Lost Picnic 2014

Overview

For many of us, the festival season's been plagued by cancellations and hot chips that are actually cold. Thankfully, the clever Simon Beckingham and Wade Cawood are lifting the game with their new boutique festival. Appropriately named Lost Picnic, the Centennial Park event will begin a new festival tradition of gourmet eating this Sunday, March 23.

While you graze on the hampers on offer, local musos — including singer-songwriter Megan Washington, alt-rockers The Rubens, Emma Louise, Dustin Tebbutt and Sons of the East — will make for a more bohemian alternative to the festival season. Big Day Out it ain't.

The gourmet hampers are put together by renowned chefs Martin Boetz from The Keystone Group and Maurice Terzini from Icebergs and the Cherry Kitchen. Boetz's hamper includes goodies from Rushcutters and his Cooks Co-Op, including smoked meats with remulade and dill pickles, sweet onion tart with smoked speck and paprika, potato salad, pretzel loaf and chocolate torte. Terzini's hamper is based around Icebergs' catering arm, on which they collaborate with Cherry Kitchen. It's Italian to the max, packing Buffalo mozzarella with two Sicilian salads, bresola involtini with goats cheese and caramelised onions, porchetta paninis with Italian coleslaw and tiramisu.

The hampers serve up to three people (gather a group of six and you could order one of each) and cost $69 in addition to your ticket, which is $89 at first release. Tickets are on sale now through the festival website.