Briefcase: Business snippets from top chef award to new ginger beer
In this week’s Briefcase, construction begins on a new residential development, and a Clare Valley winery receives international honour.
- Top award for Michelin chef
- Showcase opportunity for Whyalla businesses
- Blind woman develops app for visually impaired
- SA advisory firm celebrates milestone
- Local winery receives international honour
- Coopers launches new product
- New residential development near Onkaparinga
Top honour for Michelin chef
A local chef at one of Adelaide’s leading restaurants has won an award at a prestigious awards night.
Restaurant Botanic, which was recently awarded in Adelaide has been awarded one Michelin Star, chef Jamie Musgrave has won the San Pellegrino’s Young Chef Academy’s Acqua Panna Connection in Gastronomy Award for his recipe depicting the West Australian coastline.
The San Pellegrino Young Chef Academy competition is a global culinary contest designed to discover the next generation of talented young chefs under the age of 30 and provide them with a platform for networking opportunities with globally renowned restaurants and chefs.
The Acqua Panna Connection in Gastronomy Award recognises the chefs who “successfully connect tradition with modernity in their culinary approach”.
Showcase opportunity for Whyalla businesses
Whyalla businesses, contractors and suppliers have met with some of Australia’s biggest companies and project proponents to explore future partnership opportunities.
The event was attended by companies such as BAE Systems, BHP, SA Water and the Australian Submarine Corporation.
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Local suppliers and contractors had the opportunity to hold one-on-one discussions with these companies to discuss capabilities and learn about upcoming project and procurement requirements.
“This event builds on the strong support already underway in Whyalla to help workers, businesses and families transition to new opportunities and keep local skills and expertise in the region,” Federal Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth said.
Blind woman develops app for visually impaired
An Adelaide app developer has released a new game designed for people with visual impairments.
Designed by Tori Bemold, a blind Adelaide app developer, Crumbcade is a new bakery-themed puzzle game that plays fully by ear using voiceover.
It features more than 2000 playable levels and since its release on October 15, Crumbcade has gained more than 1600 downloads and plays.
SA advisory firm celebrates milestone
Local advisory firm Hood Sweeney has celebrated its 50th anniversary this week, as it looks to harness AI for the future.
While focusing on accounting and finance expertise, the business has since taken on integrated business advisory, IT and people and culture capabilities as technology evolves.
The firm now services more than 3,000 clients and specialises across different industries, with offices in Adelaide, Whyalla, Clare, Kadina and Port Augusta.
“Clients increasingly want fewer, more connected advisers. We can understand the whole organisation rather than providing disconnected advice from separate specialists,” managing director Marisa Riccio said.
Local winery receives international honour
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Clare Valley winery Taylors has had its 2024 Taylors Estate Shiraz recognised at the VINUS International Wine and Spirit Competition in Argentina.
The $24 shiraz won a Double Gold medal and scored 98 points, and Taylors were the only Australian winery named in the top 10.
It was one of two Taylors wines named in the top 10, with the 2023 St Andrews Shiraz scoring 99 points and winning both International Champion and Best Australian Wine awards.
VINUS is one of Latin America’s most prestigious wine competitions, with more than 500 wines judged by an international panel of sommeliers, specialist journalists and wine experts.
“For many wine lovers overseas, Shiraz is their first taste of Australian wine, so recognition like this is something the whole Australian wine industry can be proud of,” Taylors Wines chairman Mitchell Taylor said.
Coopers launches new product
Local family-owned brewery Coopers has announced the release of its first ginger beer.
Made with Coopers Pale Malt and Pride of Ringwood Hops, it balances citrus and ginger spice aromas with malt flavours.
Given considerations for ginger beer scale production and requirements for ale, lager and stout at Coopers’ Regency Park brewery, Sydney Brewery was contracted to brew the ginger beer in 50-litre kegs.
The beer will be available in SA and New South Wales from October before a national release later in the year.
“Using real ginger, no artificial flavours, and brewed traditionally like a beer, it balances sweetness and ginger heat for ultimate drinkability,” Coopers Brewery managing director Michael Shearer said.
New residential development near Onkaparinga
Construction on a new residential development site aimed at first home buyers and growing families has begun at Onkaparinga Heights.
Work has begun on the first 45 allotments of the Edenridge development, which was renamed Onkaparinga Heights after being rezoned in 2023, with an aim for completion by 2027.
The development is set on 100 hectares of land between Main South Road and the Onkaparinga National Park, offering views of both the ocean and the Onkaparinga Gorge.
Public sales commenced on October 18, with Stage 1 titles to be finalised in 2027.
“We are receiving thousands of expressions of interest, and this speaks to the demand for communities that have been designed with lifestyle and liveability in mind,” YAS Property and Development CEO Tim Shahin said.
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