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The Age
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Anzac porridge
This is the recipe Toby Wilson, executive chef at Sydney's Norfolk Hotel and founder of Ricos Tacos, took to the Scottish Highlands for the Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Championship in 2022. 'I wanted to take something over that felt Australian – and it's maybe our only dish with oats in it, so it kind of made sense.' The combination of golden syrup, coconut and brown sugar gives this dish a distinctive Down Under accent.
Sydney Morning Herald
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Anzac porridge
This is the recipe Toby Wilson, executive chef at Sydney's Norfolk Hotel and founder of Ricos Tacos, took to the Scottish Highlands for the Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Championship in 2022. 'I wanted to take something over that felt Australian – and it's maybe our only dish with oats in it, so it kind of made sense.' The combination of golden syrup, coconut and brown sugar gives this dish a distinctive Down Under accent.
The Age
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Risking Scotland's wrath, an Aussie competitive porridge-maker shares his secrets
In 1994, Roger Reed of the Carrbridge Community Council was looking for a way to attract visitors to his small village in the Scottish Highlands. Other British towns had already snapped up the world championships in conkers, tiddlywinks and marbles. But porridge – a local staple – was yet unclaimed. The result was the Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Championship, a charmingly offbeat event that has stirred up enough attention to put Carrbridge on the culinary map, while giving one of the world's humblest breakfast foods a moment in the spotlight. Three decades on, the competition continues to draw oat obsessives from around the globe, who compete in gruelling heats in pursuit of the perfect bowl of porridge. The winner takes home the Golden Spurtle, a trophy shaped like the traditional Scottish stirring stick used to smooth out lumps in oatmeal. Loading Among past contenders is Toby Wilson, executive chef at Sydney's Norfolk Hotel and founder of Ricos Tacos, a 2025 Good Food Guide Critic's Pick restaurant. Wilson has twice reached the finals, representing Australia in 2022 and 2023, and features in The Golden Spurtle, a documentary now screening in this year's Sydney Film Festival.
Sydney Morning Herald
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Risking Scotland's wrath, an Aussie competitive porridge-maker shares his secrets
In 1994, Roger Reed of the Carrbridge Community Council was looking for a way to attract visitors to his small village in the Scottish Highlands. Other British towns had already snapped up the world championships in conkers, tiddlywinks and marbles. But porridge – a local staple – was yet unclaimed. The result was the Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Championship, a charmingly offbeat event that has stirred up enough attention to put Carrbridge on the culinary map, while giving one of the world's humblest breakfast foods a moment in the spotlight. Three decades on, the competition continues to draw oat obsessives from around the globe, who compete in gruelling heats in pursuit of the perfect bowl of porridge. The winner takes home the Golden Spurtle, a trophy shaped like the traditional Scottish stirring stick used to smooth out lumps in oatmeal. Loading Among past contenders is Toby Wilson, executive chef at Sydney's Norfolk Hotel and founder of Ricos Tacos, a 2025 Good Food Guide Critic's Pick restaurant. Wilson has twice reached the finals, representing Australia in 2022 and 2023, and features in The Golden Spurtle, a documentary now screening in this year's Sydney Film Festival.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Hotel site linked to Sunderland AFC to get upgrade
A former hotel which played a central role in the formation of Sunderland AFC is to be upgraded. The city council has given the go-ahead for improvements to the former Norfolk Hotel, in the Sunniside Conservation Area, which include structural repairs. The red brick building is part of the local authority's plans to "regenerate" the city and is earmarked to be a cultural and community hub. A blue plaque recognises it as the former home of the British Day School, where a meeting of local teachers in 1879 formed Sunderland and District Teachers' Association Football Club, which took on its more familiar name a year later. Plans for the building include space for artists and craft workshops, as well as offices for voluntary and community sector organisations. Sunderland-based developer Marengo Estates took over the 16,000 sq ft, 45-bed hotel in 2022. It said it hoped the building - which is not listed - would be ready for occupants next year and that structural repair work would "ensure that the building will remain safe for use", the Local Democracy Reporting Service said. Planners said the work would "considerably improve the existing poor state of the frontage" and enhance its appearance in keeping with a conservation area. Plans will also see window shutters fitted to improve security. Follow BBC Sunderland on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram. Plans approved to turn landmark building into flats Sunderland City Council
