Camberwell’s 2017 Dine In Dine Out food fiesta a huge success
Camberwell’s fifth instalment of the Dine In Dine Out food fiesta offered visitors a packed program of activities and drew a record crowd.
The winter food and wine event took place on Saturday, August 5 where Camberwell traders put on a lively day of food demonstrations, tastings, entertainment and fun family activities.
This year there were three pop-up spaces for the event – the Pop-Up Park in Evans Place, the Marketplace Park in the carpark near the Camberwell Fresh Food Market and Aerial Walk, located underneath the Aerial Building in the junction.
Camberwell Centre Association Manager Kerry Daly said the 2017 Dine In Dine Out event attracted a record number of visitors and was positively received.
“As our fifth consecutive year of running Dine In Dine Out, we were really proud to offer visitors a fun and entertaining day and evening in Camberwell,” she said.
“Our program was jam-packed, with busy pop-up parks, fire truck rides, roving entertainers, children’s activities, live music performances and a great selection of food from many of our local traders. Camberwell was a bustling hub of activity and there was a great atmosphere.
“Thank you to everyone who came to Dine In Dine Out – we truly appreciate the support from all who visited.”
Marketplace Park
Located near the Camberwell Fresh Food Market, the Marketplace Park offered visitors the chance to experience a range of different foods while enjoying family-friendly activities.
Thanks to Afghan Village, Crepes for Change (supporting homeless youth), the Outside Broadcast Van, Popstic Ice Cream, Chooh La La (nuts), and traders in the Camberwell Fresh Food Market for exhibiting at Marketplace Park.
There were loads of activities for people to enjoy including mini golf, hula hoops, carousel rides, a mobile animal farm and free craft activities for children.
The Camberwell Fresh Food Market held their family day to coincide with Dine In Dine Out and offered tomato crushing, a ‘spin the wheel and win’ as well as great offers and specials on food available exclusively on the day.
Pop-Up Park in Evans Place
Throughout the day, Evans Place offered visitors a park-style venue to enjoy some lunch and take in the atmosphere.
With a range of food options available, visitors could choose from pizza from Boss Pizzeria, Thai dishes from Eat the Chicken, meatballs and arancini from Barolo, Spanish-style paella from Lady Paella, pasta and fresh produce from Coltivare, and barbecued meats from Rainbow Meats.
For a sweet treat, Red Robyn offered allergy-friendly doughnuts and baked goods, Jamm’d had hot doughnuts and Little Pancake Patch sold poffertjes (Dutch pancakes).
Visitors tried their hand at a game of giant chess and tested their skills at the boutique slot car racing track hosted by Race Party.
After Dark Jazz Park
When the sun went down, Evans Place transformed into the After Dark Jazz Park and offered visitors a magical setting to enjoy an evening of festivities.
Festoon lighting created ambience at the venue, coupled with a great selection of food and beverages, and entertainment including swing dancing and music from a live jazz band. Visitors were also treated to several acrobatic acts including fire juggling and a magic show.
Dinner options included pizza from Boss Pizzeria, meals and mulled wine from Barolo, Thai dishes from Eat the Chicken, Middle Eastern eats from Afghan Village, and beer and cider from Kaiju Beer. For dessert, people could choose from poffertjes (Dutch pancakes) from Little Pancake Patch, ice creams from Popstic and hot doughnuts from Jamm’d.
Market fun, Pokemon lures, fire truck rides and more
Dine In Dine Out offered plenty of fun for visitors to Camberwell.
Children and adults hopped on the antique firetruck at the Marketplace carpark and enjoyed free rides around the Camberwell precinct.
Children participated in Bubble Muffin’s educational food workshops at The Well, which taught them about different fruits and vegetables. Fruit ‘pizzas’ were on the menu and allowed kids to create pizza slices using a base of watermelon, blueberries and banana slices for the topping and a sprinkling of coconut for the cheese.
Pokemon Go fans gathered in Camberwell to make the most of the many lures that were placed around the shopping precinct for Dine In Dine Out. The event offered a vibrant setting for gamers to get involved and catch ‘em all!
The CaribVic steel band brought their fleet of drummers to play live music in Aerial Walk, adding the cheerful sounds of the Caribbean to the precinct.
Several Camberwell traders also held in-store promotions for the Dine In Dine Out event, including turmeric latte tastings at The Source Bulk Foods and several limited specials from shops in The Well.
Roving performers and entertainers
Dine In Dine Out has become renowned for the variety of performers and entertainers roving across the precinct on the day.
This year’s event had stilt walkers, musicians, jugglers, acrobatic artists, face painters, balloon modellers and hula hoop performers to keep the event lively and full of humour.
Food lovers are invited to enjoy the best of Camberwell’s food and beverage offering at Dine In Dine Out, which returns for its fifth year.
Camberwell’s premier food event will run on Saturday, August 5 and offer laneway pop-up parks, food tastings and demonstrations, in-store promotions, a market family day and entertainment for families.
The Camberwell Traders’ Association organise and run the event to showcase the best in local cafes, restaurants, niche food stores and market produce.
Camberwell Traders’ Association manager Kerry Daly said she was pleased to see Dine In Dine Out return for its fifth year.
“Our Dine In Dine Out event has grown each year and been a great success. It has given visitors the chance to explore the many food and drink options available across Camberwell precinct,” she said.
“We have more than 140 food businesses across the Camberwell precinct, which might surprise people. Dine In Dine Out gives us the chance to showcase the diverse food and dining options in the area.”
On August 5, Camberwell will come to life as two pop-up parks will operate from different locations across the shopping precinct from 10am – 3pm.
The Evans Place laneway will become a Pop-Up Park, complete with turf, festoon lighting, seating areas and games including giant chess and checkers. There will also be vendors selling and demonstrating delicious food and drinks.
The Marketplace Park, located in the Station St car park near the Camberwell Fresh Food Market, will be ideal for families with children. The area will offer plenty of entertainment including roaming performers, free rides, fun activities and a mobile animal farm.
The Camberwell Fresh Food Market will also host their Family Day – guests can get involved in a tomato crushing event, try their hand at the spinning wheel and take advantage of exclusive offers available on the day.
In addition to these events, visitors to Dine In Dine Out can look out for performances from a Caribbean steal band at Aerial Walk (near the junction), hop on an antique fire truck for free rides around Camberwell precinct and challenge themselves to slot car racing with Race Party at the Pop-Up Park.
From 6pm – 10pm, the Evans Place laneway will transform into an After Dark Jazz Park where a live band, Dr Jazz and The Gangsters Palace, will put their stamp on popular jazz tunes. The evening show will also include swing dancers, fire twirling and daring magic tricks.
Visitors are invited to drop in for a wine tasting on their way to one of Camberwell’s fine restaurants or they can stick around to enjoy the lively atmosphere.
For a full list of activities and events on the day, visit the Dine In Dine Out website.
It’s been a busy month of competitions in Camberwell, with winners announced for our Autumn Style Junction Lookbook competition and our Mother’s Day competition.
We’ve also got a few new shops that have opened across the shopping precinct in recent weeks, and an important announcement regarding some tram maintenance works that will impact shoppers for a couple of days in June.
Tram works to close roads in Camberwell
Visitors to Camberwell are advised that tram improvement works will be taking place in June and it will affect some road access.
As part of the modernisation of Melbourne’s tram network, Yarra Trams and Public Transport Victoria will repair tram track and overhead wires at Camberwell Junction from Saturday, June 11 to Tuesday, June 14.
Major maintenance works will be carried out at the entrance of the Camberwell Tram Depot in Riversdale Rd, with additional overhead wire maintenance to take place in Burke Rd.
Shops and services in the Camberwell Precinct will remain open during the works period and continue trading as normal.
The winner of our $1000 Style Junction Lookbook competition
Congratulations to Natalie Wilcock, the winner of our Style Junction Autumn Lookbook competition. Natalie has won a $1000 shopping spree in Camberwell.
“Thank you so much. I feel like it’s Christmas Day! I can’t wait to shop up a storm at my favourite shop – Country Road Camberwell,” Natalie said.
We hope you enjoy your shopping spree, Natalie.
The winner of our Mother’s Day 2016 competition
Throughout April and early May we ran a Mother’s Day competition and asked entrants to tell us how they would treat mum to a special day in Camberwell for their chance to win $500 to spend in Camberwell shopping precinct.
Congratulations to Clare Somers, the winner of our competition. We hope you enjoy your prize.
Save the date for Dine In Dine Out
Camberwell’s annual food fiesta will return this year. We will hold Dine In Dine Out on Saturday, August 6. Stay tuned for more details.
If you are a school or community group who would like to get involved in the event, please contact Kerry at the Camberwell Centre Association by phoning (03) 9813 4190 or emailing [email protected]
Shop news
- Washed, a drive-through style car wash, is new to Camberwell and is operating at 401 Camberwell Rd. Be sure to pop in next time you want to clean your car.
- Urban Choice – a shoe shop that offers comfortable and stylish footwear is now trading at 626 Burke Rd. The store stocks a range of European brands including Paul Green, Hispanitas, Pas de Rouge, Waldlaufer, Hassia and more.
- Beyond’s homewares – a new homewares store specialising in affordable home decor items including glassware, tableware, lighting and other accessories is now open at 618 Burke Rd.
Until next month!
Kerry Daly
Manager, Camberwell Centre Association.
Three cheers for Camberwell’s third and biggest Dine In Dine Out food event.
The winter Food Fiesta took place on the first weekend of August where Camberwell traders put on a lively two days of food demonstrations, tastings and live entertainment.
Hundreds of visitors flocked to the marquee set up in Burke Avenue – beautifully decorated with colourful bunting and iridescent festoon lighting – to enjoy the food and festivities on offer.
Colourful chairs complimented rustic wooden tables finished with native flower boxes, where people gathered to enjoy a beverage and tasty cuisine.
Camberwell eateries had the opportunity to showcase their winning recipes, favourite dishes of the season, and tips for making cooking at home more enjoyable.
Camberwell restaurants and cafes that sold food and participated in Dine In Dine Out included Firechief Pizzeria, Elyros, Cuppa Cha, Ebony Quill, Love Pollo, Rainbow Meats and Michel’s Patisserie.
Popular Asian food brand Yeo’s offered cooking demonstrations and food tastings that allowed visitors to sample authentic oriental dishes and flavours.
Children took part in Bubble Muffin’s educational food workshops where they learnt about different fruits and vegetables and how to prepare them in simple yet tasty meals.
On the Saturday, the Camberwell Fresh Food Market put on a series of demonstrations that saw traders share expert tips and tricks for preparing specific foods. Onlookers learned how to shuck oysters, how to make a winning lasagne and the best way to debone a chicken.
On the Saturday evening, the marquee transformed into a relaxed lounge where people enjoyed food and drinks complemented by live jazz tunes performed by Darcy McNulty and the Pound Collective.
Camberwell Centre Association manager Kerry Daly said the 2015 Dine In Dine Out event was a success.
“We were so pleased to hold an event that could bring together the chefs, restaurateurs and people of Camberwell who make this area as vibrant as it is,” she said.
“This year we had a record crowd of visitors as well as a fresh selection of traders exhibiting at our food stalls.”
Eateries in Camberwell will continue to offer meal specials as part of Dine In Dine Out until the end of August, Ms Daly said.
“Visitors to Camberwell are invited to try exclusive samples on offer at restaurants and cafes throughout August – simply look for the Taste Trail posters in shop windows to find participating outlets.”
Further details: www.dineindineout.com.au
Social Media Highlights
As featured in the ‘Meet a Chef’ on p14 of the #DineInDineOut guide @SpyrosVrakas @vkbill23 are here until 4pm! pic.twitter.com/l9OgNOSWeU
— Elyros Camberwell (@_elyros) August 2, 2015
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— Foreverdance (@ForeverdanceAU) August 2, 2015
It’s all happening at the #Camberwell #DineInDineOut #FoodFiesta The Jazz band’s warming up, as is our lamb! pic.twitter.com/sSvjNBZTAz
— Elyros Camberwell (@_elyros) August 1, 2015
Camberwell hosted one of its most successful food events this winter.
The Food Fiesta took place on July 27 and 28, a weekend event that was part of the Dine In Dine Out celebration.
The Camberwell Traders Association presented a lively weekend of food demonstrations, tastings, chef presentations, competitions and entertainment.
Hundreds of guests flocked to the two marquees in Camberwell – the Cityside Marquee and the Market Place Marquee – to enjoy the food and festivities taking place across both venues.
Visitors were welcomed to a beautifully decorated marquee, lined with festive bunting and iridescent festoon lighting.
Colourful chairs complimented rustic wooden tables, finished with native flower boxes, where people gathered to enjoy a beverage and tasty food samples on offer.
A fun workshop, Kids in the Kitchen, kicked off both days where children had the chance to decorate lamingtons and cupcakes. They also participated in a craft session which saw them make paper chef hats, to keep in the spirit of all things food.
An impressive cooking demonstration space invited local chefs and restaurateurs to share their favourite recipes and offer guests tastings of their fare.
Cookbook author Mary Valle shared an insight into her favourite recipes, influenced by flavours of the Mediterranean, and what inspires her cooking at home.
The Saturday afternoon invited baristas from coffee shops in Camberwell to participate in a barista competition. Contestants were challenged to make the finest cup of coffee and were judged in categories including taste, texture and coffee art.
On the Saturday evening, the marquee transformed into a relaxed bar where people enjoyed pizza, wine and beer all complemented by live jazz tunes performed by The Jimson Line.
Camberwell eateries had the opportunity to showcase their winning recipes, favourite dishes of the season, and tips and tricks for making cooking at home better.
Eateries that participated in food demonstrations and presentations included Okra, Dineamic, Italy 1, Purple Sands, Ebony Quill, Short Black Café, Crust Pizza, Sake Sampling and Monk & Me.
Camberwell Centre Association manager Kerry Daly said the Food Fiesta was a success.
“We were so pleased to hold an event that could bring together the chefs, restaurateurs and people of Camberwell who make this area as vibrant as it is,” she said.
“Based on the positive feedback we received following the event, we hope to bring more of Dine In Dine Out to Camberwell in the future.”
Eateries in Camberwell will continue to offer meal specials as part of Dine In Dine Out until the end of August.
Further details: www.dineindineout.com.au