# Special Events

We want to share the elegant private dining room at the Cafè Bienni flagship restaurant with you! Set in a unique, historic building in Bondi, our private dining room is available to host your corporate events, parties, weddings, and more.

Our special events manager, sommelier, and executive chef will work with you to make sure your special event is truly special. We offer multiple menu options, or we can customize a menu for you. In keeping with the award-winning cuisine and exceptional service you expect, we provide place cards, personally printed menus, and candles. We are also happy to help you arrange other services.

## Take a Closer Look

Our unique setting, highly personalized service, and memorable dining are the perfect combination for your special event! Please contact us for more information!

Our private dining room provides a warm, intimate setting for your event. We can accommodate 60 seated guests for dinner or up to 100 guests for a standing reception.

## Our Special Event Menu

We've modified our normal menu for your special events. Below are the items you can choose for your event.

### Entree

- Roasted Tomato Soup - served with your choice of:
  - goat cheese
  - provolone
  - appenzella
- Summer Salad - organic butter lettuce with apples, blood oranges, and gorgonzola, tossed with raspberry vinaigrette.
- Crispy Flatbread - topped with asiago, prosciutto, and rocket.

### Main Course

- Pancetta-wrapped Sea Scallops - drizzled with tarragon puree. Served with baked cauliflower au gratin in a tangy Gruyere sauce.
- Cavatappi Pasta with Spicy Chickpea Sauce - tossed with grilled eggplant, green olives, and sun dried tomatoes. Topped with Mediterranean feta.
- Lasagna Bolognese - house-made pasta between layers of slow-cooked pork and beef Bolognese sauce. Served with organic asparagus.

Last Updated: March 28, 2009

# News and Views

We've received so much favourable feedback about Chef Steven Bienni's first three DVDs that we are pleased to announce the release of a fourth DVD. This time Chef Bienni is concentrating on some of his most popular recipes, which many of you have enjoyed again and again at Cafe Bienni. Now you have the opportunity to see and hear how those dishes are prepared.

In addition, to the Bonus features which include techniques such as peeling and deveining shrimp and cutting up a rack of lamb, the DVD includes a revealing 15-minute bonus interview where Chef Bienni talks about his humble beginnings, his years at the Culinary Institute of Milan and his culinary interests. He also reveals his favourite red and white wines.

Learn more about the DVD.