Beth and Mark's Wedding

A very hot day in the Byron Bay hinterland did not hinder Beth and Mark, a couple in their 60s to enjoy their warm and friendly wedding / family gathering.

We served a 3 course meal using the bountiful produce from around Byron Bay, the ocean, the paddock and the garden.  The menu is below.

MENU

Canape:
Salmon and chive fritters

Tartlet with smoked chicken & mango, peanut coriander

Veg tempura served with soy basil or lime aioli

Entree:
Warm prawn salad served with spring vegetables
Stir fried calamari with chilli salad

Mains:
Braised barramundi and ratatouille
Wine beef with soft polenta and blue cheese 

Dessert:
Mixed berry tart served with vanilla ice cream 

David and Jess' Wedding

After a rainy morning, on 7th March 2014, it was a wonderful surprise for the sun to come out in time for David and Jess to enjoy their wedding.  They had come all the way from New Zealand to enjoy some Byron sun!  This was a cosy, intimate wedding with a sweet laid back couple and family.  A fun day enjoying the good weather was had by all.

Canapé

Charred Scallop served with broad beans ,goat fetta and pancetta

Haloumi parcels served with capsicum salsa

Lamb burghul kibble (cracked wheat) served w/ green tahina sauce

Main

Asparagus, ruby grapefruit, and green leaves in tamarind palm sugar sauce

Rocket, baby carrot, walnut and fetta in harissa passion fruit dressing

quinoa royal with caramelised figs, and roasted pumpkin

Roasted beef with chimichuri dressing

Deep ocean fish in pomegranate + herb dressing

Sweets/ dessert

Flourless almond and Orange mini cakes served w/ passion fruit + Caramelised figs

Moroccan churros  served with  orange caramel sauce

Uplift Festival 2013

Set in the gorgeous town of Byron Bay, Uplift festival was held last weekend. Filled with inspiration, beauty and love and jammed with music, speeches and performances. Uplift left the festival-goers with open hearts and minds. Open Table had a blast sharing our delicious food with everyone and left feeling, indeed, Uplifted!

(photos by Gopi Lev)

Mullumbimby Circus Festival 2013

Set in the biggest little town in Australia, The Mullumbimby Circus Festival was a exciting weekend full of fun and sun. The festival was offering an amazing array of acts and performances; there was crazy colours, gorgeous costumes and plenty of mind-boggling feats! And of course, an abundance of delicious Open Table food to go around!

Sample Food Festival 2013

The 2013 Sample Food Festival held in Bangalow was better then ever! A jam packed day full of food, doesn’t that sound nearly perfect? Open Table was one amongst the foodies selling delicious food for you to sample. Held on the 7^th of September a hot Saturday in a gorgeous town just on the outskirts of Byron Bay the Sample Food Festival was a day for everyone. Walking through the stalls there were food temptations left right and centre, Open Table had a mouth watering menu with two selections.                  

A traditional selection of Middle Eastern food.  $5 plate-Local Myocum Pumkin Kibbeh (cracked wheat) stuffed with organic lamb and pine nuts served with green tahini and cooper shoot tomato salsa. $10 plate-Pomegranate walnut organic chicken served with carrot coriander spinach salad and preserved lemon dressings  + a $3 Lemon mint reviver.

Make sure to come to Sample Food Festival 2014 to enjoy a festival for your tastebuds! 

Byron Bay 50th

On the 24th of August Brisbane goer Greg O'meana enjoyed a beautiful birthday party under the stars of Byron Bay. In a fantastic holiday house on the shores of Belongil less then 100 meters from the ocean, creating a perfect scenery and atmosphere for the event. Surrounded by his closest friends we all enjoyed a lovely evening filled with great food, drinks, friends and the refreshing sea breez. Open Table catered a roving canape with a huge selection of mouth watering bite size goodies. The entire staff of Open Table really enjoyed working and were glad to help create the evening, after all everything begins and ends with food.

Greg and Wendy O'meana's testimonial-

Dear Ronit,

Greg and I would like to thank you so much for the wonderful work you did catering for Greg's 50th birthday party at Byron Bay on the weekend. You made the whole process of organising an event remotely so easy - liaising with the hire company, assisting with menu selection  and working within our budget and helping  to create an atmosphere that our guests loved. Your attention to detail was second to none and ensured that the event flowed smoothly. 

The food was absolutely superb and plentiful and everyone at the party has raved about it.    Your staff were exceptional - so professional and friendly and they totally added to the happy mood of the party ensuring drink glasses were full and that everyone had enough to eat. 

It was an absolute pleasure to deal with you Ronit and your professionalism overlaid with an obvious passion for what you do is wonderful. 

Many, many thanks

Warmest regards

Wendy

The Living Earth Festival - Mullumbimby 2013

This years Living Earth Festival was such a beautiful day, a day of celebration for many many things, celebrating great food and community, fathers day and the first day of spring. Chef Ronit Robbaz from Open Table did a 40 minute cooking demonstration for a crowd ranging from infants to oldies... Her demonstration included a papaya salad with tangelo lime sauce, raw arugula avocado samosas with cream fraiche and raw taco wraps with ladies gossip leaves.
Thousands of people joined together for a fun packed day on the streets of Mullumbimby, the skate park and of course the community gardens where many stalls were held and the abundant gardens were on display. If you missed out this year here is a short video from the echo made by local film maker to give you a taste of the day, make sure to join in next year. :)

http://www.echo.net.au/2013/09/living-earth-festival-2013%E2%80%AA/