Tastefully preparing for 8000 delegates
ALICIA NALLY April. Mr Squire said the roo meals were the only part of the seven gala banquets for up to 1000 people each he could prepare ahead of time.
“We are doing all the events management for the client for gala dinners to be held at the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum Cairns (at Caravonica),” he said.
“The kangaroo is something we can skewer up and freeze, the rest of the food has to be prepared fresh.
“We’ve imported 200 90cm polyresin clam shells and we’ll have two at each table filled with fresh, local seafood for an entree.”
The rest of the menu will include barramundi spring rolls, calamari and smoked salmon for starters, beef and chicken to complement the kangaroo for mains and fruit for dessert.
Mr Squire said he started working with Amway representatives last July.
“Over the last few weeks they’ve been out for site inspections,” he said.
“This is the biggest, most complex event I’ve done and that I believe has ever been held in Cairns,” he said.
“There will be a lot of money going back into the economy and a lot of hard work has been done by TTNQ to get them here.”
A new 3000sq m shed built at the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum Cairns to house its growing collection will also be finished in time for the Amway event and host a business talk and canapes for the delegates while they take in a tank show.
Tourism Tropical North Queensland general manager Rosie Douglas said such business events targeted the highvalue traveller the organisation hoped to attract to the region as part of a strategy to achieve $3.5 billion in expenditure by 2020.