Bonjourno Canada!

Sorry for my delayed blog this week, it has been busy with the upcoming 'Outstanding in the Fields' event that is taking place at La Petraia. I have left the link for it previous in my blogs but if you haven't checked it out here you go.www.outstandinginthefield.com
The event takes place Tuesday afternoon within the rows of grapevines on the property where a large table will sit 40 people or so each side. It will be an amazing event, and definitely expect a blog to follow shortly after with all the details and pictures of course.

On a side note I have come to discover a few things about travel, which certainly came very much to light for me yesterday. We have five people more less living together at the apartment, people who stretch from all over the world. We've all come together for the same reason; to learn, to be inspired by the produce, the food we serve and of course the knowledge we can gain from La Petraia. We will live together for 3 months, and last night we celebrated the first person's birthday. Gabe turned 25!  We had a lovely staff lunch at Petraia, of course birthday cake was included and a pizza dinner to follow. My point is that while we are here we together we celebrate each other milestones and these milestones continue quickly as we have Sarah's birthday tomorrow! I am very fortunate for the friends I have here, but in the same breathe it makes you realize how fortunate you are for the people who you have left at home that keep you grounded!

Back to my culinary blog... it is going to be a little more short and sweet today. We have had a good week in the kitchen, with great people joining us including one couple from Tasmania, Australia who were in back to back cooking classes for the last two days. It's great to be able to watch the diversity of people who take the culinary classes and how excited they are, and each taking the classes for totally different reasons.

As I glance at the clock, I have to go get ready for work. Susan and I were chatting the other day about Biodynamic Agriculture as that is how La Petraia plants, grows and develops their grapes and produce. Our grapes should be ready to be harvested soon, and they are out there every day tasting the grapes trying to decide the best day to start harvesting the white grapes, but hopefully after Tuesdays function. Fingers crossed!

Ciao