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January 2018
1st New Year's Day
6th Cromwell Food & Wine Festival
15 - 17 Hospitality Salon Culinaire Kuwait
19th ACF VIC Gippsland Guided Food Tour
19 - 21 Gold Coast Food & Wine Expo
21 - 23 Winter Fancy Food San Francisco
26th Australia Day
26 - 28 Penang International Halal Expo
28 - 31 ISM Confectionary Cologne
February 2018
5th QLD Committee Meeting & Networking
Education Committee Meeting
6th SA Committee Meeting & Networking
NT Committee Meeting & Networking
9 - 11 Canberra Food & Wine Expo
10th Culinary Committee Meeting
10th Malborough Wine & Food Festival
12th ACT Essential Ingredient Cheese Tasting workshop
NSW ACT & Regions Annual Dinner
18 - 22 Emirates Salon Culinaire/Gulf Food
18th NSW ACT & Regions Committee Meeting
18th Australian Culinary Senior Team Fundraising Dinner
18th VIC Cider Tasting Afternoon
19th Toque d'or Culinaire
20th TAS Committee Meeting & Networking
23 - 25 Royal Canberra Show
23rd ACF VIC Pizza Fundraiser Dinner at William Angliss
24 - 27 ACF Chef Weekend, Adelaide
Annual General & Board Meetings & Committee Meetings
25th ACT Grape Picking at Vinter's Daughter Winery
March 2018
1- 3 FHT - Bali Salon Culinaire 2018
2nd VIC YCC Fundraising Dinner with Barb Porter
4th ACT Poachers Pantry Smokehouse Tour & Lunch
5th QLD Committee Meeting & Networking
ACT Jasper & Myrtle Chocolate making
SA Committee Meeting & Networking
NT Committee Meeting & Networking
4 - 6 Restaurant & Foodservice Show of New York
6 - 9 Foodex Japan
7th NSW Sydney Market Tour
10th The Hokitika Wildfoods Festival
10 - 14 Culinary Art India
11th Bairro Portuguese Food & Wine Fair
11 - 13 Seafood Expo Boston
12th 8 Hour/Labour Day, Tasmania
16 - 25 Melbourne Food & Wine Festival
17th Havelock Mussel & Seafood Festival
19th NSW ACT & Regions Committee Meeting
19 - 22 International Pizza Expo Las Vegas
22 - 25 Marko Horeca
23 - 31 Sydney Royal Easter Show
23rd TAS Committee Meeting & Networking
25th ACF Fundraiser Cancer Council Relay For Life
30 - 31 Easter
TBC YCC VIC Fundraising Dinner at Morwell TAFE
VIC Judges Regional Judges Workshop
NSW Golf Day
Pakistan International Culinary Challenge
April 2018
1 - 2 Easter
1 - 3 Sydney Royal Easter Show
3rd SA Committee Meeting & Networking
NT Committee Meeting & Networking
6 - 15 NSW F.O.O.D Week Orange
6 – 19 Sydney Royal Easter Show
6 - 8 Food Show Christchurch
6 - 15 Taste Tamworth Festival
7 - 8 Canberra Wine Festival
9th QLD Committee Meeting & Networking
Education Committee Meeting
10th Chef & Apprentice of the Year, Hobart
14th Culinary Committee Meeting
15th NSW ACT & Regions Committee Meeting
17th Chef & Apprentice of the Year, Launceston
24 - 27 Food & Hotel Asia
24 - 27 Asian Gelato Cup
24 - 27 FHA Culinary Challenge
24 - 25 Asian Pastry Cup
27th Battle for the Lion
25th Anzac Day
27th Tas Committee Meeting & Networking
29 - 30 NSW Naturally Good
ACT Apprentice of the Year
NT Apprentice of the Year
May 2018
1st SA Committee Meeting & Networking
NT Committee Meeting & Networking
1 - 4 Seoul Food & Hotel
2 – 4 SIAL Canada
5 - 6 Great NZ Food Show
6 - 8 Food & Hospitality Africa
7 – 10 Cibus Parma Italy
7th QLD Committee Meeting & Networking
11 - 13 Food Show Wellington
14th NSW ACT Competition Workshop
16 - 18 SIAL China
18 - 21 Clare Valley Gourmet Weekend
21st NSW ACT & Regions Committee Meeting
19 - 22 NRA Show Chicago
25th TAS Committee Meeting & Networking
25th Macanese Chef Competition
26th ACF YCCV Fundraiser
27 - 29 Foodservice Australia
27 - 29 ACF Restaurant Of Champions
29 - 2 Thailand Ultimate Chefs Challenge 2018
TBC Grampians Grape Escape Food & Wine
TBC Qld Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge
TAS Chef of the Year Launceston
June 2018
4th QLD Committee Meeting & Networking
Education Committee Meeting
5th SA Committee Meeting & Networking
NT Committee Meeting & Networking
1 - 3 Melbourne Good Food & Wine Festival
1 - 24 Winter Food & Wine Classic Hawkes Bay
2nd Nestle Golden Chefs Hat QLD Metro
5 – 7 Sydney Good Food & Wine Show
6 - 8 Food & Hotel Myanmar
9th Nestle Golden Chefs Hat QLD Reg
Culinary Committee Meeting
9 - 11 McLaren Vale Sea & Vines
11th Queens Birthday
15 - 24 Dark Mofo
17th NSW ACT & Regions Committee Meeting
18 - 22 Hotelex 2018
18th ACT National Apprentice Competition
19th Nestle Golden Chefs Hat NSW Reg Newcastle TBC
21st Nestle Golden Chefs Hat NSW Reg Tamworth TBC
22nd VIC SSCC St Johns College
24 - 26 Fine Food New Zealand
24th Nestle Golden Chefs Hat Western Australia
25th SA Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge
27th Nestle Golden Chefs Hat Award SA
28th Nestle Golden Chefs Hat Award NSW Metro TBC
29th TAS Committee Meeting & Networking
30 - 2 Fancy Food Summer New York, Opening
30 - 1 Seriously Good Food Show (Tauranga)
TBC Nestle Golden Chefs Hat NSW Regional Bega & ACT
Tas Chef of the Year Hobart
Tas Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge
SJCC HotChef team & Battle of the Hottest Chef
FHA Maldives
July 2018
2nd QLD Committee Meeting & Networking
3rd SA Committee Meeting & Networking
NT Committee Meeting & Networking
Nestle Golden Chefs Hat Victoria
6th ACT Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge
11 - 14 WorldChefs Congress Malaysia
12 - 14 Global Chef World Finals Malaysia
17th ACF TAS Social - Tour de France Event
18 - 20 Hotelex
19th Nestle Golden Chefs Hat Tasmania
23rd NSW ACT & Regions Committee Meeting
26 - 29 Food Show Auckland
27th TAS Committee Meeting & Networking
TBC Nestle Golden Chefs Hat ACT
Tasmania Junior Secondary Schools Challenge
Nestle Golden Chefs Hat Northern Territory
TBC FHA Maldives
August 2018
1 - 4 Phillippine Culinary Cup 2018
6th QLD Committee Meeting & Networking
Education Committee Meeting
7th NSW ACT & Regions Committee Meeting
SA Committee Meeting & Networking
NT Committee Meeting & Networking
10 - 12 National Secondary Schools Challenge Final
11th Culinary Committee Meeting
19th NSW ACT & Regions Committee Meeting
23 - 25 SICA Culinary Competition & Exhibition
24 - 26 Perth Good Food & Wine Show
27th ACT Gala Dinner
31 - 9 Royal Adelaide Show
31 - 02 Barossa Gourmet Weekend
31st TAS Committee Meeting & Networking
September 2018
3rd QLD Committee Meeting & Networking
4th SA Committee Meeting & Networking
NT Committee Meeting & Networking
4 - 6 Restaurant & Bar Hong Kong
5 - 8 Thailand International Food Challenge
11 - 13 Culinary Challenge 2018
10 - 13 Fine Foods Australia
9 - 13 Nestle Golden Chefs Hat National Final
22 - 25 WorldChefs 'Battlefield'
27 - 30 WorldChefs 'Battlefield'
27th NSW ACT & Regions Committee Meeting
28th TAS Committee & Networking
TBC QLD Junior Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge
October 2018
1st QLD Committee Meeting & Networking
Education Committee Meeting
2nd SA Committee Meeting & Networking
NT Committee Meeting & Networking
1 - 31 Taste of the Riverina
3 - 6 Battle of the Chefs
8 - 12 National Apprentice Competition
13th Culinary Committee Meeting
17 - 19 Camfood & Camhotel 2017
20th International Chefs Day
20th 15th Annual Chef Awards 2018
21st NSW ACT & Regions Annual General Meeting
26th TAS Commitee Meeting & Networking
25th Royal Hobart Show Day
26th Macau Young Chefs Challenge
26 - 28 Brisbane Good Food & Wine Show
TBC NT CDU Food Week
November 2018
5th ACF Queensland Members Meeting and Networking
6th ACF SA Committee Meeting & Networking
ACF NT Committee Meeting & Networking
6th Melbourne Cup Holiday
7 - 11 World Food Championships
13 - 15 Food & Hotel China
15 - 18 Margaret River Gourmet Escape
18th Toast Martinborough
19th NSW ACT & Regions Committee Meeting
21 - 23 World of Food Beijing
21 - 24 SIAL LaCuisine 2018
23 - 29 Culinary World Cup
26th ACT Christmas Drinks
30th TAS Committee Meeting & Networking
30th Macau Chocolate Show Piece Competition
TBC South Australia Carnevale Italian Lifestyle Fair
TBC VIC Annual General Meeting
TAS Annual General Meeting and Dinner
NSW ACT & Regions Annual General Meeting
TBC Chinese Culinary World Cup
December 2017 (TBC)
4th ACF Queensland Committee Meeting
4th ACF YCC Christmas Catch-Up
4th Education Committee Meeting
11 – 13 SIAL Middle East
20th ACF VIC Night Noodle Market
25th Christmas Day
26th Boxing & Proclamation Day
TBC ACF VIC St Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen