Pav Queen News Today

Head down to the Abbotsford Convent on February 25 for the Prosecco Festival and sample some of the best quality bubbles as well as meet the creators.

Advertisement When Bill Tsigos heard that a woman wanted to convert his old Alphington butcher shop into a pavlova outlet, he was a little puzzled. Pavlova was not a dish he knew. As a butcher, T-bone steaks, mince, and his famous sausages were more his domain. Pleased to meat you: Nerida McPherson sells pavlovas out of Bill Tsigos’s former Alphington butcher shop. Credit:Scott McNaughton But Mr Tsigos, 86, a much-loved figure in this north-eastern Melbourne suburb - in 2018 The Age named hi...

Advertisement Nerida McPherson doesnt have a sweet tooth and had never made a pavlova until four months ago. Yet she has found an unlikely new career making the classic Australian dessert. Pandemic pivot: Nerida McPherson with pavlovas she has made for Christmas orders. Credit:Chris Hopkins While many of us are winding down, Ms McPherson, aka the Pav Queen, is whipping up a storm in a Collingwood kitchen, with 100 orders to fill this week before Christmas Day. She said if you had told her a yea...