Day Trip with Chef-Led Hunter Valley Gourmet Food and Wine from Sydney


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From $145.96

379 reviews   (4.99)

Price varies by group size

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 11 hours

Departs: Sydney, Sydney

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Wine tours are nothing without the perfect surroundings in which to indulge. Nestled inland from Newcastle, the Hunter Valley is a mere 2 hour drive from Sydney and is home to wineries, luscious farmland, art galleries, golf courses and native wildlife.

On this small-group tour with no more than 16 participants you’ll taste Australian made wines at three boutique wineries, paired with a food menu to compliment every drop. Before leaving Sydney, you’ll visit the Sydney Fish Markets to purchase fresh seafood to be used in the menu and stop in the Hawkesbury region for breakfast.

Your guide is not just any old guide – he is your cook as well, and is a qualified chef! We do this to make sure that the food you get to eat matches your tour and the wines you are tasting to perfection.

Our mission is to make your day not just an outing, but an expedition, exploring vineyards, and experiencing first class cooking in idyllic surrounds.


What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

Beverages

Bottled water

Breakfast

Driver/guide

Food tasting

Lunch

Selected hotel pickup and drop-off

Snacks

Wine tasting

What's Not Included

Gratuities


Traveler Information

  • CHILD: Age: 4 - 15
  • ADULT: Age: 16 - 64
  • SENIOR: Age: 65 - 95

Additional Info

  • Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
  • Face masks provided for travellers
  • Gear/equipment sanitised between use
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Minimum drinking age is 18 years
  • Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking as most food is prepared prior
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
  • Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
  • Face masks provided for travellers
  • Gear/equipment sanitised between use
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Minimum drinking age is 18 years
  • Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking as most food is prepared prior
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers

What To Expect

Sydney Fish Market
A short Cooks Tour of the 3rd largest Fish Market in the world, learn about the seafood auction and what to check when buying fresh seafood. Grab a coffee while the chef picks up fresh produce for the days long lunch.

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Hawkesbury River
Take your camera for a 10 minute riverside walk while your driver/guide/chef whips up a big hot breakfast to prepare yourself for the wine to come later.

1 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Hunter Valley
Visit 3 Boutique wineries and meet the locals/ owners/ winemakers and sample wines at all three cellar doors. Freshly barbecued or prepared food to be paired with specific wines at the second and third winery.

4 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Gourmet Getaway Tours
Travel in airconditioned comfort as we make our way from Sydney to The Hunter Valley wine region and back again. Water and snacks provided on boarding.

4 hours • Admission Ticket Free


Reviews

Simply amazing and well-organised tour! You won't regret joining it!
Yee Shan N, 23-12-2022
Absolutely amazing and probably one of the most well-organized tours I've joined. We visited the fish market, a small mountain where we had breakfast and made sushi, and 3 vineyards. The tour isn't just fun when we arrived at the vineyards or activity sites, but during the transit Jimmy also provided information and fun facts about the attractions or scenery around, but not too much that you felt tired listening. The food that Jimmy made was also great and well-paired with the wines that we got to taste.

Jimmy is also a very friendly, experienced and humorous guide. Not only did he put effort in engaging the participants, but he also took care of the need of individuals. So overall, this tour is fantastic and I'd recommend every wine lovers visiting Sydney to join!
Unique Wonderful Wine and Food experience!
Kim B, 15-12-2022
We had an amazing day with Jimmy! If you like food and wine this tour is for you! We visited 3 wineries and had great experiences at each one. Food was exceptional and great pairings with the wine. Don't think twice just book it!
Unique Culinary Experience & Wine Tasting
amy a, 12-12-2022
A very nice and an atypical way of enjoying wine tasting while traveling in 3 different vineyards. A culinary experience starting off with a visit to a fish market, and having a Chef cooking for us in different locations. An additional sushi making class for everyone. Truly a unique experience, highly recommended!
Great daytrip
Doris H, 10-12-2022
Perfect combination of wine and excellent food. Jimmy is so friendly, knowledgeable and fun to be with. And we saw kangaroos! Highly recommend it.
If you like wine and food, DO NOT MISS!
Tourist304608, 06-12-2022
Amazing day! Jimmy made it educational, fun and delicious. We saw the fish market that was the beginning of Jimmy getting some fresh seafood for some of what was to come. The fish market itself was worth seeing. A few indigenous to Australia varieties like “bug” that tasted like lobster as well as a fish market that had other amenities making it worth a trip back for lunch another day. We embarked from there to a lovely park with a lake where we had a bathroom break while he went to our eventual destination and prepared a breakfast for us at a grill station in the park. Two of the participants had special dietary restrictions and he didn’t just substitute something he made them special foods incorporating things everyone had. Fast forward to three very different vineries, one very traditional, one elegant and one modern. At the second and third wineries Jimmy paired the wines with delicious gourmet bites. The winemakers educated us about their wines as we enjoyed being spoiled for the day.
The group was friendly, and more so as we got.more lubricated and it was fun to meet other travelers. Jimmy is a chef who enjoys his craft and enjoys others enjoying his cooking and it shows, One request: can some of the recipes be shared on line? Oh, and we learned to make sushi after breakfast and had our own creations as a snack later in the afternoon. Smart move to put the sushi making before the wine drinking!
Highlight of Sydney trip
MarkAndrew_T, 10-01-2023
Such a fabulous day from start to finish. Food and wine pairings was amazing. The views in Hunter valley are so beautiful. Worth going just for the drive. Highly recommend, best day trip from Sydney.
Amazing Wine & food tour
Richard_B, 09-01-2023
The whole day was very memorable. From the start at the fish market, the freshly cooked breakfast to the 3 different wineries and different accompanying food that tasted amazing and complimented the wine perfectly.

This is one tour I would fully recommend to anyone.




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