SLOW Food Noosa has joined forces with some of the Coast’s best ceramic artists and chefs to raise money for health and nutrition in Timor- Leste.
The Empty Bowls Lunch will be held at The Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre on 21 June, with all funds raised from the event will support the Community Health and Nutrition program for Timor-Leste women run by the Timor-Leste Red Cross (Cruz Vermelha de Timor-Leste).
The soup entree at the lunch will be served in handmade ceramic bowls and diners will take home their bowl as a memento of the event.
There will also be a huge raffle of other special bowls.
Michael Jenkins, head chef from the Outrigger, has designed a three-course lunch including, naturally, a soup.
Over 50 local ceramicists have generously donated bowls including award-winning artists Shannon Garson, Rowley Drysdale, Megan Puls, Anne Mossman, Carol Forster, Yeats Gruin, Michael Pugh, Ellen Appleby and many more. Potters from community studios such as Noosa Ceramics Centre at Wallace House, and The Ceramics Studio at The Butter Factory Arts Centre and Quixotica, and a few potters from Sydney will also be represented at the event.
The Butter Factory Arts Centre Pop Up Exhibition and the Pottery Studio will also be open.
Timor-Leste volunteer Anita Pereira said that the problem of malnutrition was widespread across the country. “Malnutrition is ever-present but under-reported in Timor-
Leste,” Anita said.
“More than half of children are chronically malnourished.”
Cruz Vermelha de Timor-Leste are supporting mothers through education and practical programs to provide better nutrition and basic hygiene and health care for their children as well as supporting villages to grow their own food.
The Empty Bowls Lunch costs $65 for members, $80 non-members, with BYO plates, cutlery and beverages. For bookings contact Sharyn on 0416 297 352 or email info@slowfoodnoosa.com
