delicious Australia - March 2018

THERE’S NOTHING LIKEtheannualPortseaPolotokickofftheyear,

withitsalluringmixofsport,sun,styleandfood.Thisyear,StellaArtois

tookthefestivitiesonestepfurther,takingovertheaward-winning

46-roomJackalopeHotelnestledinvineyardsontheMornington

Peninsula,foranightoffrivolityandfunontheeveofthebigday.

FridaynightsawtheinauguralStellaArtoisSensoriumcometotown,

starring a five-course feast by chef Guy Stanaway in Doot Doot Doot,

the hotel’s restaurant that placed 19 on Victoria’sdelicious.100 list.

Stanaway’s‘JoiedeBiere’collaborationwasinspiredbytheflavoursof

StellaArtois,includingafirstcourseofhousericottawithhop-smoked

beetroot,carrotmousse,toastedhazelnutandvincotto,followedby

pork belly braised in the beer and teamed with peaches from the

Jackalopekitchengarden.DessertwascremaCatalanwithsaffron

marmalade,andwinesweresuppliedfromthevineyard’sownRareHare

label. Famed Venetian illustrator Nina Fuga sketched the night away

nearby,drawingguestsandtablesettingsinlivetime,aswellascustom

menus,astheincredibleceilinglightinstallationbatheddinersina

goldenglow,via10,000bubble-likebulbsthatchangedintensityto

mimic the vineyard’s fermentation process. Guests included a creative

mixofmodels,stylemavensandfoodgurus,aswellastheNews

Prestige team:delicious.editor-in-chief Kerrie McCallum,GQeditor-in-

chief Nick Smith andVogueeditor-in-chief Edwina McCann.

Revellersgravitatedtothehotel’seclecticcocktailbar,Flaggerdoot,

tofinish,forbothitsvastrangeofspiritsandthedistillinginstruments

on display, happily reflecting on the evening and venue’s perfect fusion

of art meets design meets food.

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JO CONSTABLE

On the eve of the annual Portsea

Polo, Belgian brewer Stella Artois

played host at the Mornington

Peninsula’s Jackalope Hotel,

welcoming an eclectic mix of

Australia’s most creative people.

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