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Thai-style prawn salad
with quandong confit
enhanced with wattleseed extract

Welcome to the Vic Cherikoff Australian food website.

Here you will find information about:

• Australian food eg Wattleseed, lemon myrtle sprinkle, Alpine pepper, paperbark
• Australian recipes eg Wattleseed pavlova or Lemon myrtle on barramundi in paperbark
• Australian ingredients eg Herbal-Active™, Wattleseed paste, rosella extract
• Australian menu ideas
• and a blog on recent news items, new products and industry happenings.

Cherikoff Australian spices, herbs, fruits, seeds, nuts, sauces, splashes, seasonings, syrups, infused oils, extracts, concentrates and other ingredients in authentic Australian recipes are defining Australian food and creating our emerging authentic Australian cuisine.

Vic Cherikoff is regarded as a pioneer of the native Australian food industry and has 25 years of experience in commercializing wild food species and taking them from bush tucker or bush foods to developing them into sophisticated, versatile, authentic Australian food, beverage and functional ingredients. Where else would you go except to the market leader for quality, range, volumes and innovation of ingredients and our professionalism of service?



To begin exploring this website, the 3 links below might help:

The first is on our growing Vic Cherikoff, The Essence of Australia branded retail range (follow the link to go to our on-line store).

Cherikoff Rare Spices

Give your familiar recipes a uniquely Australian flavour with our distinctively delicious, nutritiously enticing herbs, spices, fruits, seeds and products made from them.

Click here for 10 good reasons to shop on-line.

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This link will take you to our professional chef pages but anyone who loves new foods and creative cooking can start learning about Vic Cherikoff Food Services' products here.

Vic Cherikoff Food Services

Chefs and Restaurateurs - fill your restaurant with customers who rave about your food. Become part of a global trend exploring the newest flavors in the food industry.

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Or visit our manufacturing ingredient division (Cherikoff Bioactives). We supply the more discerning leading brands you see on supermarket shelves and in specialty stores, companies which realize the competitive edge a uniquely Australian food twist brings to a product range. Here you will also find information on our cosmetic ingredients and functionals such as Herbal-Active™ and HerBev™ which are natural flavours with a strong antimicrobial action when used in low concentrations in appropriate foods, beverages and cosmetics.

Cherikoff Manufacturing Ingredients

Our unique ingredients to give you a competitive edge. Our flavors will create interest; re-vitalise existing product ranges; or create entirely new ones; and in the process bring in plenty of new customers.

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Could your product benefit from endorsement by Vic Cherikoff? A growing number of manufacturers recognise the authenticity implied from an association with the Vic Cherikoff brand. Enquiries on licensing opportunities are also welcome.


Could you benefit from product placement in a video clip or a show based entirely on your products? Our Australian Food TV channel is hosted on Joost's new IPTV platform. This takes the best of conventional TV with a wide range of programming and pairs it with the best of the Internet - no appointment needed, watch when it suits you. Visit us at Australian Food TV.

And be sure to check out our other related websites:

Dining Downunder | Aussie Chefs



Beyond the Barbie - 23 April 08

I had a nice little story on some up-coming events in which I have a hand across the Tasman in the land of the Great White Cloud. They are the Rosemount Spirit of Mateship Gala dinner on the 30th April and the Great Australian Gala Dinner on the 2nd May.

They are all to do with Australia Week and Tourism Australia’s efforts at drumming up more awareness of the Australian tourism scene.

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Lemon wedges - another job for Herbal-Active - 26 March 08

Out of a bunch of restaurants in which lemon wedges on drinks were microbiologically tested, 77% returned high populations of food borne disease organisms including faecal bacteria on the lemons in our drinks. Another case for Herbal-Active™ – the new natural herb extract mix with powerful anti-microbial properties.

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HSN Cooks! Gourmet Grilling on the Home Shopping Network, USA - 26 February 08

A one page ad about my cooking on the US HSN (Home Shopping Network) is currently running in Gourmet Magazine. Pictured are Emeril, Wolfgang Puck and Gordon Ramsay, so we should be guaranteed a strong viewing audience.

I will be cooking with my new BBQ Hot Sheet which is being distributed in the US under my licensed Vic Cherikoff Down Under range.

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An update on Herbal-Active™ - a natural preservative - 06 February 08

Herbal-Active™ is an effective natural preservative for foods, beverages and cosmetics. While it is not always a dump and stir solution, a methodology of approach is developing to apply this new natural preservative to the many products currently using benzoates and other undesirable chemical preservatives.

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Australia Day in New Zealand - 03 February 08

And the good news is that there is a follow up function in April with Australia Week celebrations as part of G’day NZ festivities. Check out the Australia Week website for the latest details and put the dates in your diary now.

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Vic Cherikoff Down Under BBQ Hot Sheets in Coles in Victoria - 21 January 08

Vic Cherikoff BBQ Hot Sheets in Coles

Many thanks to Coles for the launch of Vic Cherikoff Down Under BBQ Hot Sheet into its Victorian stores. They are on a free-standing display in the fresh meat area and they really are a terrific product backed up with a DVD inside every pack so recipe ideas and applications are all easy to see and understand.

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Australian food - just waiting to be discovered - 14 December 07

The publication of my analytical findings of the Kakadu plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana) as the world’s highest fruit source of vitamin C went around the world and has lead to a plethora of products, most notably, Kakadu Juice. This happens to use my Kakadu Complex which is a super-mix of antioxidant fruits and herbal extracts, naturally preserved with my new Herbal-Active™.

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Grow bush tucker and they will buy - not. - 03 December 07

Why is this project not surprising when successive governments from both sides of the fence are willing to throw money at training programs when the real investment should be in the area of building markets, not supply. Where is the research proving the crop suits the need or that the costs of growing foodstuff in the most remote part of this country will be cost-effective in markets at the opposite end of the continent, let alone the world.

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Egg and bacon roll from FHM magazine - 02 December 07

egg & bacon roll - FHM magazineThis was a recent recipe which was provided to FHM magazine on their request for an interesting egg and bacon roll.

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Functional foods, forests and fools - 26 November 07

There is a great deal happening in the food, health and nutraceutical industries with some first mover advantage going to strategic, forward-thinking companies such as Kakadu Juice, Dr Red, Berri and Charles Sturt Uni Cheeses.

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