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HONEY MERCHANT

Hi! I’m Jess, a proud Beekeeper and Honey Sommelier.

Honey Merchant is a community of beekeepers and honey aficionados alike. We’re all driven by a desire to help even more people fall in love with the flavours of Australian honey while stopping to taste the journeys our bees have been on along the way.

As a Honey Sommelier, I’m dedicated to developing an appreciation and love for our local honey flavours with my fellow Australians through honey tasting, pairing and education.

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AUSTRALIAN HONEY
SOMMELIER

After completing my sensory analysis training in the USA, I returned to Australia with an even deeper curiosity and love for the complex flavours of Australian honey.

Australian beekeepers work their magic in a land of extremes filled with challenges like fire, flood and drought while being surrounded by some of the most diverse landscapes and flora on the planet. All this is reflected in the unique and varied flavours of our honey.


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This is one of the best things I've ever seen!! 🤣🤣 Amazing work @ironbeeapiary sorry the bears destroyed your last masterpiece. 🐻🐝🐝 🤟👏👏👏👏
Channel 7 nightly news came to pay us a visit at @ Channel 7 nightly news came to pay us a visit at @amazerichmond for the Amazing Honey Festival today! I can't say how proud I am to be part of such an incredible event. We definitely need to do more of these across the country. Australian honey is so special. Thank you again @sisterhives for your hard work making this a reality. 
#honeysommelier #honeyfestival #tasmanianhoney #australianhoney #australianhoneysommelier #Tasmania #tasmanianbeekeepers #tasmanianfood #tasmanianproduce
Tasmanian honey masterclasses all finished for the Tasmanian honey masterclasses all finished for the inaugural Amazing Honey Festival. Now just to host the Honey Dinner with @sisterhives then we can celebrate the end of a hugely successful festival. It was so nice to finally meet Rebecca from @honeytasmania in person just in time for our last class! 
#australianbeekeeping #australianhoneysommelier #australianhoney #honeyfestival #tasmanianhoney #tasmanianbeekeepers #honeyfestival
30 Tasmanian beekeepers' collective descriptor not 30 Tasmanian beekeepers' collective descriptor notes for 27 assorted honeys. All of them will never taste honey the same way again. Thank you to @sisterhives and your awesome members for an inspirational day I'll remember for a very long time. 🥰❤️
#honeysommelier #australianhoneysommelier #australianhoney #honey #tasmanianhoney #tasmanianbeekeepers #sisterhivesaustralia
Tickets are still available for my honey tasting m Tickets are still available for my honey tasting masterclasses this Sunday at Amazing Honey Festival. 3 x time slots to choose from. Go to humanitix.com and search honey for tickets.
There's also some tickets available for a very special honey dinner this Sunday night at @amazerichmond . It will feature a delicious menu with local Tasmanian produce and honey as the key ingredients. Contact Amaze Richmond directly for enquiries and bookings.
#honeysommelier #honey #tasmania #tasmanianhoney #australianhoneysommelier #australianhoney
Tasmania, I'm coming!!!! 💛🍯🐝 #Repost @bee Tasmania, I'm coming!!!! 💛🍯🐝
#Repost @bee_collective_tas 
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 How excited are we to have Jess Locarnini from the @honeymerchant visit us in Tasmania to take us on a guided honey tasting journey!
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We have 3 honey tastings with Jess available - tickets can be purchased via Humanitix by searching ‘honey tasting’.
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Call out to beekeepers, restauranteurs, chefs, foodies and anyone interested in learning more about honey.  This is not an event to be missed! 
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#honey #honeytasting #sommelier #honeysommelier #tasmania #discovertasmania #brandtasmania #local #supportlocal #purehoney #australianhoneysommelier #honeysommelier #australianhoney
🥰 These sample jars are lined up and ready to s 🥰 These sample jars are lined up and ready to send to my online honey school students who start classes in just under 2 weeks. 
No matter how much I work with honey, the beauty of the different colours shining through in sunlight never fails to stop me in my tracks.
Keep an eye out for my next honey school announcement, or join my mailing list to be the first to know. Link in bio.
#honeysommelier
#honey #australianhoneysommelier #australianhoney #honeyschool #foodblogger #melbournefoodie
Nothing to see here! Just adding a little sticky h Nothing to see here! Just adding a little sticky heat to some silky smooth middle eastern flavoured goats cheese.
Thanks to the lovely people at @yarravalleydairy @australianhothoney and @beeonethird for making some of the most delicious produce around.
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#supportsmallbusiness #supportlocalbees #cheeseandhoney #honeysommelier #honey #cheese #cheesepairing #australiancheese #australianhoneysommelier #australianhoney #melbournefoodie #foodie #foodpairing
Honey legends represent!! 🍯💛🤘 One of my f Honey legends represent!! 🍯💛🤘
One of my favourite honey brands @beeonethird working hard to remind people to drizzle honey and add honeycomb to thier @mouldcheese cheeses this winter. Lovely to meet you Jack and Daniel! 🐝💛🍯
Thank you Mould for not only putting together another awesome festival, but also creating some of the most fun merchandise I've seen in ages. 🤣🧀
#mouldcheesefestival #honeysommelier #cheesepairing #australianhoney #australiancheese #honey #australianhoneysommelier
Thank you to Andrew, Debbie, Sandra and Paul from Thank you to Andrew, Debbie, Sandra and Paul from the Beekeepers Club in Blackburn for inviting me to talk to their members at their monthly meeting. (And for this unexpected thank you gift!).
The Beekeepers Club was of the loveliest group of beekeepers I've ever met! I'm so grateful for the opportunity. 🥰 Thank you!
Jack from @beeonethird making his honey dance on d Jack from @beeonethird making his honey dance on day 1 of @mouldcheese festival. 🕺🏻🤖🍯🐝
A sign of great things to come for legendary beeke A sign of great things to come for legendary beekeeper John Winkles, or is his dog Koda just looking for a pot of gold? 
Either way, it was awesome to catch up with John down at @purepeninsulahoney this afternoon while topping up my honey supplies for my upcoming Intermediate Honey Tasting course.
Thank you Pure Peninsula for making some of my favourite honeys and John for sharing his time and ideas.
#beekeeper #beekeeping #morningtonpeninsula #honey #honeysommelier #australianbeekeeping #australianhoneysommelier #australianhoney #rainbow #farmers #australianfarmers #purepeninsulahoney
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I would love to host honey tastings, write up notes or work with you on pairing and honey selection. Contact me directly for any inquiries. queenbee@honeymerchant.com.au

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