Tim Holton of Brisbane is the winner in our competition for VIP tickets for the Noosa International Food and Wine Festival - May 17 to May 20, 2012 - with a total prize value of $1,000.

The Noosa International Food and Wine Festival has raised the bar for 2012 with a food and wine program to delight amateur cooks, serious foodies, industry professionals and families alike. Some of the world’s best chefs, Australia’s celebrity chefs, and Australia’s best wine makers will descend upon Noosa bringing their star power from the S. Pellegrino World’s Best Restaurant Awards and Good Food Guide Hats to South East Queensland.

This great prize includes:

Two x Weekend Gold Passes for 18th, 19th and 20th May

(Value for 2 = $630) including:

* Friday Gold Pass Adult General Admission to Welcome Concert and Party.

* Includes VIP entry to the hospitality pavilions, with complimentary

cocktail food, three beverage tickets and preferential concert seating.
(Extra beverage tickets available for purchase).

* Saturday Gold Pass Adult General Admission, plus six tickets for food or wine.
Includes VIP entry to the hospitality pavilions with preferential concert seating.

* Sunday Gold Pass Adult General Admission, plus six tickets for food or wine.
Includes VIP entry to the hospitality pavilions with preferential concert seating.

* Complimentary coffee by Vittoria in hospitality pavilions.
 
AND
 
Tickets for two to The Cook, The Chef and The Orchestra Gala Concert and Dinner on Thursday 17th May including canapés with wine, Gala Concert and three-course dinner.
(Value for 2= $370)

The Noosa International Food & Wine Festival 2012 will open with a unique Gala Concert and Dinner. The Cook, The Chef and The Orchestra will feature Australian food icons Maggie Beer and Simon Bryant with the Queensland Arts Orchestra.

Delicious sights and smells will stimulate your senses as Maggie and Simon chop, blend, whisk and cook on stage in time with your musical favourites performed by the orchestra under the baton of musical funnyman Guy Noble. This will be a one-off outdoor event guaranteed to whet the appetite of food and music lovers alike.

Queen of the Flute, Jane Rutter, will add to the magic of the evening. The evening includes pre-dinner drinks and canapés with the performers, reserved undercover seating for the musical performance, followed by a grand sit-down dinner with matching wines in the hospitality pavilions.
 
Total prize value: $1000 (airfares & accommodation not included)

All you have to do is enter our competition below and tell us in 25 words or less what's your favourite easy-to-cook recipe. This competition closes on April 16, 2012, and the winner will be announced on the same day.

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