open hearth

04/06/2024

Chocolate fudginess for the win.
A few pictures from Saturday's event in Mt Wilson.

Being a one woman show makes it hard to take more photos of actual food!

27/04/2024

Sandwiches are a thing.
Here are the 5 we did for a Mt Wilson garden tour last week.
• pancetta, lettuce & mozzarella
• egg & lettuce
• chicken katsu & cabbage
• goats cheese, cucumber & watercress
• chickpea & rocket

01/03/2024

Hazelnut olive oil cake... crunchy brownie-like loveliness

01/03/2024

Vegan chocolate hazelnut tart delivered for a weekend in Mt Wilson

16/08/2023

An intimate lunch with THE view.

13/08/2023

Roasted pears with verjuice.
Does it get better?!

22/06/2023

Pan roasted chicken with artichokes, anchovies & parsley.

Packed this up with parsnip purée & the sprout salad... oh and a loaf of

22/06/2023

An orange, sprout and almond salad put together for a client this morning.

10/06/2023

Last night.
Social dancing with and simple food.

Thanks again for having me!

23/05/2023

Some dishes from a recent private event for a lovely couple staying in Koonawarra House .estate

Never tire of these beautiful surroundings!

20/05/2023

It's probably time to reintroduce myself and my amazing team.
Ok. They're my kids. They don't actually help.
Though they'd like to.

I'm Kat. I've spent 25 years in hospitality, in Sydney and London, as a qualified chef and pretty much anything else that seemed fun at the time.

Now I'm bringing that experience to you.

Thanks for following along x

04/05/2023

How cute are these almond, mascarpone and caramel tarts?!

Totally inspired by .hay and digging the freshness and lack of cloy.

Locally made plate from clay artists

27/04/2023

Olive asked me what my favourite meal was the other day.
I came up blank... there are too many!

But this! Stuffed conchiglioni with mushrooms and white wine... and so much cheese.
Actually now I think of it, it comes a close second to .mountain and her pumpkin and blue cheese gnocchi.

I see a theme.

23/03/2023

Going glamping in Mudgee for the weekend... the normal breakfast of porridge might just be in the too hard basket...

So here is baked carrot cake oatmeal!

Much more exciting than the baked oats I had in my head!

15/03/2023

Still going strong with this banana bread recipe... added cacao nibs and smothered with organic butter.

27/02/2023

Tomato galette, tomato tapenade and oregano.
Gluten free and vegan.

15/02/2023

Braised mushrooms with "cheesy" polenta.

More GF and vegan goodness from last weeks yoga retreat.

14/02/2023

Slathered this with salted butter (not vegan anymore) and shared it with some coffee today.
Feels a lot more "sometimes" than it is!

13/02/2023

Chocolate glistening in the morning light.

Banana chocolate bread that's both gluten free and vegan... but a tonne of yum!
free

11/02/2023

When your torch dies... grill.
Not too shabby!

Limoncello meringue pie.

10/02/2023

Simple things.
Like corn, paprika and salt.

10/02/2023

Tarka dahl, kakadhi raitu and rainfed rice.
On a chair.

09/02/2023

Middle Eastern spiced pumpkin...
I only had enough rocket for the client, but I kinda like it like this too!

07/02/2023

Up your footwork game and come along to a free community event! 💃 🕺

We are at Bilpin District Hall this Friday night!
We have catering provided by Kat from open hearth catering.
6:30pm - 8:00pm. Everyone is welcome.

We also have our first SoDa advisory group meeting at 5pm at the hall. This is our first meeting where we will focus on exploring how to continue SoDa events after the funding comes to an end.

If anyone would like to be part of the conversation, please join us at 5pm.

See you all Friday!

31/01/2023

Roasted heirloom carrots with almond cream and sumac.