All around the world Australia is renowned for its food and wine
culture, which is why each year our country celebrates by hosting some
fabulous food and drink festivals. All year, throughout Australia’s
major cities, you’ll find a huge range of culinary events. Below are six
of the best:
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival
Aussies have enjoyed this famous festival for over 20 years, which
fills Melbourne’s labyrinth of laneways, restaurants, riverbanks,
rooftop venues and deep into the wine country. Every year in March, more
than 250 events capture the attention of food and wine lovers in the
thousands. Award winning chefs and winemakers join producers and
artisans at stalls, markets, master classes and food and wine tastings.
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Taste of Sydney
Celebrating Sydney’s diverse restaurant and food scene, the ‘Taste of
Sydney’ festival takes place every year in March and transforms
Sydney’s Centennial Park into one of the world’s largest outdoor
restaurants. For four days, the festival will see some of Sydney’s
finest restaurants craft special menus for the event and will also
feature cooking demonstrations, live entertainment and over 100 artisan
producers.
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Tasmania’s Taste Festival
Held over the New Year period on Hobart’s waterfront, the annual
‘Tasmania Taste Festival’ consists of eight days and seven nights of
eating, drinking and entertainment. Not only is there a New Year’s Eve
party, there are over 70 food stalls showcasing the best of Tasmanian
produce and plenty of performances from daring aerial acts to singers
and comedians. According to the Commonwealth Bank,
the most recent festival welcomed a crowd of 300,000 people, extremely
significant when considering the population of Tasmania is 513,012
people.
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Good Food Month
Australia’s largest food festival, ‘Good Food Month’ takes
place during the months of October and November in Sydney, Canberra,
Melbourne and Brisbane. The month-long celebration welcomes a line up of
amazing chefs and leading food experts to show off their skills at top
restaurants, street festivals, farmers markets and fine-dining
banquets. Food lovers flock to this exciting event that celebrates all
of the culinary delights Australia has to offer.
Margaret River Gourmet Escape
Held in November, this prestigious four day event, not only attracts
some of the world’s best international and Australian chefs but consists
of master classes, beach barbecues, wine tastings, live Q and A’s and
live music, all set amongst the beautiful beaches and rolling vineyards
of the Margaret River Wine Region. According to Perth Now, last year’s festival included the likes of Heston Blumenthal, Sat Bains and Rick Stein.
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Kangaroo Island FEASTival
The weeklong ‘FEASTival’ event, held in April, celebrates Kangaroo
Island’s rich culinary culture with a range of events including seafood
barbecues, campfire cooking and exclusive dinners with celebrity chefs.
This also gives visitors to the island the chance to go behind the
scenes and meet some of the producers behind the organically grown
produce and taste some of the fresh seafood, meats, cheeses and wines
for which the region is famous for. You will be surprised with the
variety of Kangaroo Island holiday accommodation on offer for your stay during the FEASTival.
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