It's Spring time!

Feel the breeze in your hair, absorb the sunshine on your face, smell the freshly cut grass and let's embrace the new season with love, friendship and of course - FOOD!

For the first time in history, we are going to held a concurrent Sydney & Melbourne Food Bloggers' Spring Picnic in both cities on the Saturday, 9th October 2010! Bring a plate, sunscreen and picnic rug, put your "Mad Hat" on, come and let us rejoice on a glorious day filled with food, fun and laughter.

Melbourne - Event Information

• Event Date: Saturday, 9th October 2010
• Time: 11am till late
• Location: For security reasons, details of venue will be sent to your via email once you have registered.
• Dress Code: Mad Hatter theme, casual with a fancy hat.
• What to bring: BYO drinks and it's is a pot luck picnic, so please bring a small dish to share

What and How

1. All food bloggers are encouraged to cook/bake ONE DISH only, savoury or sweet, is up to you.
2. The dish has to be created by you, NOT your friend, store bought or pre-processed/cooked.
3. Only food bloggers are allowed to enter to win the prize. Family/friends are encouraged to help food bloggers with their cooking endeavours but not to partake.
4. You are welcomed to create the dish ties in with the 'Mad Hatter' theme, but not important.
5. You do not have to wait for the judges to come and taste your food before others do. Feel free to share with others and simply save us a small portion for judging will do.
6. There will be a lot of dishes to judge on that day, so please be patient and we will try to run the process as fast as we can.
7. Judges in Sydney - Billy Law @ A Table For Two, Karen @ Citrus and Candy, Sarah from Nuffnang. Judges in Melbourne - Michele @ Iron Chef Shellie, Penny @ Jeroxie, Thahn @ I eat therefore I am, Vanessa from Nuffnang.
8. Judges decisions are final.
9. Prizes are non transferable or refundable.
10. Most importantly, have fun!

Prizes

Get creative and wow us! Some amazing prices will be awarded:

• Overall Best Dish of Syd & Mel Food Bloggers Spring Picnic 2010
• Best Savoury (1st and 2nd runner up)
• Best Sweet/Dessert (1st and 2nd runner up)
• Best Mad Hatters (2 x craziest hatters)
• Most Outrageous "Blue" Dish (yes, cook something 'blue'!)
  

Thanks to all our sponsors to make it happen!

Major Sponsor
Nuffnang

Sydney Sponsors
Chef's Armoury, Kingsley, Chophouse, Alio, MUMU, Aperitivo, Wasamedia

Melbourne Sponsors
Chef's Armoury , Pan Asian, Chilli Padi, The French Brasserie, JORG, Make My Day, Harvey Publicity