Alla Wolf-Tasker (Issue Ten) has today been awarded as a Member of the Order of Australia for her contribution to hospitality and regional tourism.

Alla was notified of her award whilst in the middle of a paddock with a local producer which couldn’t be more appropriate. She says that the award must be for her fortitude in enduring years of bad scones in draughty church halls during endless economic development and regional marketing meetings. But, we think it’s for her pursuit of everything good in the industry - dedication to excellence, training, banging on doors of bureaucrats and politicians and her endless generosity with her time that had her recognised in this year’s Australia Day honours list.
Huge congrats also to Tim Flannery, today named as Australian of the Year, and the selection committee for having the foresight to recognise his huge contribution to increased awareness of global warming.

Alla Wolf-Tasker : Issue Ten : Introduction

It’s hard to talk about Alla Wolf-Tasker separately from the Lake House, her Lake House, because each is an intimate reflection of the other. 28 years ago, eight months pregnant, Alla and her husband bought a ‘denuded’ paddock beside a reed-ridden arm of Lake Daylesford in the middle of what was then nowhere. A passionate cook, Alla dreamed of having a ‘destination restaurant’ in the Victorian countryside - Lake House has become all that and more. This year she won her 48th ‘chef’s hat’ and was recently awarded ‘Country Restaurant of the Year’ by the 2007 Age Good Food Guide. The Lake House in Daylesford has also, for many years now, not just been a restaurant, but one of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World. Alla is a devoted advocate of local produce and sustainable agriculture, for the hospitality industry and for Daylesford and it’s surrounds. Her story is one of holding steadfast to your vision and never compromising you ideals. Relish and devour… Df

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