COUNTRY CHEF OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Where has your best country dining experience been? What made this a standout for you? We want you to help choose the nation’s best regional chef. Visit the website below and tell us about your favourite country restaurant in 75 words or less.

The best reader review will win a dinner for two at the winning restaurant, including two nights’ accommodation and flights from your nearest capital city. To vote, and view terms and conditions, visit www.taste.com.au/countrychefawards. Entries close 11.59pm, February 8, 2010. The top five reader reviews win a copy of our Country Style Country Chefs book to published by Penguin Lantern in April 2010.



MY COUNTRY CHILDHOOD
Nikki Gemmell
The famous author of The Bride Stripped Bare recalls an idyllic childhood in the Illawarra.


PEOPLE
Seize the day
Jacqueline Coates takes a bold leap to launch a studio in the Barossa Valley.

Our life in the country
A Canadian cook finds a partner and a new life among the drovers of outback Queensland.

Local hero: saving grace
Meet the Victorian woman dedicated to the care of neglected donkeys.


HOMES
Love thy neighbour
Pam Le May wanted to move house but still stay in the same street in NSW’s Bangalow.

The removalists
A triumph over time and distance to place the ideal home in the perfect place

Postcard: Journey’s end
Two constant renovaters find their ‘always home’ on Canada’s Nova Scotian coast.



GARDEN
Oasis of calm
A tranquil haven on NSW’s Western Plains.


COUNTRY CHEF
The Greek way
A family steeped in Greek tradition runs a welcoming restaurant on the Victorian coast.


WINE
Ale’s well
The beer made for the connoisseurs of Australia’s Wine Society.


THE GOOD LIFE
A new whey
Two Victorian dairy farmers beat tough times by branching out into cheesemaking.



ENTERPRISE
Fabric of society
Backing the homecraft resurgence in the NSW Southern Highlands.


JOURNEYS
Best of the bay
Byron Bay, once a counter-cultural backwater, is suddenly all grown up and sophisticated.



All this and more in the January issue of Country Style, in newsagents from December 30.