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PETTAVEL RESTAURANT
The Pettavel menu changes daily dependent on the freshest seasonal flavours, and consists of three banquet style entrees, a wide selection of main courses and tempting desserts for $75.00 per head. Pettavel wines are available by the glass and bottle, and we also have a comprehensive wine list featuring both Australian and International wines. The restaurant is open seven days a week for lunch and every Friday night for dinner, served in the same format as our five course lunch.
PETTAVEL AWARDS
Pettavel Winery & Restaurant has been the recipient of a number of important industry awards. The most recent are summarised below....discover more about Pettavel's awards and achievements
The Age Good Food Guide 2010
Eight Consecutive One hat ratings
2008 Australian Wine List of the Year Awards
One Glass rating
Thierry Marx Career Development Award
Awarded to Pettavel
apprentices - 2007 & 2008
Restaurant & Catering Victoria
Hall of Fame - 2005
Telstra Golden Plate Awards
Hall of Fame - 2007
Seven days a week, the seasonally influenced Pettavel lunch menu offers guests a leisurely dining experience. A trio of entrees are served before a choice of main course, followed by choice of dessert. The five course banquet meal is served at a relaxing pace allowing visitors time to enjoy and appreciate the flavours of both food and wine.
Bookings are essential and available between 12.00 and 2.00pm, seven days a week.
friday night dining at pettavel
Friday night dining is a year round feature at Pettavel, allowing guests to enjoy the Pettavel five course dinner from 6.30pm every Friday night. The Friday night dinner menu follows the renowned Pettavel format of three seasonal entrees, followed by a choice of main course and dessert.
Bookings are essential.
The Pettavel a la carte menu offers a range of dishes incorporating seasonal flavour, that can be ordered to accompany our wines....view an example of the Pettavel a la carte menu (PDF)
A carefully selected cheese menu, soured from a range of local and imported cheese makers offers Pettavel guests a broad spectrum of flavours and textures.
The full range of Pettavel wines are available by the half glass, glass and bottle, and may be tasted in our cellar door prior to being seated in the restaurant.
As wine and food matching is extremely important to us at Pettavel our extensive wine list features over 150 wines from both national and international wine regions, ensuring that an interesting and complimenting wine match can be found for the ever changing creativity of the Pettavel menu.
Pettavel’s popular cooking classes will be held throughout the Winter months in 2010. Experience hands-on tuition with Executive Chef Stuart North and gain an insight into the methods and techniques of a commercial kitchen. A range of themes will be covered this year, with all participants enjoying the dishes produced during the class with a glass of Pettavel wine for dinner. The cooking class program will be released in April.
The focus on seasonal local produce results in fresh lively flavours from the Pettavel kitchen, the dishes varying daily as produce comes into season.
Numerous visitors to Pettavel, impressed by the creativity of the Pettavel dishes have requested recipes from the Pettavel menu. As a result the Pettavel kitchen team have put together recipes of some of the Pettavel favourites, with step by step instructions, and matching Pettavel wine suggestions.....discover the Pettavel recipes
Pettavel Gift Vouchers are an ideal gift solution, sure to bring delight to all recipients. Gift vouchers can be made out to any amount and are redeemable for food, wine, cooking classes and merchandise at Pettavel Winery & Restaurant, valid for 18 months from the date of purchase.
For last minute situations we are happy to arrange postage of Pettavel gift vouchers.
To purchase a gift voucher, please contact Pettavel, or visit our cellar door
Garden fresh herbs and vegetables
As we focus on seasonal freshness in the kitchen a great deal of care and attention is given to the Pettavel herb and vegetable garden, from which we source a range of garden fresh produce each day. Gardener Claudio maintains an immaculate set of garden beds that are a constant source of the freshest produce ranging from fragrant herbs, juicy raspberries, vine ripened tomatoes, baby leeks, mignonette lettuce and garlic.
The olive grove at the rear of the winery produces seven varieties of olives that are harvested and cold pressed at the end of summer each year to produce a perfumed crisp and lively extra virgin olive oil that is served to each guest when dining at Pettavel, and available for purchase in the Pettavel cellar door.
Weddings, Functions, Parties and Special Events
The flexible facilities at Pettavel allows you to host your personalised event, with a specially designed menu, matching wines and professional service.
The Hon. Prime Minister John Howard enjoyed such an evening when attending a Liberal Party function at Pettavel....discover more about function facilities at Pettavel
For further details on the Pettavel function options, please down the applicable function package.
SPECIAL EVENTS AT PETTAVEL
Throughout the year Pettavel hosts a number of special event dinners, functions and events. A recent event featured Frank Camorra, owner and chef at the highly acclaimed MOVIDA restaurant in Melbourne. Frank, recently awarded the prestigious title of Chef of the Year by the 2009 Age Good Food Guide worked with the Pettavel kitchen team to prepare and serve a highly successful five course lunch and dinner at Pettavel, served with matching Spanish wines.
Our program of special events will continue throughout the year, to keep informed as to forthcoming events at Pettavel, please subscribe to our mailing list
Pettavel Winery & Restaurant
65 Pettavel Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216, Australia
Telephone 61 3 52661120 Facsimile 61 3 52661140