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Saturday and Sunday the 21st and 22nd of July was a lovely weekend with plenty of good food, wine, artisan bread, chocolate and cheese. The Olympus Cheese grilled halloumi was a great hit and plenty of people were seen walking around with a plate of grilled halloumi.

A couple of people have blogged and if you would like to check it out use the following link:

http://www.brisbanethreads.com/blog/1-latest-news/657-regional-flavours-review

It's that time of the year again when Olympus Cheese is going to the Regional Flavours at Southbank Little Stanley Street. The event is being held on Saturday the 21st and Sunday the 22nd July. After the success of last year we are all looking forward to a great day meeting new and old friends with lots of tasting of cheeses. Come along for a great day out at Southbank and enjoy a food safari of flavours, sights and smells to tantalise taste buds of one and all.

Come and find us at Southbank and say hallo!

MARK THIS EVENT IN YOUR CALANDER!!!!

The Rotary Bayfest on the 16th June 2012 at the Grand View Hotel. This new food festival is being held by the Rotary Club of Redlands Bayside and will be a fun day of food, wine, beer and entertainment finishing with a massive fireworks display. All funds raised will be towards the Fijian Hospital Appeal. Come and join Olympus Cheese to support this great cause and to of course sample great tastes and enjoy fantastic entertainment. See you then.

Great day was had by all at the Felton Food Festival on Sunday the 15th of April. The crowds enjoyed great weather, fantastic food and excellent entertainment. Costa Georgiadis, Australian landscape architect and television personality of SBS TV - Costa's Garden Odyssey and Alastair Mcleod, Executive Chef, Bretts Wharf enthused the crowds with their expertise in sustainable produce growing, cooking skills and hands on demostrations. The Olympus Cheese tent was a great successs!  People sampled our fetta, ricotta and halloumi and enjoyed plates of grilled halloumi as they walked around. The Olympus team were able to explain the different cheeses, how they were made and the best way to prepare them. Thanks to the Felton Food Festival organisers for a great day in the country.

COME VISIT OUR STALL, SUNDAY 15TH APRIL !!!!

The Felton Food Festival, 15th April 2012 at 64 Bryce Road, FELTON QLD (Felton is 30km south-east of Toowoomba). Head over, say hello and sample our great range of cheese at the Olympus Cheese stand. This annual festival celebrates all things agricultural, horticultural and produce locally grown.  This years highlight at the Felton Food Festival will be Alastair Mcleod and Costa Georgiadis demonstrating how to cook and grow your own food. An ideal oppourtunity to stop and chat to producers and growers and to have a little taste. Come along and enjoy a Sunday with us.

Olympus Cheese goes wild at Regional Flavours!!

Southbank's Regional Flavours market was once again an event not to be missed. Unlike last year, the market was held over 2 days and what a success it proved to be. The biggest crowd yet turned out for over 150 stalls selling all the finest food and wine brisbane has to offer making it a food lovers paradise. The mix of perfect weather and plenty to see and taste meant Olympus enjoyed record sales and enthusiastic interest from many patrons who visited our stall. One highlight for us at Olympus was a visit from the Junior Master Chef stars, Isabella and Sophia, who gave rave reviews of our grilled halloumi and were polite enough to pose for a few happy snaps and answered all our questions.  

Overall it was once again a pleasure to attend this event and we thank everyone for your support and we look forward to seeing you all again next year to repeat the success.

Our next Olympus Outing!!!!!!!!!!!

Regional Flavours, hosted by Little Stanley Southbank is on the 30th and 31st July this year. Last year this event drew crowds who enjoyed the cheeses, wines and other regional produce from all over Queensland. It is a day that is enjoyed by families and conissours alike.Mark these dates in your diary and come and enjoy the day with Olympus Cheese and sample our grilled Olympus Halloumi, Fetta, Marinated Fetta, Fetta with Cracked Black Pepper, Ricotta, Baked Ricotta and Lemon Pepper Baked Ricotta.

Copy and paste these url's into your browser for more information about Regional Flavours -

http://www.southbankcorporation.com.au/media-releases/south-banks-regional-flavours-best-growers-and-producers-in-one-location

http://www.visitsouthbank.com.au/regionalflavours/index.html

Last Sunday the 5th of June saw crowds of people enjoying the fine weather, fantasic food and picturesque setting of Portside Wharf for the annual Brisbane Cheese Awards Peoples Day. The Olympus Cheese crew had a busy and very successful day serving up plenty of tastings including our grilled halloumi and showed off our range of cheeses. This event drew great numbers of people and was also attended by Will Stud (from cheese slices), who enjoyed the local cheeses that were offered.

For a bit of reading, check out the TIFFIN - bites sized food adventures blog written by Fiona Ryan.
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AWARDS TALLY IS RISING!

Olympus Cheese is delighted to announce some great achievements received at the recent DIAA Australian Dairy Product Competition held in Melbourne on the 12^th May 2011 . We were rewarded with a Gold for our Olympus Fetta Marinated 250g tub, and 4 Silvers for our Olympus Halloumi , Fresh Ricotta 300g , Baked Ricotta 250g  and Baked Ricotta with Lemon Pepper 250g . Our Olympus Fetta marinated 250g tub  was also awarded the DSM Food Specialities Trophy for the highest scoring fetta cheese, quite an achievement amongst so many entries.

We will be attending the Brisbane Cheese Award People’s day on Sunday, June 5^th  to be held at Portside , Hamilton where all our cheeses will be available for sampling and to buy, we will also have our popular Olympus Halloumi being grilled and offered for sale which proved once again to be very popular at the Paniyiri held last weekend.

Another chance to catch us will be at the Regional Flavours Festival to be held at Southbank on the 30th & 31st of July where all premium local produce will be displayed.

We are proud to announce the addition of 3 new Fetta cheese products to our range...

• We now offer a 200g tub of Fetta in brine, this is perfect for customers whom require a smaller quanity rather than purchasing our 1 or 2kg buckets. Next we have developed a 200g tub of Cracked Black Pepper Fetta, this versatile cheese is a great addition to salads, anitipasto or as it is on a cracker. Lastly we have improved our 250g tub of Marinated Fetta, with a new blend of locally sourced sunflower oil and extra virgin olive oil and improved mix of herbs, garlic and spices this cheese is tastier than ever. This fetta can be used in a large range of dishes, just let ur imagination go wild. All of our products can be purchased in store or through any of our stockists or suppliers, check under the "stockist" tab above. Happy shopping :)