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      Regretfully due to the current circumstances surrounding COVID-19, in particular the closure of venues, the limitations on gatherings and social distancing, the committee has decided to suspend all future Dinners for the next three months.      The decision was not taken lightly, and via correspondence the committee have agreed to hold off any dinners for the months of April, May and June. We will reconsider any further action in June.      The Committee will continue to communicate and report any further developments back to the Membership.      We thank you for your understanding during this unprecedented time.     Our members are in the demographic most at risk of major disease, everyone should be aware of and practice social separation. Self isolation where possible, is a good strategy, stay safe and well.

                                                                         Wine & Food Society of Ballarat Dinner 809 Annual General Meeting Thursday 19th March 2020 CANAPES Spinach & Fontina Arancini Potato Blini-Whipped Cod- Bottarga NV – Louis Armand 1er Cru - Champagne ENTRÉE Ballotine of Ora King Salmon- Yarra Valley caviar- leek 2015 – Tomboy Hill Clementine’s Picking - Chardonnay 2016 – Bindi Kostas Rind - Chardonnay MAIN Fillet of Southern Ranges Beef- Boulangère potato, carrots, watercress Puree 1998 – Wynns Michael - Shiraz 2000 – Birks Wendouree Clare - Shiraz 2004 – Penfolds RWT Barossa - Shiraz DESSERT Black Forest Gateau 1996 – Chateau Reynella – Vintage Port Food Master: Andrew Lewis Wine Master: Anthony Singleton Head Ch...

Special for Gab, this says "4 years jail for the Treasurer" my report The 2018/2019 financial year commenced with an opening balance of $3,181. The closing balance as 30 June 2019 was $2,803. The society Bank account remains with ANZ Bank the account keeping fees total $144 for the financial year. I would like to thank Shaun English for his support and help as outgoing treasurer, the financial accounts are being audited by Sharp Accounting (Glen Sharp) and will be loaded up online on the Society Website once completed. It is recommended that cellar fees remain at $500 p.a. Dinner Fees at $150 per dinner for Members and $130 for guest.   The income collected for dinner and cellar fees total $40,084.  The expenses can be split as follows: Dinner Expenses represent 57% of total income ($22,815.) Wine Purchases represent 40% of total Income ($15,887.)  Other expenses represent 3% of total income. A treasurer prepared income and expenses summa...

If only my report Ballarat Wine and Food Society’s Cellarmaster Report for 2019 My tenure as cellar-master is coming to an end. During this time my knowledge of wine has increased quite substantially and as we know a little knowledge is a dangerous thing! After 5 years of maintaining the Society’s wine-cellar I thought that it now needed someone else to nurture it along. Looking at the contents of our cellar I see some ripper wines there and I hope that members attending future dinners appreciate the wines that I have bought, both, for the cellar and for them. In 2019 we consumed 226 bottles, 4 less than last year. We purchased 204 bottles of wine at a cost of $13,584 with an average cost of $66.59 per bottle. We purchased only 2 bottles less than the previous year. There is presently1378 bottles in the cellar with a purchase value of $101,721 this averages to approx $73.81 a bottle. Last year we had 1456 bottles with a purchase value of $101.966, this is in ...

My Report Wine and Food Society of Ballarat Presidents Report – 2019/2020 Members of the Society, It has been an absolute pleasure to be your President for the past year and I am delighted to submit the Presidents Report for the 2019/20 period. As a Society we have enjoyed some fantastic fellowship and Dinners at establishments such as Craig’s, Carbonis, Table 48, Tokyo Grill House, Mitchell Harris, The Shared Table and Dyers Steak Stable to name a few. In addition to these we were treated to a great night at ‘Novar’(thanks to Shaun English) with Peter Ford Catering and also enjoyed the fellowship of the Beefsteak and Burgundy Club at a combined Dinner at Lola. The Society also celebrated its 800 th  Dinner in May 2019 with a strong turnout, including partners at Craigs and we were delighted to welcome several FFWSA members for the evening.  Sadly, on the 30 th  April 2019 we lost one of our long-standing members in Jim Patterson. We remember Jim with gr...

my annual report  I said it last year and I’ll say it again, it has been an absolute pleasure to serve as Wine Master on behalf of the society members. This year I move aside from the position hoping that the membership have enjoyed how their wines have been served up to them over the past two years. We have enjoyed many memorable special occasions during my time, such as the honouring of Mr Les Dickenson and Mr Jim Patterson on their combined 50 th  year Dinner and also the 800 th  Dinner celebration, just to name a couple. These occasions allowed me to showcase the depth of our wonderful cellar and I hope you have enjoyed.  I again give praise to past Cellar Masters for their contribution and make special mention to John Coco for his continued work in keeping our cellar up to a first class standing. Our Food Master Andrew Lewis continued to delight us with interesting venues and interesting menus for which I hope I did justice with the wine m...