MS Acc05.107 includes files of press cuttings, correspondence, reviews and awards for the years 1978 to 1995; handwritten menus and wine lists covering every evening meal at Berowra Waters Inn between 1977 to 1995; special banquets and culinary events; produce order and contact books 1987-1995; wages file covering the years 1994 to 1995; 34 volumes of restaurant guides that include references to Berowra Waters Inn; kitchen dockets for the last weekend of business for Berowra Waters Inn; restaurant bookings for Berowra Waters Inn covering the period January 1995 through to the closure of Berowra Waters Inn on 26 March 1995; and, a file covering the sale of Berowra Waters Inn (11 boxes).
The Acc06.091 instalment comprises correspondence, menus, wine lists, clippings, architectural plans, administrative papers and related material. The papers primarily relate to Bennelong Restaurant at the Sydney Opera House, 1994-1998, together with some material relating to Berowra Waters Inn, 1982-1997, and a large assortment of menus from various restaurants, 1970s-1990s (3 boxes, 1 fol. box, 1 fol. packet).
The Acc09.088 instalment consists of papers relating to Bilson's restaurant Bennelong at the Sydney Opera House, including news clippings and ephemera containing reviews; letters of compliment and complaint from patrons and copies of Bilson's replies; correspondence dealing with planning for official functions; drafts and published versions of menus and wine lists; news clippings and menus from the 1970s about and from Bennelong (2 boxes).
Restaurateur and writer. Gay Morris Bilson is the former chef-owner of Berowra Waters Inn, the restaurant located on an estuary of the Hawkesbury River, about an hour's drive north of Sydney. After Berowra Waters Inn closed in 1995, Bilson opened her final restaurant, Bennelong, at the Sydney Opera House. As an author, Bilson has published Plenty: digressions on food (2004 and 2007), which was named 2005 Age Book of the Year, and other works.
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