Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre proudly presents
Melbourne Jewish Food Festival 2024
Sunday 15 September 2024, 9:30am-4pm
at Glen Eira Town Hall, Caulfield
Hosted by The Age restaurant critic and renowned food writer Dani Valent, Melbourne Jewish Food Festival 2024 serves up an exciting, jam-packed program of cooking demonstrations and discussions with a range of local Jewish chefs, restauranteurs, providores, food entrepreneurs and media personalities.
The event includes an all-day indoor artisanal food market with stalls featuring food and food products, cooking supplies, a specialist cookbook pop-up shop, homebakers’ cake competition, tasting samples from demonstrations and much more.
The program includes cooking demonstrations by:
Delia Baron and Ronnit Hoppe: Better Together Kitchen
Maaryasha Werdiger: Zelda Bakery
Shuki Rosenboim: Very Good Falafel
Ehud Malka: The Lefthanded Chef
Rita Erlich: Good Food Guide
Elliot Szafran: Zaidy’s Pastrami
And discussions with celebrity chefs and foodies including:
Dani Valent
Ellie Bouhadana: Ellie’s Table
Alice Zaslavsky: ABC
Rita Erlich: Good Food Guide
Jonathan Landes: Chevra Honey
Prof Rebecca Margolis: Monash University ACJC
Nikki Laski: Monarch Cakes
Jacky Magid: Charlie’s Cookies
Michael Friedman: Exclusive Food Houses
Doors open at 9:30am. The main festival program will run 10am-3pm, with the market continuing to operate until 4pm.
- Artisanal Market Stalls: Featuring specialty food, kitchen essentials and tableware. Expressions of interest still open – apply here
- Books for Cooks pop-up shop
- Homebakers’ Honeycake Competition: $500 Hamper to be won from Chef’s Hat. Enter here
- Lunch: Pre-purchased lunch boxes available for $25/20 from Cosma Catering and a kosher option from Souper Kitchen
Tickets: Entry to the event will be ticketed from 9:30am-2.30pm. Entry after 2.30pm will be free.
Cost: $60/55
MC: Dani Valent
Dani Valent is one of Australia’s most respected food communicators. She is a longtime freelance journalist and restaurant critic, award-winning cookbook author and host of the Dirty Linen food podcast. Dani started her career as a travel writer for Lonely Planet, where she covered destinations including Bulgaria, Corsica, New York, Hong Kong and Broken Hill. She was named a Legend by the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival in 2022 and was honoured for her Outstanding Contribution to Hospitality in the Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Awards 2023. Dani reviews restaurants for The Age, covering everything from food trucks to fine dining, city to outer suburbs.
Cooking Demonstrations: with Jewish Cooks & Chefs
Conversations with Food Entrepreneurs, Industry Leaders and Experts
MELBOURNE FOOD ENTREPRENEURS
Meet three Melbourne food business owners – Jacky Magid, Michael Friedman and Nikki Laski – and hear the Jewish stories behind the famous products
MJFF Homebakers’ Cake Competition
Theme: Yontef Honeycake
Think your honeycake is geshmak? Does your family fight over the last slice and clean up the crumbs? Come and share your special home-baked traditional Rosh Hashana treat and go into the running for a Chef’s Hat baking hamper prize worth $500!
- Judging panel includes Maaryasha Werdiger (Zelda bakery) and Nikki Laski (Monarch Cakes)
- Entry forms to be received by Monday 9 September
- Baked goods to be dropped off at Glen Eira town hall auditorium between 8-9am Sunday 15 September
- Ingredients list to be supplied with baked goods.
Lunch Bowls
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Option 1: House of Cosma’s Shawarma Salmon bowls with middle eastern rice, chopped salad, pickled veg, roasted eggplant (GF,DF)
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Option 2: House of Cosma’s Veg Falafel Bowl with quinoa, chopped salad, egg, pickled veg, tahini, roasted eggplant (GF,DF)
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Option 3 (kosher): Souper Kitchen’s Smoked Salmon Bowl with basmati rice, egg, avocado, salad, baked chickpea, roasted veg incl eggplant, capsicum, sweet potato, pumpkin, mixed seeds and a honey mustard dressing
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Option 4 (kosher): Souper Kitchen’s Baked Veg Bowl with dressed rice, pumpkin, sweet potato, eggplant, capsicum, avocado, baked spiced chickpea and kale salad, mixed seeds and honey mustard dressing
MJFF Program Schedule
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:30 | Doors open |
| 10:00 | In Conversation: Rita Erlich |
| 10:20 | Cooking Demonstration: Chef Ehud Malka Left-Handed Chef |
| 10:50 | In Conversation: Alice Zaslavsky |
| 11:10 | Cooking Demo: Shuki Rosenboim Very Good Falafel |
| 11:30 | In Conversation: Ellie Bouhadana |
| 11:55 | Cooking Demo: Delia Baron & Ronnit Hoppe Better Together Kitchen |
| 12:25 | In Conversation: Professor Rivke Margolis |
| 12:40 | Cooking Demo: Maaryasha Werdiger Zelda Bakery |
| 1:00 | LUNCH |
| 1:15 | Cake judging |
| 1:30 | Discussion Panel: Melbourne Food Entrepreneurs |
| 2:00 | Cooking Demonstration: Rita Erlich |
| 2:30 | In Conversation: Chevra Honey Urban Beekeepers |
| 2:40 | Demonstration: Elliot Szafran Zaidy’s |
| 3:00 | End of Program ends. Market open until 4pm |
Kadimah Presents Melbourne Jewish Food Festival, proudly supported by:
Major Partners
Supporting Partners
Venue Partner & Supporter
Community Partner
