It took a woman of action to resurrect Victoria's boutique cultured butter

摘要

Becoming a poster girl for Victoria's cultured butter wasn't part of Naomi Ingleton's plan. She just wanted to run a cafe. But her customers - and the media - had other plans. In April 2007, the Myrtleford Butter Factory was given a new lease on life.Granted, it was no longer making butter, but there was great coffee, good food and even an art gallery, right where the butter churns used to stand back in the day. Running the show was Naomi Ingleton, a chef who moved to the country with her partner David looking for a bit of peace and quiet. Their timing wasn't perfect. "Between last year and when we opened, we had bushfires, we had floods, we had petrol price spikes and the global financial crisis," Naomi said. "We knew we couldn't just rely on tourists coming through the door to support us. We needed to come up with an idea.