Melbourne Food & Wine Festival, Melbourne

Photo: Daniel Mahon

When: Friday- Sunday, February 27- March 15, 2015

Hot Spot: Melbourne, Australia

Deets: A pop-up artisan bakery rising daily in the heart of the city, a long lunch for 1,500 weaving through a leafy urban oasis, a rollicking ‘low and slow’ barbecue opening party, and a global discussion on the future of food - just some of the unique ways Melbourne’s vibrant culinary spirit will be celebrated from 27 February to 15 March 2015. 

Melbourne Food and Wine Festival (MFWF) presented by Bank of Melbourne will take a journey to new frontiers of flavour in some of Victoria’s most spectacular settings: from famous dining spots to unexpected venues, rooftop bars to hidden cellars, plus extraordinary locations across regional Victoria; it’s a ticket to what food and wine in Melbourne is all about. 

Artisan bread will be the rising star of MFWF’s pop-up hub for 2015: Festival Artisan Bakery and Bar. Transforming the blank canvas of Queensbridge Square for the fourth year with a creative one-off project, MFWF will construct a working bakery, workshop space, and wine, brews and coffee bar spreading the tempting aromas of freshly baked bread into the heart of Melbourne from day to night. In addition to a daily program of Australia’s most celebrated bakers, two international guests will share their skills with Melbourne: Justin Gellatly from state-of-the-art bakery and baking school Bread Ahead in London, and Éric Kayser, a fourth generation master baker from Paris with more than 80 Maison Kayser locations worldwide. 

Pioneering chef and author Dan Barber (Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns, New York, USA) visits Australia for the first time to present at Theatre of Ideas: In Conversation with Dan Barber on 6 March at National Gallery of Victoria for his only Melbourne appearance. A must-attend event for anyone with an interest in food and sustainability, Dan will share insights from his 10-year journey of writing The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food. Tickets to this one-off event are on sale now in a special pre-program release. 

International trailblazers will converge on Melbourne throughout the Festival to bring their signature tastes and techniques for off-the-charts dining experiences. Pitmaster Rodney Scott from South Carolina’s Scott’s Bar-B-Que will celebrate the ‘low and slow’ fever at the Festival’s official opening party with Rockwell and Sons (27 February). St Kilda’s Newmarket will welcome Eric Werner (Hartwood, Mexico) and his primal approach to open-fire cooking from the Yucatan jungle on 1 March. And on 14 March, multi award-winning chef Simon Rogan (L’Enclume, UK) pays tribute to the edible wonders of the Australian landscape at The Royal Mail Hotel (Grampians). 

Who You May Spot: Dan Barber, Justin Gellatly, Eric Kayser, Eric Werner, Simon Rogan, and many other well-known chefs


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