8 – 9 December – Manjimup hosts the Cherry Harmony Festival every year in December, celebrating the start of the cherry season with live entertainment, cherry stalls, ‘Tastes of the Southern Forests’ Avenue, wood chopping, wine tasting, street theatre, vintage vehicles and a cherry pip spitting competition. It’s a celebration of local food, wine and crafts with entertainment for the whole family. It’s all topped off with the famous Long Table Lunch, held under cherry trees laden with fruit at the Newton Brothers Orchards on the Sunday.
Chef and WA Food Ambassador Don Hancey has come aboard this year’s Cherry Festival Long Table lunch bringing a wealth of experience at cooking and orchestrating long table lunchesJoining Don on the pans are Chefs:
- Raj Thyagarajan – Cilantro (Manjimup)
- Ardal and Sue Nigg -Hidden River Winery Restaurant (Pemberton)
- Ingo Maas – Forest Lodge (Pemberton)
- Nathan Thomas – Laundry43 (Busselton)
- Luke and Shannon – Tasty Edibles (Greenbushes)
Visit www.cherryfestival.com.au for more information.
