Summer Kitchen Wood Fired ,Ranlegh, Tasmania

Here we are in tghe middle of Tasmania. It seems like we were destined to find another A/S wood fired brick oven.
Here are some pictures of our short visit there.

The ancient electric oven that Summer Kitchen used befroe the brick oven was built.

Red Velvet Lounge, Cygnet Wood Fired Bakery Tasmania

Cygnet, Tasmania. The Red Velvet Lounge, an eclectic bakery/cafe. Wood floors, pressed tin ceiling...and great food. Of course there is an original brick oven in the back!


The Red Velvey Lounge

Manual sheeter!

The oven, (excuse the blur)

RVL from the street

Tasmania, Pritchard Family, Hobart, Tafe and Agrarian Kitchen

I went to "Tassie" because Alan Scott the late great brick oven builder promoted it as "Vancouver Island South".

He was not wrong. I am saddened that he passed before I could tell hom personally.

I was well looked after by Graham Pritchard and his familly. Graham, and Maedi run the Sourdough Companion Web Site.

http://sourdough.com/

I also enjoyed a very instructive morning at the local college in Hobart, which run an excellent baking and pastry program.

I will upload some pictures now and edit them later.

Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne

This was a week after the fires...the haze produced this remarkable sunset. WHen the moon came up, it was red as well.


Marscapone stuffed figs



Very bust market on a Saturday

Olive Cornucopia

Deli corner...amazing cheeses

Firebrand Melbourne

One of Melbournes oldest wood-fired brick ovens, still in operation. The bakery was operated for a while by John Downes.

Front Door

In the oven

Old beast of a mixer

Front of the oven

Baker D Chirico

A good review of Daniels wonderful Bakery can be found at this link
http://www.danlepard.com/content/pages/dchirico1.htm
Wonderful Bakery, Wonderful Bread!


Just a tiny retail space but choc full of wonderful baking

No refrigeration here..but everything sells so fast there is no need!

One way to alleviate the storage problem is to stack the flour in the retail area!

Janine Lyon, a graduate of VIU's baking problem enjoying the visit to Chirico's

Tons of banettons

Daniel and Janine

Quiet in the day this is a crazy area at night!

Brunetti's Melbourne OMG!!!!!!!!

After walking in the Brunetti Bakery in Melbourne I was struck by the impulse to turn around, come home and take up another career! Gorgeous pastries, Gorgeous shop! Meters and meters of full-on display cases

http://www.brunetti.com.au/