, Australia

16.01.2022 Behind the scenes of produce boxes full of freshly roasted nuts, zaatar, tahini, and more being packed to raise funds for the Red Cross in Lebanon following the devastating Beirut bombing. Thanks to the Afiouny family of @nutroastersfresh and to videographer @maeadjoa and @c_stack1

15.01.2022 And now for the video ... about to post our day collecting organic citrus in the beautiful Hawkesbury River food bowl with my granddaughter @arabellaadjoa ..more brilliant work from her talented mother @maeadjoa featuring a recipe from a legend in the Australian food world @maureensimpson.73 from her recipe book Comfort Food, a family favourite. Thanks @reibyfarm .. I describe your orchard as what I imagine heaven is like. #Homesafari #gourmetsafaris #citrus... #oranges #hawkesburyriver #orangeandalmondcake @ Reiby Farm See more

14.01.2022 So much to love about these upcoming events to raise funds for the Red Cross in Lebanon .. money desperately needed to make life bearable post the Beirut explosion. Chef Michael Rantissi is joined by a team of Middle Eastern food geniuses to create a unique utterly delicious Brunch for Beirut plus Lunch for Lebanon.. next Saturday 22nd August and Sunday 23rd August. In true Middle Eastern style the food will be amazing .. a one weekend fundraising event you wont want to miss. This will go fast! I look forward to welcoming you @keposstreetkitchen @michaelrantissi @sharonsalloum @csalloum @almondbar @crumpetsbymerna @pepesaya @jtsaba @tedywithone_d @thecocotribe @larissatakchi @lifechangingfoodbook @ Kepos & Co

13.01.2022 The making of todays dessert @keposstreetkitchen by @larissatakchi ...a clever Middle Eastern Turkish Delight Pavlova.. best of Australia and Lebanon.. watermelon, meringue, ice cream, cream, strawberries, rosewater syrup, pistachio, torn Turkish delight and pashmak or Iranian fairy floss. One of Larissas signatures at the family cafe @wildpearcafe in and popular today at our fundraising lunch. Thanks for filming @c_stack1

11.01.2022 Great news! @michaelrantissi @keposstreetkitchen has been given the ok for just a few more people for each of these events..simply fabulous food from Kepos and Co - that freshly baked zaatar bread for starters.. plus standout dishes from @sharonsalloum @almondbar @fookassab @larissatakchi @jtsaba and @tedywithone_d @thecocotribe delicious @crumpetsbymerna and @pepesaya .. If you cant make it there will be fundraising boxes of Lebanese ingredients from our friends @nutroastersfresh which can be picked up over the weekend. More info soon. If youre free this weekend and want to come, it will be wonderful. Book on Kepos website. See you there. Yallah!

11.01.2022 What the world needs now is kindness, understanding and some great stories. Im joining the ranks to donate to an exhibition that celebrates all we love about #multiculturalaustralia .. especially those wonderful families and individuals who came to create new lives in this great southern land. This is an exhibition next January hosted by the @sydneymaritimemuseum called A Mile in My Shoes, an immersive art experience that shines the light on the extraordinarily diverse st...ories of immigrants to Australia by inviting viewers to walk in someone elses shoes - literally. The museum is fundraising to reach their goal of including up to 35 uniquely Australian migration stories. To help them achieve the remaining $20,000 they need through crowd-funding... Please help by donating today! Heres some more info on the project : https://www.sea.museum/a-mile-in-my-shoes Donate Now > https://www.charidy.com/amileinmyshoes #australia #art #life #bravery #immersion #thankgodtheycame

11.01.2022 Oh the heady aroma of citrus transforming into marmalade. Loving this warm fragrant world.. My wonderful dad used to be the family marmalade maker and we savoured the last pot he made. Dad even called in to ABC Radio 702 when I was speaking with James Valentine about preserving and added a few tips on what to do. So today..while waiting for the safe moment to release new Gourmet Safaris, Im carrying on a family tradition after a visit to a stunning organic orange orchard i...n the Hawkesbury last week. The fruit is juicy and sweet and its so good to know that no sprays or chemicals have been used. Thanks so much Robbie @reibey_farm_ As I slice these incredibly fragrant tangelos, Seville oranges and blood oranges, Im remembering my dad. Hope my marmalade is as good as his. Certainly feel closer to my late dad and great family memories. #preserving #citrus #marmalade #tangelos See more

10.01.2022 We are blessed! What a day for a spectacular Gourmet Safaris lunch @alpha.restaurant ..thanks for sunshine and the skills of our dear friend chef Peter Conistis. Check out that menu! #gourmetsafaris #greekfeast... #magicday #waterfrontdining #thankgodfortastebuds See more

10.01.2022 Guilty pleasure... after tasting all morning in vibrant Punchbowl and checking for our 2021 Gourmet Safaris, I ordered 15 oregano (za’atar) pizzas to freeze for traditional Lebanese breakfast... but the glorious aroma driving home was too much.. happily snacking at traffic lights. Thanks Mohammed and Madian @yumyumpunchbowl .. love the new haloumi and shanklish pastries and the Turkish meat pastry with pomegranate molasses and pine nuts served with tomato and fresh mint leave...s. Best snack for $5.. served with yoghurt drink ayran. Thanks for tasting with me our sensational guide @jtsaba who shares her Lebanese heritage and 1000 recipes with our guests. List of 2021 safaris out soon.. and don’t forget us for gift certificates .. the best present ever! #gourmetsafaris #punchbowl #zaatarpizza #carsnacks #allgone #manoush #Lebanesebakery See more

10.01.2022 The fire and energy of a Lebanese bakery. This bread @baalbekbakerycanterbury is exceptional. Thanks Dominic and Adam. #gourmetsafaris #middleeasternfood

09.01.2022 Big weekend at the exceptional @keposstreetkitchen with a band of Middle Eastern food friends creating two seriously delicious fundraising brunches and lunches for RedCross Beirut Appeal PLUS #boxes4beirut which raised a brilliant $5324 .. big generous boxes of Lebanese produce - silky dips and bread, olive oil, roasted nuts, tahini, zaatar.. from our friends @thenutroastercompany and @mazatifoods @alaseelrestaurants .. colossal result.. thanks to Jinan snd Sophie for packing... boxes with me; Ahmad for delivering fresh dips and bread each day, and to Milad Abla @ablaspastries and Bahege Sayed @ocfinefoods and @deliciousaus and wine wholesalers @enotecasydney for wine which were part of fundraising bags. The whole event created by @michaelrantissi and @awesomeauntykiki ... so good to be part of something to help our brothers and sisters in Beirut in such need of funds post the huge explosion. Lovely to have my daughters @stackcarli and @kittystack looking after #boxes4beirut and big thanks to all who came and bought and donated! @ Kepos & Co See more

08.01.2022 Come and shop at 18 Danks st Waterloo and support the Red Cross Beirut Appeal.. #boxes4beirut looked after by my daughters @stackcarli and @kittystack .. thanks to @nutroastersfresh @alaseelrestaurants @mazatifoods @deliciousaus @ocfinefoods @gapstedwines @ Kepos & Co

07.01.2022 Come and pick up a box of the most delicious Lebanese ingredients tomorrow in Waterloo from 10am - we will have a special area next to the wonderful Kepos and Co at 18 Danks Street ... boxes from so many great friends.. @thenutroastercompany @mazatifoods @alaseelrestaurants @ablaspastries @ocfinefoods @enotecasydney @deliciousaus ... @gapstedwines and #gourmetsafaris Come and buy your $$ goes direct to Red Cross Beirut Appeal. See you there! #boxes4beirut #generosity #maketheworldabetterplace #hommous #zaatar #babaganoush #baklawa #halva #roastednuts #tahini @ Kepos & Co See more

05.01.2022 Our dear friends the Afiouny family gathered with a mountain of boxes of delicious Middle Eastern ingredients made and packaged by them... all ready to be sold this weekend at a special fundraising sale alongside Kepos and Co special Brunch for Beirut and Lunch for Lebanon which are sold out and will be incredible. These packs will be for sale from 10am to 2pm on Saturday and Sunday right next to the restaurant.. along with more delicious donated items. Thanks to my dear fr...iends Jinan and Sophie for a fun time packing and catching up and founder Jimmy.. and the whole family of course. Thanks to @mudaustralia for that fabulous stretchy packing paper which really helped.. and @keposstreetkitchen boxes. Come and support this fundraiser .. all proceeds direct the Red Cross Beirut Appeal following the devastating bombing in Beirut. @ NutRoasters Fresh

05.01.2022 And with all that roast pumpkin, we decided to recook the roasted skins and seeds with a sprinkle of salt until crispy.. such a great snack. Healthy and using every part of the vegetable.. we also sprinkled toasted ground cumin seeds. #roasting #pumpkin #snacks #vegetables

04.01.2022 I’m so blessed to meet inspiring families in the food industry who really care about what they do.. and yesterday I met Joanne Karpouzis whose family has run the wonderful Olympic Delicatessen and Butchery in Bankstown since 1956..named in the excitement of the Melbourne Olympics. Both parents are still alive and Joanne moves between the shop and their home, looking after them. Her dad Panagiotis loves to visit the shop and say hello to customers who’ve been coming for 60 yea...rs. That spirit of caring about what they do (and many of their small goods and traditional sausages are made on the premises) evident in Joanne’s question have you eaten? Yes.. but always researching.. so I tasted delicious ham, salami and olives. The Karpouzis family are celebrated in a fabulous book by Vassilis Vasilas ‘Beyond the Shop Windows and Counters’. Such a great celebration of hardworking Greek families.. many of whom I’ve been lucky enough to meet. #researching #gourmetsafaris #thankgodtheycame #greekhospitality #thanksjoanne See more

04.01.2022 Two acts of kindness .. one some home grown herbs from my beautiful neighbour on my doorstep and one from across the world. Ive been sent the wonderful new cookbook from @ottolenghi and @ixta.belfrage called Flavour...a further celebration of vegetables from this culinary rockstar whom I was lucky enough to interview at the stylish Melbourne Town Hall on his last book tour. Before we went on stage Ottolenghi popped out to see the huge queue of people lined up down the st...reet. Wow .. makes me feel so special, he said. Australia is such a joy to visit. ...and then backstage as we heard ourselves being intro-ed, he held my hand like an excited child as thousands waited to hear him speak. He was so charming, humble and engaging and you could just feel the audience responding as he spoke. A career highlight for me. Im so thankful to the kind book fairy who sent me Flavour which Im reading and getting excited to cook from. One benefit of the pandemic - time to really immerse in good books esp cookbooks..and cookbooks with ribbons to mark favourite recipes. This book has added some much needed magic to my day. And my fresh rosemary, thyme and chillies will be savoured. #generosity #newcookbook #vegetarian #imaginativeflavours #thankgodfortastebuds See more

04.01.2022 Oh yes! Lunch of our dreams @nelrestaurant with wines from @gapstedwines .. @ Nel Restaurant

03.01.2022 Such a warm lovely write up from Greg Flynn in @mosmandaily and @northshoretimes cover pic at the fabulous @ryosnoodles_ and feature includes @ocfinefoods .. and stories of a few adventures and my granddaughter Arabella @arabellaadjoa and my wonderful children, plus my workplace since 1990 @sbs_australia #foodsafari #gourmetsafaris and the fundraiser @keposstreetkitchen this weekend. Thanks to Greg and @snappleyard for pics.. incredible publicity ... hope our food tours are able to return soon. Huge thanks to talented hair and makeup genie @esmaglamorus_hair_and_makeup @ Maeve OMearas Gourmet Safaris

03.01.2022 Ive been fortunate that much of my working life had been spent in kitchens making delicious foods from around the world.. today Im my own kitchen with dear friends preparing a traditional Lebanese dish that will be part of a special fundraiser to raise funds for the Red Cross in Lebanon.. even better is that thing Ive missed - that special camaraderie that happens when women gather in a kitchen. Love those moments. And the food. Were making pumpkin kibbe. Thank you @jtsaba and sister Sanda, @tedywithone_d and my daughter @stackcarli for taking pics. Fundraiser @keposstreetkitchen next weekend booked out but please stand by for opportunities to buy produce boxes and more to contribute. @ Sydney, Australia

01.01.2022 Daydreaming of my other home ..in Greece. This week we would have been hosting a group of food loving Australians through 4 Greek Islands. Ive spent some of this afternoon writing a foreword for a brilliant new cookbook from a friend on one of the islands and opening photos and immersing myself - right now Im swimming in that perfect buoyant water and eating octopus as the sun sets. To all the Hellenophiles who would have been there this year.. lets hope were back soon. Stay safe. Xxx @ Maeve OMearas Gourmet Safaris

01.01.2022 Chef Callums ode to the Bunnings sausage.. a seriously delicious mouthful .. paired with tomato marshmallow. #thankgodfortastebuds

01.01.2022 Orange and almond cake a winner with granddaughter Arabella. @arabellaadjoa so happy you love my cooking - Healthy and indulgent. I doubled baking powder in recipe from previous post. @kittystack Ive kept some ..dont worry. @c_stack1 hope your cake gets you through all-nighter project. @stackcarli thanks for putting her pjs on and doing teeth. Story time now. #tuesdaynight #sleepover #orangeandalmond #homebaking #grandmother @ Sydney, Australia

01.01.2022 The main event .. a huge delicious fish pie as seen on #foodsafariwater and recreated by chef @nellyjrobinson for a special #gourmetsafaris lunch @nelrestaurant today.. with plump generous pieces of king and salmon, prawns, leeks and fresh peas, creamy bechamel and hints of lemon with a mashed potato and cheese topping, this is a colossus of a dish. Served individually with carrots and a cheesy scroll. Wicked. Perfect winter lunch.. served with wines from @gapstedwines #thankgodfortastebuds #longlunch #topchef #dedicatedteam

01.01.2022 What a spot for lunch right on the best part of Sydney Harbour and a dynamic food demonstration of one of the dishes from inspired chef Peter Conistis @alpha.restaurant ... demonstrating a chopped eggplant salad with red peppers and chopped capers, fresh parsley and lemon juice, enough olive oil to give it texture and shine paired with grilled prawns and finished with a pomegranate glaze. Masterpiece! Wait till you see what next course was! #thankgodfortastebuds #bestsafar...i #waterfrontdining #chef Wines from @winesgapsted a perfect match See more