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For the latest outing of the Gourmet

Traveller x Sorry Thanks I Love You

Christmas boutique, we called on

leading producers, sommeliers and

chefs to help us toast the occasion.

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t’s been a busy month of tastings for the Gourmet

Traveller Christmas Boutique – a collaboration

with our long-time friends Sorry Thanks I Love

You and some of Gourmet Traveller’s Restaurant

Award-winning chefs and sommeliers. The pop-up was

always bound to be a feast for all, not least because it

was twice the size of last year’s. For the boutique’s

second year, Gourmet Traveller collaborated with Sorry

Thanks I Love You to select close to 200 of Gourmet

Traveller’s favourite smallgoods and booze to line the

shelves, all in the name of Christmas.

At the opening soirée at The Rocks boutique,

guests were treated to a first look at the tasty spoils:

from single-source honey, craft spirits, coffee and

chocolate to chutneys, preserves, natural wine and

panettone. The small-batch goods sat alongside kitchen

staples such as ceramics, glassware and hand-forged

knives, chosen by chefs such as Jock Zonfrillo of GT’s

2018 Restaurant of the Year, Orana, and Josh Niland

of Saint Peter, GT’s current Best New Talent.

Haverick Meats kicked off Christmas early with

a whole ham, hot-smoked beef brisket, juniper-spiced

pork terrine, cured duck breast and more. These

were matched with Oiseau et Renard wines courtesy

of DRNKS and festive cocktails from Sydney soda

mavericks PS40. Guests got into the spirit over Fig-leaf

Spritzes made with Plantation Rum and Mancino

vermouth, and Basil Smashes with Vestal Vodka and

PS Bush Tonic. Huge thanks must also go to Young

Henrys for the beers, Newcastle’s Choux Pâtisserie

and Sweet Stone for the custom desserts, and Allie

Webb, Riedel, Santa Vittoria and Brickfields for their

support. Above all we’d like to extend our gratitude to

everyone who came in to say hello, buy things and

support these great producers and makers. ●

sorrythanksiloveyou.com

Clockwise from top:

The GT x Sorry Thanks

I Love You Christmas

boutique launch party;

GT editorial coordinator

Harriet Davidson; PS40

soft drinks; bespoke

Choux Pâtisserie

éclairs ; STILY co-owner

Caroline Ball (left)

and GT news editor

Maggie Scardifield;

artist Allie Webb with

her work Il Caffè

(2017); Uwe Habermehl

of Haverick Meats.

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PHOTOGRAPHY JAMES EVANS