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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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🐝💛 support local bees.. 💛🐝 .. especial 🐝💛 support local bees.. 💛🐝
.. especially when you're travelling. You never know what amazing honey flavours you'll discover! 😜🍯🌴
Amazing group of students for the Asian Apiculture Amazing group of students for the Asian Apiculture Association Conference masterclass today. Thank you, Liz, Christine, and the BICWA team for inviting me over to Fremantle for the conference. 
It was such a lovely surprise to see fellow Aussie Honey Somms @buzzhoney and @humhoneysunshinecoast in person for the first time!!! 
It was also a fantastic opportunity to judge the outstanding entrants in the conference's honey competition. A well-deserved win to some of the Australian winners. @purepeninsulahoney @honeyforlifeaus @forestfreshhoney
It was a pleasure judging some of Victoria's fines It was a pleasure judging some of Victoria's finest honeys last week at the VAA Conference in Wonthaggi. It was even more of a pleasure to spend time with the lovely memeber of the VAA team like Angelique, Ross, Rob, Ian, Ken, and Don. Thank you for having me! 🍯🐝💛
Thank you to the wonderful people of Melbourne who Thank you to the wonderful people of Melbourne who shared their Saturday afternoon last month for an early World Bee Day 2024 honey tasting masterclass. 
A special thanks to the team at Luxsmith for the delicious food and drinks to accompany the selection of Australian honeys.
#honeysommelier #honey #honeytasting #australianhoneysommelier #australianhoney #food #footscray #seddon #yarraville #melbourne
Today, we're celebrating the collective effort of Today, we're celebrating the collective effort of countless bees around the world. Not just for making their delicious honey. Without their tireless pollination work, chances are, we wouldn't be here.
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I also want to take this opportunity to thank some of the lovely people I've worked with over the past year. I could only tag 20, so apologies to the many, many more friends and supporters who've helped me teach  everyone that honey is so much more than just 'sweet' and to support local bees, and beekeepers.
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Strap yourselves in for another incredible 12 months of honey adventures!!! 🐝🍯💛
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#honeysommelier #honeyjudge #honey #bees #beekeepers #australianhoney #australianhoneysommelier #worldbeeday #worldbeeday2024
Come and play with the sweet, sticky stuff with me Come and play with the sweet, sticky stuff with me this weekend for my first ever Melbourne masterclass!
Bring your family and friends to learn something new. You'll never look at a yellow squeezy bottle the same way again. 😋
Tickets $60, including:
🍯All honey and course materials. 
🥢The lovely people at Lux are preparing some yummy honey themed bites for food pairing. 
🍷Finish your afternoon off (or start your night early) with a complimentary drink in the Luxsmith Bar afterwards.
Visit the Luxsmith website for more information or to buy tickets.
Luxsmith.com.au/honey
When Sydney comes to Melbourne 🐝🍯 @rooftopbe When Sydney comes to Melbourne 🐝🍯
@rooftopbees, Ren, it was great to meet you in person FINALLY!! Come back soon (for longer please). 😋
There's no better way to celebrate Honey Month tha There's no better way to celebrate Honey Month than by learning how to taste honey like an expert.

3:30 - 5 pm
Sat 18th May
Upstairs @ Luxsmith Seddon

$60 per person 

Masterclass, course materials, chef made honey themed bites from @luxsmith_seddon a drink in the Lux wine bar included.

Come along with your friends and family (kids can taste honey too) or give a very special gift to the mum who has everything, loves food, cooking, or bees.

What better way to learn a new skill or just kick off your Saturday night in style.

Bookings essential via the Luxsmith website.

www.luxsmith.com.au/honey

I can't wait to see you there!

Jess x
It's taken me this long to share a few pics from o It's taken me this long to share a few pics from our mammoth judging session at the #sydneyroyaleastershow last week.
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Thank you to all the wonderful judges and stewards amd behind the scenes team who helped us get through 620 entries. Special thanks to the 3 amigos Bruce, Arthur, and Wayne, and of course, one of my honey besties, Verity. It was so nice to meet Ali from @sapphire_beach_honey in person, too!!! 💛🍯🐝
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The quality of all entries was incredible. A huge, well-deserved congratulations to our grand champions, Fran & the team at @thehoneybarnhq  for their champion liquid honey, and the @rooftopbees team for one of the most perfect honeycomb frames I have ever seen!
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#honeysommelier #honeyjudge #honey #australianhoney #australianhoneysommelier #sydneyroyaleastershow #honeytasting
INCORRECT POST DATE!!! It should read 20th, not 22 INCORRECT POST DATE!!! It should read 20th, not 22nd. That'll teach me for staying up until 2am posting content! 🫣
TONIGHT'S the night!!!!! (20th March)
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Join Ash and I down at The Vic for a dinner and honey tasting like you've never experienced before.
The last remaining tickets are available through the Melbourne Food And Wine Festival website.
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https://www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au/events/oh-honey-honey-a-hive-to-plate-dinner/
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#mfw24 #melbournefoodandwine #honeysommelier #honeydinner #australianhoneysommelier #australianhoney #footscray #honey #melbournefoodie
Mary and Henry!! 💛 They're literally my most lo Mary and Henry!! 💛 They're literally my most local honey producers. I first stumbled across their small business thanks to a write-up in our local @stonningtoncitycouncil newspaper. A week later, Mary reached out to say hi on my socials, and now I often catch up with them for a coffee around the corner at the @prahranmarket - where some of their bees live on the market roof! I have a big soft spot for these two local legends. 🍯🐝
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This gorgeous couple bought their business from retiring beekeepers nearly 5 years ago. They (& their Cavoodle) now have more than 250 hives across Victoria and employ a passionate team of incredible humans to help them, and their bees produce these delicious ultra-local urban honeys.
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Mary and Henry will both be attending our honey dinner tomorrow night. If you're coming to join us, there's not many other people who would be better placed to answer any questions about bees, beekeeping, or pollinators. 
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#mfwf #mfw24 #honeysommelier #honey #australianhoney #localhoney #victorianhoney #melbournehoney
I loved Mike's honey so much when I first tasted i I loved Mike's honey so much when I first tasted it that I chose it to feature as my wedding favours last year. Apart from bringing the connection to Qld, the state I spent my childhood growing up in, the flavours took me back to childhood sweets and sunshine-y fruits.
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Mike's homemade promo ads for his new venture, a sister brand for Hive and Harvest called 'Honey Boys' should (in my opinion) win an award at the next Cannes Film Festival. They always make me giggle.
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This honey was an easy choice to present to @chefashleydavis and see what magic he could make with it. It really is delicious and makes me smile, nearly as much as his 'Honey Boys' do. 
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#honeysommelier #honey #australianhoneysommelier #australianhoney #queensland #queenslandhoney #mfw24 #mfw
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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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