It's nearly time to bib up, folks! Melbourne Food and Wine Festival (MFWF) has finally unveiled its exciting 2025 program and we're feeling hungry already.
The mega ten-day festival will return to the city on March 21 with all of your fave MFWF events (World's Longest Brunch in the Royal Botanic Gardens, anyone?), plus heaps of special activations, global chef appearances and collaborations, special one-off culinary creations and other unforgettable food and drink adventures. There's more than 200 events to choose from, so we recommend checking out the program now and filling in your calendar asap.
“We’re thrilled to be back in 2025 with a truly special program of events right across Melbourne and regional Victoria,” said Anthea Loucas Bosha, CEO of Food and Drink Victoria.
“Melbourne’s very own Curtis Stone is headlining the World’s Longest Lunch presented by La Trobe Financial, and one of our country’s most successful cookbook authors, Julia Busuttil Nishmura, is taking charge on World’s Longest Brunch, which has been reinvented for 2025, and that’s just the opening weekend."
The Special Events Program in 2025 (presented by Square) will see more than 175 events sweep across Victoria with tons of regional action and fun workshops featuring hat-making and winemaking, hands-on tattoo education (with sliders and drinks, of course!) and extraordinary one-off evenings featuring some of the nation's brightest culinary talents. There'll even be a rooftop chocolate garden at the MCG!
Other highlights of the program include the Global Dining Series, which brings some of the world's most exciting chefs right now to our shores. London’s iconic restaurant Brat will be making its very first Australian appearance with chef Tomos Parry stepping into the kitchen at Cutler, while Daniel Clavert from Sezanne (currently ranked number one in Asia's 50 Best Restaurants) is joining Brae's Dan Hunter for two incredible services.
Keen to see what else is in store for 2025? Head to the MFWF website to check out the program now.
Tickets for the 2025 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival will go on sale 10am Thursday, November 28 to the general public, with a pre-sale from 10am on Monday, November 25 for subscribers. The 2025 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival runs from March 21 to 30. For full details and all ticket sales visit the website.
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