Ultimate in food tour

What's being billed as "the ultimate foodies tour" takes place in Melbourne in November. Included are private kitchens, vineyards, a coffee-making school, a cheese-making dairy shed and an edible garden setting.

Restaurateur, food consultant, cook, food writer and teacher Michael Lee-Richards designed the four-day tour, on which travellers will meet some of Melbourne's celebrated chefs.

The tour group will stay in the inner-city Windsor Hotel from November 2 until a late-afternoon return to New Zealand on November 5.

The tour is priced from $NZ2399 (twin-share) from Auckland, and final payment is due by September 29.

Contact: Passport Events in Auckland on (09) 357 2520, or travel agent.