Overview
Nothing screams spring quite like the bountiful new season menus popping up at cafes and restaurants across town. And now, the best of this local spring harvest is coming right to your doorstep, as Matt Moran delivers free (yes, free) produce boxes from his new Chiswick Veggie Van across the city this month.
Celebrating the new spring menus launched at his Chiswick restaurants in Woollahra and at the Gallery, the acclaimed Aussie chef will work alongside Woollahra's head chef Tom Haynes to handpick a bounty of fresh produce from the restaurant gardens. Moran and Haynes will then load it into a converted 1960s van decked out in veggie illustrations and deliver the haul to a few lucky kitchens all over Sydney each Friday throughout November.
The first round of produce boxes will be filled with the likes of blood oranges, eggplants, kale and golden nugget pumpkin, along with a guide for how best to use them all. Recipients will even score the recipe and ingredients for Chiswick's famed mint salsa, so they can recreate it in their own kitchen.
"Spring is such a beautiful time at Chiswick," says Moran. "We are really excited to be able to bring a selection of our favourite spring produce items to our customer's door, so they can create their own dishes."
Chiswick Veggie Van boxes will be delivered on November 10, 17 and 24. For the chance to score your own restaurant-quality veggie bonanza, register your interest here.