Welcome back to the first Hot Pipis Gossip for 2010. Nipper, myself and all of our team hopethat you all enjoyed a very happy, healthy & safe Christmas & New Year. I will fill you in on the end of year Competition winners a little further in. Autumn is just around the corner with the sun already rising a little later in the mornings. Our very busy holiday season has come and gone already and we were blessed with fantastic weather. Such a lovely change from the last two Christmas seasons!

There have been huge changes to our team over the past two months. Bryony, our longest serving team member,has chosen a new career path. Andrew our evening manager has moved to Brisbane and our Head Chef, Daniel Wilkinson has become a father again and decided to put his feet up for a rest & help Mum out. We were very fortunate to be able to replace all of these people through internal promotions.

There are also a lot of other new faces to carry on the Hot Pipis traditions of excellent food and exceptional service. Stuart Frater has stepped into the role of Head Chef, ably supported by Tennille Lilly as Second Chef. Jeleasa Robinson has taken on a stronger role along with her waitressing duties and I know they will all do us proud!

In fact, it has been a very rewarding experience to receive the many, many compliments from our guests on how wonderful the team are. In the service industry it can often be difficult to keep smiling with all the pressures of trying to please so many different personalities. I do gain so much pleasure from receiving compliments for our team. So thank you to all those who take the time to let us know.  It’s means so much to the whole team.

We have a lot coming up to tell you about.

The Mooloolaba Mile Beach Festival is on Saturday 6th March.

We also have our next Wine Dinner on Thursday 25th March.

In line with the holiday spirit we had our New Year’s Eve competition and Surfboard Competition.  Congratulations to our winners – Barb Browning of Buddina won the Christmas Surfboard and the New Year’s Eve table was won by Suzanne Riley. Suzanne brought three of her friends along to help her get through a dinner for four & a bottle of French Champagne.
Looking forward to seeing u @ the Pipi soon.

Regards, Jo & Nipper

Bag A Bargain

Is anyone looking for a cheap outdoor table or some great stacking party chairs? We have some of our old solid timber fold down restaurant tables available for sale @ $50.00 each. They are great for outdoor settings. 1200 x 800 We also have 80 Sebel School chairs (our old restaurant chairs) available for sale @ $10.00 each. They are not necessarily the prettiest chairs, but Sebel are a strong durable brand & great for school, home & outdoors.

Are very happy to sell either individually or in bulk. So if you think your local school could use them please pass on this information as they are a steal at $10.00 each.
Contact Jo via email: jo@hotpipis.com.au if you are interested.

Competition Winner

LuckyWinner!!!!

Barb won this great Mini Mal for Christmas because she took the time to enter our competition.

All she had to do was eat at Hot Pipis to be able to go in the draw!

Hot Pipis Wine Dinner

Hot Pipis Wine Dinner
25th March.
Zontes Footstep Vineyards, Langhorne Creek,
South Australia.
Four courses and matched wines
$65.00 per person

Featured wines include Verhelho, Viognier, Shiraz
Viognier and a Cabernet Malbec blend.
Numbers are limited, as always.

Zonte’s Footstep Vineyard is in the heart of Langhorne
Creek, one of Australia’s best grape growing regions.
Remember, if you would like to be notified of upcoming
Wine Dinners, email me at info@hotpipis.com.au
so that I can add you to our list of fans!

Book your table now, for 25th
March, 6:30 pm
Look out for further details and menu in our March
Newsletter. Word of mouth has already
attracted a number of bookings so don’t miss out:-
Book by calling:- 5444 4441

Did You Know?

Did you know….

• An enzyme from coffee beans can convert group A human blood calls to group O.
• A Giraffe can go without water longer than a Camel can Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he didn’t ware pants
• Fortune Cookies were actually invented in America in 1918

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Well we had cyclonic weather and an oil slick, but it didn’t stop us from enjoying another successful Mooloolaba Mile.  Alyce McKenzie  defended her Elite title yet again. Nick Lorenz  lost
his Elite title to Peter Bock. The Hot Pipis  corporate team not only won their team event, but the boys also came 1st, 2nd & 3rd in their age categories as well.

Each year this event grows stronger and stronger. This year included not only the hugely popular Beach Volleyball and Fun Run, but also a Dash for cash event, Sandsculpting & the very
popular “Dig for Treasure” The major prize for the ‘dig’ was a helicopter joy flight, kindly donated by Grant Kenny.

Now it’s time to gear up for next year’s Mile. I believe strongly in this event. It’s family orientated, fun & challenging & great for Mooloolaba. It promotes families  first, health and is destined to become a major local attraction. It would be great to receive strong interest and support from other local businesses, so if you are interested, please let me know: info@hotpipis.com.au

Yalumba Wine Dinner

Well, we’ve started preparing for our third Wine Maker’s Dinner due to the success of our second one, which was held on the 25th March.  The wine was chosen from the  Yalumba  range and Head Chef  Dan  created some amazing meals to compliment the wines.  Darren Cosgrove, from Yalumba was an enthusiastic speaker who clearly loves his wine and food matching. He happily shared his knowledge with all our guests, flitting from table to table with great pleasure.

Yalumba Voignier was matched with Smokey Venison Prosciutto w a caramelised fig, creamy goats curd & wild endive salad.

Pewseyvale Riesling matched with Noosa Sandcrab ravioli in a prawn & lemon myrtle infused bisque w shaved Pecorino cheese  A lemon sorbet palette cleanser was followed by my favourite….

Yalumba Patchwork Shiraz matched with Sezchaun pepper crusted Lamb Backstrap resting on desisee potato & truffle oil fondant w braised red witlof & a kasmundi jus
Heggies Botrytis Riesling matched with Lime Bavarois w charred white peach & cham-pagne crème.

The wine flowed freely and everyone had a great time.
The next Wine Maker’s Dinner will be on Thursday the 18th June. Will keep you posted!

O’ What a Night!
The ingredients were fine wine, delectable food, a warm and intimate atmos-phere, great service and not to mention  the wine maker himself. What does all this equal – The Preveli Wine Dinner at Hot Pipis. 70 guests were all treated to memorable evening.

Greg Home of Preveli Wines in Western Australia’s Margret River was on hand to share his secrets whilst guests enjoyed his fruits of labour! Greg showcased four of his wines which are all made and grapes sourced around the Coast of Margaret River. Each wine was then matched by one of Dan (Head Chefs) mouth watering dishes. As guests wined and dined Greg walked them through the processes from vineyard to our hot little hands. The Preveli Wine Dinner was a huge success.

The wine flowed freely and we all had a fantastic time. By popular demand, this event is now  a regular on our calendar so get in now for the next one, due around the middle of March 2009.

Hot Pipis have done it again and the winner is Dave! Out growing his Hot Pipis team mates and the entire crew at Augello’s by successfully cultivating the best Mo! Dave’s Mo has helped to raise much needed funds for such a great cause. Good on you Dave!

Hot Facts
A raisin dropped in a fresh glass of champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top!

Comedy Corner

Winner of the Fabulous Segafredo  Coffee Machine was Tracey  Henshaw, from Buderim.  Congratualtions Tracey.

Hot Facts

If you part your hair on the right side, you were born to be carnivorous. If you part on the left your physical & psychological make-up is that of a vegetarian.

Father’s Day Winner
Father’s Day came and went with a blast. The lovely sunny weather brought eve-ryone out to enjoy the day. Craig Price from Kawana Island won the awesome Beach BBQ.  Craig & his family have only recently moved to the Sunny Coast, so this is a lovely welcome  present for him. We are sure that the Beach BBQ will be well used

Comedy Corner

It’s been a busy couple of months and I am sure many of you have noticed the changes around Hot Pipis! There is more to come as we continue work on our Restaurant makeover.

We would love to hear your feed back on our changes, so do let us know. Andrew has almost completed the creation of our new Wine List, which we are very excited about. There are some exciting wines available and we’ve also introduced Knapstein Beer. It’s one of the most delicious premium beers I’ve tried.

It’s almost time to begin gearing up for Christmas. If you are looking for a venue to host your Christmas or End of year Parties, give me a call or drop me an email (info@hotpipis.com.au) . Hot Pipis have long been a preferred destination for many Christmas Functions and we love to help make your function a success.
Warm Regards,

Jo