All things organic will be at the Market on Saturday 7th August. Come & see what WA has in the way of wonderful organic produce – just the way it used to be grown – great for your body & great for the earth.

Showcasing the many fabulous organic products available in WA – including fresh fruit & veg, beef & lamb, olive oils, honey, eggs, plants & seedlings & much, much more. There will be an array of specialty stalls including organic wine, organic candles, organic potting mix & more….

Guest speakers include Annie Dunn & Anton Bombara – talking about how to shop organically & answering all your questions.

Cooking demos with wholefood expert Jude Blereau – as well as cooking for the kids Jude will be signing copies of her new cook book: “Wholefood for Children”

Edible Gardening display & tips for how to grow the best vegie garden in our challening climate.

Drumming workshops for kids of all ages, ‘treasure hunt’ activities for the children, belly dancing & more…lots of fun & info for the whole family.

Mushrooms were everywhere at the Market last Saturday – with many varieties available & our live Mushroom Mascot adding to the fun!

Chef Lee Martin from By Word of Mouth Catering cooked up 2 sensational dishes with a little help from son Ben Martin – Mushroom Pasta & Panfried Swiss mushrooms, feta cheese, rocket and balsamic on grilled olive sourdough- using 6 types of mushrooms. The recipes are available at:http://subifarmersmarket.com.au/market-recipes/

For more wonderful mushroom ideas go to: www.cookingwithmushrooms.com

Mushrooms are in full season now – with many varieties now available. Come down this week to join in with MushroomMania! You’ll find all kinds of wonderful tasty mushrooms available to sample, a real live mushroom to entertain the kids &  Chef Lee Martin cooking up sensational dishes with mushrooms…from 10am this Saturday 3rd July at Subi Farmers Market, at the Primary School on Bagot Rd in Subiaco.

Recipes, tastings & more – don’t miss this event!

For more information on all things mushroom or if you would like to become a Mushroom Lover – go to http://www.mushroommania.com.au/

Lee Martin is executive chef of  By Word of Mouth Catering & creates mouth-watering, delicious food – come & have a taste. He is a local chef with children at Subi Primary School – & will bring some magic to the mushrooms!

On a perfect winter’s day Barra & Wirra came up with the goods to prove that Footy Players can actually cook! These 2 legends of the game had to cook offagainst the talents of Emmy Kubainski & Sally Bowery – Channel 7’s weekend News team – at the Market infront of record crowds! It was a battle  of the sexes as they had to run around & collect fresh ingredients from the stalls to come up with a Gourmet Burger each.

Using the delicious Meltique Beef produce, organic bread from Loafers & a wonderful array of seasonal vegies both teams scrabbled to come up with the best plate. The girls had a secret weapon with the blender – making cashew & basil pesto to add to their Steak Sandwich – while the boys opted for eggs on top & various flavours from beetroot relish (thanks to Heritage Delight) & a tomato salsa. The crowd came forward to taste & judge – with the girls narrowly inching ahead as Steve Nelkovski (our trusty MC) tried to count the votes!

A big thank you Adrian Barrich, David Wirrapunda, Sally Bowery & Emmy Kubainski for participating in the Cook-off – the 3rd in our series of Market Chef & also to Steve Nelkovski for being such a great MC as well as all the wonderful stallholders who have generously provided such wonderful fresh produce for all our Cooking here at Subi Farmers Market.

What a perfect day it was for the 2nd Market Chef Cook-off at the Market last Saturday – in stark contrast to the 1st in our series of 3 cook-offs – the day dawned clear & bright & after a cold start of jut 4 degrees it warmed up to a glorious day as the most delicious food was being cooked by Chef Dale Sniffen & Chef Don Hancey…720 ABC Perth Radio broadcast the Saturday Breakfast Show live & had all the cooking action covered – & later with Sabrina Hahn garden Guru answering the many question from the crowd – well done Sab!

Both chefs were off to a great start scouring the Market for the best ingredients – it was like being a kid in a lolly shop they said – as they collected succulent prawns, muscles & rankin cod from the Seafood Stall, organic beeef from Redtail Ridge, olive oil from Guinea Grove & the best vegies from Vergones, Heritage Delight, S &C Fiolo’s, Kym’s Mushrooms & Supa Fresh Lettuce – as well as Ellah’s Eggs to cook up a breakfast feast. James Lush was in on the preparation too – peeling fresh peas & throwing radishes around! As knives were flying the heat turned up on the barbeques to produce the tastiest breakfast of the morning.

Chef Don’s spectacular frypan from his PAN-O-RAMA Catering business was filled with 3kg of seafood & the freshest seasonal vegies around – it was gone in a flash as the hungry crowd gathered! And there was no stopping Chef Dale – after breakfast he went on to cook a beef salad dish & the smoothest potatoes I’ve ever seen – in only 8 mins! The verdict from the onlookers was a fair & even 9.5 /10 each -impossible to pick a winner with such a high standard on each side! For more info & to listen in to the show click on:http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/06/14/2926639.htm?site=perth

A BIG THANKS to both Chefs for coming down to take part in the Cook-off & also to 720 ABC Perth Radio for joining us for the morning – if you’d like to keep up with what 720 ABC Perth are doing just click for more info: http://www.abc.net.au/perth/newsletter/

It was a great day with record crowds, great music & perfect winter weather…stay tuned for next week’s action as the fun continues with Eagles players & Channel 7 personalities coming down to cook….

720 ABC Perth are coming to the Market on June 12th for a live broadcast!

James Lush will be capturing all the action of the next Celebrity Market Chef Cooking Challenge – with the ABC’s resident chef  Dale Sniffen cooking off against renowned WA Chef Don Hancey. Come & taste the dishes & give your verdict – using only fresh ingredients found at the Market – each contestant will have to produce tasty dishes in a race against the clock & each other…let’s see what they come up with!

Dale Sniffen has been a free lance chef for more than 25 years cooking everything from Italian to Japanese dishes. He now presents cooking classes, creates recipes & has a range of tasty cooking spices. Dale enjoys teaching people the simple pleasures in discovering something new in food and cooking. “I live by the rule ‘one must discover a new food once a week’”, says Dale, “and a chef is only as good as their last dish”. For more info on Dale go to:http://www.chefdale.com/

Don Hancey has been recognised as a true  Australian Food Ambassador having cooked and presented Australian produce and wines  in  the  USA, UK, Turkey, Cambodia, Singapore, Germany and Italy. Don is a great supporter of Farmers Markets having founded the Margaret River Regional Producers group and managed the first Margaret River  Farmers Markets. He also was involved  as a consultant in the Great Southern Regional Branding Project which crystallised into the Albany Farmers Markets. He now owns and operates  pan-o-rama catering and Don Hancey Consulting

Come & enjoy the fun & food – taste Dale & Don’s dishes & bring your gardening questions for Sabrina Hahn who will be coming down with her horticultural magic. Lots of fun, food & giveaways for everyone! Great music, kids activities, delicious food & the freshest produce, straight from the farm – from 8am – 12.30pm – with the action starting at 8.30am – don’t miss it!

More information at:http://www.abc.net.au/perth/programs/720_saturday_breakfast/

The 1st of the Market Chef Cook-offs took place today at the Market – with Adam Gilchrist & Justin Langer battling it out in the ‘kitchen’.

Braving the weather, the 2 cricket greats raced around the market to find all the ingredients they needed to produce 2 fabulous dishes.

On the menu today was: Tomato bruschetta & Pesto, pork & feta pappardelle pasta. After a frantic half hour in the outdoor kitchen under the tree, Gilly & Langer came up with dishes which were then judged by the excited crowd. Points were given for both presentation & taste – Gilly took out the winning spot by a small margin – with the advantage of his home crowd in Subi. The food looked good enough to serve in a restaurant – maybe due to the influence of assisting cook John Cumming of Mini Espresso in Perth & chef Jeremy Fischer of The Subi Hotel – & suitably impressed the waiting crowd.

With just 30 minutes, a few simple ingredients from the Market & the culinary skills of our two great cricket legends – delicious meals can be produced that the whole family can enjoy. For recipes & ingredients – please go to:http://subifarmersmarket.com.au/market-recipes/

Lots more action coming up on our next Market Chef Challenges – footy players, celebrity chefs & lots more – more details soon – subscribe to our newsletter for all the information – just enter details on the sidebar.

Gillie versus Langer in Market Cook-off

Subi Farmers Markets will next Saturday pit ex-Australian cricket stars Adam Gilchrist and Justin Langer against each other in a cooking race against the clock; the first in a three-week series of celebrity cook-offs.

Gilchrist and Langer will swap cricket whites for aprons while they ‘shake the pans’ to create dishes using only ingredients from the Market’s fresh fruit, vegetable and other produce stalls. Each will have a maximum of ten minutes to collect ingredients and 30 minutes to cook a dish to impress the judge; a surprise local celebrity, chef or foodie.

“Every parent wants to make sure their kids develop healthy eating habits and understand where their food comes from,” said Gilchrist. “As a local Dad, I am proud to be part of an initiative that promotes this and supports buying grower-direct, even at the risk of public humiliation.”

Over the next few weeks, starting at 10.00am on Saturday, 22 May, local celebrities, personalities, chefs and restaurateurs will take part in the challenge. Assisting & giving tips to the cricket greats will be other local foodies, including John Cumming – of Mini Espresso in London Court in Perth.

Come & see all the action each week at the Market – results will be posted here after each challenge!

What a fun day we had at Subi Farmers Market last Saturday – great gifts for mums of all sorts, a vibrant village atmosphere with Murara Drums providing plenty of entertainment for the kids & adults too! Plenty of fabulous food, flowers & festivities!

Don’t miss this week – where a sample of what was on offer for Mother’s Day is coming back again for those last minute pressies…you’ll find hand-crafted jewellery, organic skin care, stationary & textiles amongst the food & produce…spoil mum with a basket of the freshest produce in town or choose from Perth’s most beautiful flowers & plants – gift vouchers also available.

Try your hand at bowling this week with the Subiaco/Shenton Park Bowling Club coming down for a display.

Plenty of delicious food on offer this week – seasonal produce straight from the farm – tomatoes that taste like tomatoes!! Organic apples & pears – grown in beautiful soil as well as winter warming vegies – perfect for soups & stews…mmm!

Mum’s the word at Subi Farmer’s Markets

Subi Farmer’s Market and Perth Upmarket, both run by local mums, will join forces on Saturday 1st May to help solve the age old dilemma of what to buy Mum for Mother’s Day.

Sally Lewis, Subi Farmers Market coordinator, says the idea to combine the two markets for a one-off Mother’s Day event was born out of a desire to offer Perth sons and daughters an alternative to the stress of a last minute department store rush. “Combining the unique, hand-made crafts, jewellery and clothing on offer at Perth Upmarket with the foodie options available at Subi Farmers Markets was a way to ensure we could offer something for all tastes,” Ms Lewis said. “Holding the one day event the week before Mother’s Day will hopefully help children of all ages avoid the stress of a last minute trip to overcrowded shopping centres.”

Founder of Perth Upmarket, Justine Barsley, said “we are excited about partnering with the Subi Farmer’s Market for this Pop Up event.  It means that customers can still shop with our UpmarketRetailers in between our normal larger events and Mother’s Day is a perfect time to purchase something that has been designed by a local artisan.”

In addition to solving the ‘what to buy Mum’ annual dilemma, visitors can soak up the village-like atmosphere of the markets by listening to a live performance by a local musical act, browsing through the 60 market stalls and lingering over a coffee and brunch.

Children are well catered for with a host of activities such as a craft table, fishing game and playground.

For those regulars who stock up weekly on fresh produce from the markets, all of the farm fresh fruit and vegetables, meats, seafood, breads, eggs, nuts, fresh hand-made pasta, olive oils, preserves, juice and ice-cream will be available as usual.

The markets will be open from 8.00am until 1.00pm on Saturday, 1st May at Subiaco Primary School, Bagot Road, Subiaco. There is plenty of free parking available within walking distance.