Last Friday, 25th November 2022, was the Northern Rivers Food golf day, held at the Byron Bay Golf Club. This annual event brings together businesses from the food and drinks industry across the Northern Rivers. Barefruit was proud to be the major sponsor again. For the last 4 years we have sponsored and helped to organise this event.
The theme for the day was ‘Safari’, with teams arriving in an array of outfits that wouldn’t look out of place (actually, they would) on the African Plains. Best-dressed was awarded to Pam and the team from Brookfarm.
Every player received a goodie-bag jammed packed with donations from Hemp Food Australia, Byron Bay Chocolates, We The Many, Brookfarm, Don Cholita, The Kind Coffee Co, Three Blue Ducks and more.
NBN News covered the day and spoke with Eddie Brook from Cape Byron Distillery about their involvement. Eddie spoke about the difficulties Northern Rivers businesses have faced over the last two years with Covid, lockdowns, floods and staff shortages all heavily impacting the food and drink industry in the area. He said it was a great opportunity to come together with other business owners and staff in the same industry to catch up, network and celebrate each other.
The event took a lot of organisation and collaboration between Barefruit Marketing and Northern Rivers Food. We had a great turnout, with 44 players from local businesses including Three Blue Ducks, The Casino Food co-op, Hemp Food Australia, Harvest, NAB, Stone and Wood, and Salumi Australia.
Stone and Wood supplied the beers for the day and players nibbled on bread from The Bread Social paired with yummy Salumi Australia salami. It was a perfect day to be out on the green, and was a tight finish with only a point between first and second. The Harvest team were the days’ winners, coming away with four bottles of Brookies Gin from Cape Byron Distillery, lucky buggers!
After all golfers had finished the 18 holes, we enjoyed a beautiful lunch at the Byron Bay Golf Club restaurant. It was a great day to bring the Northern Rivers food and drink industry together.
Evan, our Co-founder and lead Safari Guide on the day said “we’re proud to sponsor this event once again. Aside from the fact that I love a good round of golf, it is a great opportunity to catch up with other businesses, our clients and colleagues for the day. A lot of work went into the organising, thanks to the team at Barefruit and Anne from Northern Rivers Food. The agency has been full of Northern Rivers produce for the last week or so, which has been slightly distracting – for the staff and agency puppy! We’re so happy to see such a great turnout again. Well done to the well-dressed Brookies - we’re looking forward to taking that title next year."
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