Ten Minutes by Tractor | |
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Head chef | Hayden Ellis |
Street address | 1333 Mornington Flinders Road, Main Ridge, Victoria 3928, Australia |
Ten Minutes by Tractor is an Australian restaurant and winery in Main Ridge on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. [1] [2]
The dining room is described as "beautifully light-filled" with "vines and gum leaves framed like landscape paintings by large windows". [2] It has dark timber floors, linen-clothed tables, and moss-bench seats. Lorikeets can be seen outside the venue's windows. [1]
Dishes are set, with five courses plus a small number of appetisers. Dishes mentioned by Ben Groundwater in his Sydney Morning Herald review included salmon roe, bone marrow, salted butter, crisp-skinned duck breast, and lamingtons for desert. [2] Other dishes highlighted by reviewers include the fatty pork loin, crispy pig skin and trotter crumble, and the snapper tart. [1]
Wines include both the winery's own produce, as well as others from around Australia. [2]
The restaurant was built nearby three vineyards planted in 1999. The vineyards are 10 minutes tractor ride apart, from which the venue derives its name. [2]
In February 2018, a fire destroyed the tasting room, restaurant, and 16,000 bottles of wine in the cellar. [1] [2] It was later rebuilt.
The head chef is Hayden Ellis, who formerly worked at Vue de Monde in Melbourne, Australia and The Fat Duck in Berkshire, England. [1] The previous chef was Adam Sanderson.
In her review for the Herald Sun, food writer Kara Monssen wrote: "A celebration of provenance, produce and homegrown pleasures, I have no doubt Ten Minutes by Tractor will remain a jewel in the Peninsula's crown for many years to come", giving it a rating of 16.5/20. [1]