Summer Food Festivals in Melbourne

If you love tasting extraordinary and fancy styles of food and drinks, you should definitely go to Melbourne this summer. There are some huge food festivals coming up, that will give you the opportunity to taste a variety of exotic flavours from across the world.

Do you want to get to know these delicious cuisines in a folksy atmosphere? Then check out the article below and see what’s going on in Melbourne.

1. The Age Good Food Month

The Age Good Food Month in Melbourne, which is taking place every day from the 1th till the 30th of November, presents a bumper program of culinary enjoyments celebrating Victoria’s world-class food and drinking scene.

Choose from beers and rare-breed meats by the river at The General Assembly at South Wharf, Meatmother’s hot chicken challenge, Thai Beach BBQ at Red Spice Road and the food truck barbecue cook-off at the Testing Grounds in Southbank. Presented by citi, Good Food Month has every meal of the day covered with breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert – most of them under $30.

In its second year, Good Food Month is back with a line-up of culinary greats, including chef and restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi, Italy’s biggest skinny Italian chef Massimo Bottura, and the woman who put a kitchen garden in The White House, Alice Waters.

Besides this, there are also some local stars such as The Age Good Food Guide Chef of the Year Andrew McConnell, Melbourne’s favourite son Shannon Bennett of Vue de Monde, and rising challengers like Dave Verheul of The Town Mouse. Lately, they are all part of the action-packed program of more than 350 events.

Find out more about the Age Good Food Month.

2. Summer Night Market

Another good location to meet every Wednesday from 5-10pm during summertime is the Queen Victoria Market's Summer Night Market. More than just a market, it also provides a platform for designers, artists, musicians and foodies to showcase their talents at one of Melbourne's most popular summer events.

The Night Market offers one of Melbourne's most impressive food line-ups, with over 60 foodies serving up street food from across the globe. Set beneath the historic sheds, you will also find limited edition pieces ranging from jewellery, fashion and accessories to homewares, ceramics and prints. Running every Wednesday night from 5th of November until 25th of March 2015, you'll find a little bit of everything at this Melbourne mid-week event.

Find out more about the Summer Night Market.

3. Beer Deluxe International Food Garden

Starting every Wednesday at 5pm, the Beer Deluxe Food Garden is a weekly event full of folksy atmosphere and delicious food stalls offering international styles of food, live music, lights and beer. Talking place from the 22th of October till the 28th of January, you can choose from Beer Deluxe's huge range of 250 different bottled beers and 17 rotating taps including local and international beers of all styles and flavours. Furthermore, Beer Deluxe sells its very own Spanish paella, duck sliders with Asian slaw and mini American super dogs. In addition to that, there is also a chance to win an STA travel voucher to the value of $500 at the 17th of December.

Find out more about the Beer Deluxe International Food Garden.

 

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