Wayfarer Travel TV show S03 E04 (HD): top festivals and hot new hotels in Adelaide, South Australia

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hi i'm james wilkinson and i've been a

travel editor for over 20 years

on this show we're going to take you to

some of the world's most amazing

destinations from the big cities to the

great regional areas we'll go inside

some of the world's best hotels bars

restaurants galleries and much more

right now we're in adelaide south

australia and this is wayfarer

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hi james welcome to crown falls adelaide

thanks so much i look forward to showing

you around looks like a great day

crowne plaza adelaide is one of the top

new hotels here in the city and it's

really popular with both business and

leisure travellers to tell me more about

it i'm here with the general manager

sarah goldfich and sarah what a great

hotel you've just opened yeah thanks

james i'm so excited to show you around

the new crown plaza here we're standing

here in our level 10 plaza workspace

which is really the um the heart of the

hotel not many hotels in australia have

a sky lobby to welcome you in and you

have one here in adelaide what an

exciting addition to any hotel well it's

it's wonderful when you arrive you know

up in the elevator into our reception

where we've got a dedicated check-in

space here and then through to the plaza

workspace where is designed for our

modern business traveler to work you

know pump through the emails while

you've got a glass in hand if you wish

now when it comes to up here in terms of

food and beverage that's one thing in

the hotel but i think you've got some of

the best rooms in the city upstairs oh

absolutely we've got beautiful 329 rooms

here from the our third floor up to

level 20 which have the floor-to-ceiling

glass that overlook the hills now that

is something very fun about it this

hotel is a crowne plaza like it was

being built as a new crown plaza it's

looking a bit more fun with the design

the design of the rooms is great yeah

thank you very much design led our rooms

for you know the modern business

traveler in mind to so that they can

work in that serenity and comfort

upstairs your own little sanctuary but

then if you want to engage come down

here the plaza workspace there's lots of

light though too i like that about those

rooms where you know you can see the

adelaide oval on some of them you can

see hills and the other ones just a nice

outlook it's a beautiful outlook

somebody said to me the other day just

waking up there in the serenity of that

beautiful in the clouds you know felt

like they were you know

escaped from the town

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a lot of us don't want to work in our

room so it kind of solves the solution

of being in a very spacious area having

lots of light coming in from these

windows overlooking the adelaide hills

yeah exactly we've really created that

business hub here in the plaza workspace

where you can collaborate with others

pump through your emails but also you

know um have the services that we

provide here at crown plaza

everything here in the plaza workspace

has really been designed for the modern

business traveler so that our chairs are

powered so you can charge your iphone or

your laptop while you work through the

day and then in the evening put the

laptop away and you know power through

the cocktails

you've also got some of the most stylish

staff anywhere in adelaide i think so

absolutely and they're dressed

immaculately in their beautiful darling

uniforms we spent a lot of time with

paul the designer laboring over all the

different aspects of the uniform isn't

it funny so many hotels can actually

have such a great style but then the

uniforms can let it down so you have a

bit more fun with it here at the crown

plaza i think so we've enabled our staff

to wear with something that's really

smart and casual but also enables them

to enhance you know what they need to do

and very important with the guest

experience isn't that the touch point of

grabbing your bags and coming through

off the driveway and then up through the

lobby it's a huge difference it makes a

huge difference they're easily

recognisable but they always look smart

now here you've got some great food and

beverage on offer as well in the

restaurant on the same floor here yeah i

can't wait to introduce you to chef pat

who's our executive chef in kumo

restaurant he's done an amazing you know

job of our modern japanese fusion

restaurant awesome well thank you so

much for your time thank you

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hi chef hi james welcome to cool thank

you so much mate if you could show me

some of the food that'd be amazing

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chef thanks for your time we're here at

crown plaza adelaide at kumo restaurant

one of the hottest new restaurants in

adelaide tell me about the food

philosophy here

so the food philosophy is based on

modern asian leaning towards japanese

korean and chinese influence and style

of food

food that people would like to eat i'd

like to eat and i'd like to share that

with um

with my guest

and you're sourcing produce from around

adelaide as well we've got the hills 20

minutes away so it's pretty close by

yeah we do get we do a lot of um we do

get a lot of produce from um

the hills

say cheese is one of our

uh cheese product producers and we get a

lot of chick our chicken comes from

barossa valley port lincoln our skinfish

come from portland india so a lot a lot

of local producers i i use so you can

have so much fun with the produce from

within 30 k's of the hotel that's got to

be a bit of fun for you here yes it is

it is you know it's at your fingertips

right at your doorsteps you know when

you when you need it it's fresh it's

available it's just a phone call away so

it's great yeah we're in a city where

it's known for for the wine as much as

the food what's more pressure is that

the wines on the list matching your food

or is your food matching some of the

amazing wines like the rockford basket

presents on the list i like to say it

both ties in together they both they

both hold a value to within the menu and

on the table so i'd like to say the food

component is is quite important um on

the menu as the wine yeah

and it's very much a foodie part of

adelaide we're in right now you've got

restaurants like africola literally a

block away so a lot of amazing

restaurants in this small area and

you've kind of you've come in with your

product and how do you think how do you

think you're going so far look it's it

was a challenge in the beginning um you

know we found our

foot and we're

going really well right now you know um

the guys are

used to what we're doing we've found our

we've found our steps in the kitchen and

getting used to how we do things and the

team has come together really well and

we've gelled and

did some good stuff yes and it's funny

how far restaurants and hotels have come

like this is not really what a classic

hotel restaurant is this is a pretty

exciting space to be in isn't it yes it

is it is it's i think one of the few

aeg hotels that have this type of

russian a specialty restaurant a

destination restaurant so one of not so

many in the his hd group now what are

some of your favorite things on the menu

that you're playing with at the moment

right now i like our special our market

fish is what we have every week and i

like the um the lobster roll that's new

on the menu so you know that's been

going really well and our old classic

favorite is the chicken sandal and that

sells like like you know one of the best

sellers

well i'm standing hungry now i'm going

to try some of the food if you don't

mind yes let's just do that

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hello james welcome to hotel indiegogo

marcus let me take you on a tour

well thomas we're here at the hotel

indigo adelaide markets and what an

exciting addition to the city of this

beautiful hotel

it is the first hotel indigo in

australia and we're very excited to be

here the concept around hotel indigo is

all around the neighborhood story and

the interior designers the architects

and obviously our brand has really

brought that to life

and a lot of design cues from around the

corner the adelaide markets are

literally just around the corner and the

beautiful touches in here that pay

homage to the adelaide markets that's

exactly right so the facade that you see

in the background is actually a replica

of the federal hall building facade of

the central market behind that you see a

mural that

is reflective of the various murals

throughout adelaide

and the market theme we're bringing

through our food we

source our food from the markets 80 of

our food is from south australia so

that's a really key highlight

so much fun you have a lot of fun in the

hotel don't you you've got a fun design

cues you've got staff in amazing

uniforms you've got local produce it's

you're having a lot of fun with this

beautiful hotel it is it is exciting

because we're part of

the ihc hotels and resorts brand but

this particular brand of boutique brand

which sits in the luxury lifestyle

segment is really one that we

can explore

and do things differently tell me about

the the local gins and wines in the bar

they're all from down the street

literally aren't they so one key

philosophy is to work with locals and

local producers so from a beverage point

of view besides the famous mclaren and

barossa vines

we're surrounded by distilleries we've

got beautiful distilleries in our

neighborhood for example prohibition gin

so we feature all these for our guests

to try and we are collaborating with

kangaroo island spirits to also infuse

our own gin label so look you've got the

best job in hotels in australia having

all these amazing fun touch points i

believe so

when it comes to things like the

uniforms like small details of having

the staff wear fun outfits so again it's

all around bringing the neighborhood

story to life in the hotel and

having the market just 200 meters down

the road when we looked at uniforms we

wanted them to be reflective of the

informality of the markets we've got

checkered shirts um it looks a bit more

casual and

yeah guests gets uh guests are meant to

feel

the proximity to the markets and what it

has to offer now this has been coming

for a couple of years but it's a very

playful theme did the hotel come out how

you thought it would from the artist

impressions that you saw a few years ago

the artist's impressions don't do it

justice so seeing it in life-size is

absolutely phenomenal you know we've got

the pink colors which are referenced to

don dunstan's pink shores the previous

south australian premiere

and the way

we as a team have brought in the

adelaide way of life together in

collaboration with our producers is just

phenomenal it's fun how adelaide is

becoming a bit more known for rooftop

bars and outdoors because the weather's

so great here around for year around the

year so

tell us about your rooftop though this

is one of my favorite parts about the

hotel so marymaker

is a combined wine and cocktail bar

we can see it up to 100 guests that

overall has a capacity about 130 and it

offers beautiful views across to the

adelaide hills to the cbd we've got the

most stunning sunsets up there and it's

just a great place to either entertain

visitors from interstate or have a great

friday night awesome well thanks so much

for having us thank you

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across the street from the indigo hotel

is the central market and it's an

absolute must for anyone visiting

adelaide

with over 70 traders under one roof the

adelaide central market is one of the

largest undercover fresh produce markets

in the southern hemisphere and it's

buzzing with life and color all year

round

the central market offers a huge range

of fresh food including fruit and veg

meat and poultry seafood cheeses bakery

and small goods along with some of

adelaide's most popular cafes and

eateries it's open from tuesday to

saturday and don't forget your cooler

bag

adelaide's also home to some of the

nation's best live events and it's no

surprise south australia carried the tag

of the festival state for several

decades

south australia's world-famous events

and festival showcased the state's

exceptional food and wine sport art and

vibrant city life

one of our favorites is the adelaide

fringe which is the party that truly

defines this great city

it's the largest open access festival in

the southern hemisphere and it's

bursting at the seams with local

interstate and international five-star

acts that transform the state to 31 days

and nights

whether you're a cabaret connoisseur

comedy king or queen theater tragic or

just want to sit back and enjoy the

atmosphere there's something for

everyone at the adelaide fringe

other great year-round events include

while madeleine the crush festival the

cabaret festival tasting australia and

of course the major concerts and awesome

afl footy on offer at the adelaide oval

check out the full list at

southaustralia.com

coming up on the next episode of

wayfarer we're taking you to the

adelaide hills

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bottle has a story

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