A SOUTH Albury food store and delicatessen has taken its chef-prepared meals online amid the coronavirus crisis.
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Ebden & Olive joined food ordering platform Cookaborough last week.
Ebden & Olive co-owners Steve Carne and Jodie Jones (formerly Broadgauge and SourceDining) said it was a natural extension of their business.
Jones said they started Ebden & Olive with the aim of being purveyors of fine foods and take-home goodness.
"Over the past four years we've loved creating prepared meals and seeing our regulars come in for coffee and a chat, and go home with a meal for the night," she said.
"However, current conditions mean it's not so easy for you to visit us - but if there's one thing a career in hospitality has taught us, it is that good food always makes any occasion better - even if it's a 'night in' at home."
Having established Ebden & Olive mid-2015, Mr Carne said they would offer their popular meal staples online as well as some new dishes on a weekly menu.
Mr Carne said the menu would reflect seasonal produce and homegrown favourites.
"We will offer the chickpea and cauliflower curry and the meatballs and the like in a four-weekly, rotating menu but we'll also offer some online-only items," he said.
"This week we've got lamb wellingtons, which have been really popular in the ordering."
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Jones said they generally had 15 to 20 options - such as pies, soups and tarts - available in the store from Tuesday to Saturday.
"Our food is all made on the premises, there are no additives or preservatives and it's all prepared artisan-style, not mass produced," she said.
Mr Carne said the online menu also featured a few side dishes, popular house-made pasta sauces and some pantry staples.
He said they offered Nord Bakery Sourdough Loaf, Milawa Organic Eggs, Ebden & Olive coffee beans and Milk Lab Almond Milk.
"People who are still working are finding it harder to get to the shops so we've added a few essentials," he said.
"Almond milk can be hard to find anywhere and it's good to start the weekend off with Nord sourdough."
This week's online menu closes on Wednesday at noon for Friday pick-up or delivery.
Highlights are Braised Beef Cheek in Red Wine, Duck and Chestnut Cassoulet and Dan Dan Noodle.
Orders can be delivered within 15 kilometres of South Albury.
Ebden & Olive's store is still open to the public from Tuesday to Friday, 7am to 3pm and Saturday 7am to noon.
Details:
Ebden & Olive,
338 Olive Street, South Albury
Phone: (02) 6023 4567
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