What's new at Freestyle Tout West End

Fabienne and Lillian come to visit and keep an eye on things at Freestyle Tout West End



Artist/sculpturess Kate French's creations Fabienne and Lillian are on show with some more coming soon...

Kate French finds the inspiration for her sculptural work from the people around her. The diversity in human emotions, quirks and physical characteristics is what Kate loves to capture in her sculptures. Kate also specialises in painting landscapes and skyscapes.
www.katefrench.com.au




Head chef Glenn Batchelor has just created a new all day savoury menu at Freestyle Tout West End. Check out the menu here. Ladies, what a dish!
Ps. He's single.




Echo our pastry chef is the lady behind our famous woo woos. When you're in next try one of her yummy dessert specials - this week its a Coffee Mousse Cone with boysenberry compote and chocolate ice-cream.. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Latest Freestyle Happenings...

Trivial Pursuit
Tuesday night at Freestyle Tout West End is trivial pursuit night from 6-8pm. Come along and test your knowledge over a drink.

Book Club
Freestyle Tout is now hosting a monthly bookclub! A great way to meet some new people while discussing good books and enjoying a cup of coffee or a glass of vino!.

This month's book is The Gourmet by Muriel Barbery. Grab the book, read at your leisure and come along to the next events: Wednesday Feb 10th at West End rsvp Please ! on 32553288 or Wednesday Feb 17th at Emporium from 6pm. RSVP appreciated:3252 0214.




The Gourmet by Muriel Barbery

Frances greatest food critic is dying. After a lifetime in singleminded pursuit of sensual delights
he lies on his deathbed, tormented by an inability to recall the most delicious food to pass his lips
which he last ate long before becoming a food critic. Desperate to taste it one more time,
he looks back over the years to see if he can pin down the elusive dish ...

Why this book? This book is quite kooky as it reveals the life of a food critic and those of the lives he touched! Great one for discussion...as owner of Freestyle I have a love affair with France and food ... hope to see you there...Cheers Martin !


Grab the book at...

Avid Reader

193 Boundary st West End ph 38463422

Coaldrakes Bookshop

Shop 26 Emporium Fortitude Valley ph 3854 0188




For all the Tweeters!
Freestyle Tout West End is holding a Sweet Tweet Meet for all tweeters to get together on Wednesday Feb 3rd. 10.30am with coffee and sweet treats or 6pm with beer, wine and canapes. Both $10. Hope to see you there! Or catch me on Twitter @dessertboy

Win a MINI for a weekend
Fill out the entry form in store at Fortitude Valley Freestyle to go into the draw to win a MINI for the weekend!


For the art lovers
Meet artist Joannah Underhill for coffee and art talks throughout February at West End.


Or meet Cate Collopy at Emporium.


Register online at www.freestyletout.com.au then art page and sign up for exclusive invitations to art events.

Freestyle Tout Breakfast
West End is doing breakfast on Saturdays and Sundays from 9am. A nice way to start the day!

Introducing some of our crew

Craig, Louise and Chris - managers of the A-team at Freestyle Tout Emporium


Sam - day manager of Freestyle Tout West End (makes awesome coffee and cocktails!)


Echo with this week's special at West End, Tiramisu


Echo our pastry chef, Glenn our head chef and Ethan our second chef (West End)


Danilo our head chef, Paolina our dessert chef and Chris our pastry chef (Emporium)

Virtual Online Tour for Granite Belt home of Qld Wines

Virtual Online Tour for Granite Belt

Marketing the Granite Belt this week moves to a new platform with the launch of a new online virtual tour. The 30 second online commercial provides an introduction to the Queensland wine capital for visitors on the web.

The online tour is the latest initiative of Granite Belt Wine & Tourism Inc (GBWT), the progressive local tourist association which is committed to putting Stanthorpe and surrounds on the map.

GBWT President Phil Moye commented: “The research shows that the majority of consumers do their travel research online and that YouTube is the world’s second biggest online search engine. These are the two reasons why it is important we now have our marketing message in video format online."


The virtual tour can now be reached from the front page of the official tourist information website and also learn more about the Queensland Wine capital at http://www.granitebeltwinecountry.com.au/pages/home-page/
http://www.getsmartonline.net/granite_belt_wine_country.html

If you do want to go out that way with a group may I suggest the Abbey of the Roses at Warwick for a fun place to stay ..I have been several times now each time has been a hoot!
http://www.abbeyroses.com.au/



One of my Favourite little Qld wine producers out there and on the Freestyle Tout wine list is Symphony Hill.

Symphony Hill Wines is a family-owned boutique winery located in the cool climate of the Ballandean highlands of Queensland's Granite Belt. Ewen and Elissa Macpherson bought the old table grape and orchard property in 1996 after falling in love with the area and its potential for premium wine production and in partnership with Ewen's parents Bob and Jill Macpherson have developed the vineyard to its present high standard. Symphony Hill Wines is a family focussed venture with, at one stage, four generations of the family living on the property.



Symphony Hill's winemaker and vineyard manager, Mike Hayes,is a third generation viticulturalist in the Granite Belt area. His links with the property go back to his childhood where he had his first kiss on the property's tennis court! Mike's proudest achievement to date is making the 2003 Reserve Shiraz which became Queensland's first ever gold medal winner at the 2005 Sydney Royal Wine Show.

Symphony Hill specialises in high quality wines made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Pinot Noir, Verdelho, Chardonnay and Viognier grapes proudly grown on the estate.

http://www.symphonyhill.com.au/

Some of my other favourites are....

Suttons Juice Factory and Cidery
http://www.hivalue.com.au/AboutUs.htm
Robert Channon Wines www.robertchannonwines.com

Ravenscroft Wines
http://www.ravenscroftwines.com.au/

Enjoy.....