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The Age
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Brisbane's best wood-fired restaurant is heading to Melbourne for one night only
Brisbane chef Ben Williamson is packing smoked potato sourdough, applewood smoked butter and cherry wood logs along with his luggage to take to Melbourne for an event that transports one of Australia's best wood-fired restaurants to the QT Melbourne for one night only. Presented by QT Hotels and hosted by Good Food Events, Agnes x Pascale: Playing with Fire will see Williamson – co-owner and executive chef of Fortitude Valley restaurant Agnes – join forces with QT Melbourne's executive chef Nic Wood for a four-course feast at Pascale Bar & Grill on Thursday, June 19. It'll be a rare opportunity to experience one of the country's most awarded restaurants, recently featured in Good Food's ' 10 Queensland restaurants you need to eat at this year '. The timing, too, is ideal. Agnes really comes into its own in winter, when the complex aromatics of the different woods come together with the sights and sounds of the crackling fire. 'It's just the best,' says Williamson. Half of the menu will come from Agnes, with Williamson hand-picking some highlights from the menu at the moment. The line-up includes a wood-roasted duck, from free-range Great Ocean Ducks, dry-aged for two weeks, then slow-cooked high over sweet, fruity cherry wood to pick up all the subtle nuances of the wood. 'It's that old adage – what grows together goes together, and it's the same with the woods you're cooking over. Cherry and duck is a match made in heaven.'
Sydney Morning Herald
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Brisbane's best wood-fired restaurant is heading to Melbourne for one night only
Brisbane chef Ben Williamson is packing smoked potato sourdough, applewood smoked butter and cherry wood logs along with his luggage to take to Melbourne for an event that transports one of Australia's best wood-fired restaurants to the QT Melbourne for one night only. Presented by QT Hotels and hosted by Good Food Events, Agnes x Pascale: Playing with Fire will see Williamson – co-owner and executive chef of Fortitude Valley restaurant Agnes – join forces with QT Melbourne's executive chef Nic Wood for a four-course feast at Pascale Bar & Grill on Thursday, June 19. It'll be a rare opportunity to experience one of the country's most awarded restaurants, recently featured in Good Food's ' 10 Queensland restaurants you need to eat at this year '. The timing, too, is ideal. Agnes really comes into its own in winter, when the complex aromatics of the different woods come together with the sights and sounds of the crackling fire. 'It's just the best,' says Williamson. Half of the menu will come from Agnes, with Williamson hand-picking some highlights from the menu at the moment. The line-up includes a wood-roasted duck, from free-range Great Ocean Ducks, dry-aged for two weeks, then slow-cooked high over sweet, fruity cherry wood to pick up all the subtle nuances of the wood. 'It's that old adage – what grows together goes together, and it's the same with the woods you're cooking over. Cherry and duck is a match made in heaven.'
