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A Focus on Melbourne Events
Visit Melbourne in March and you will find every nook of our tasty city housing a unique event in celebration of the Festival.
From whirling fiestas, long lunches and leisurely dinners in our labyrinthine network of laneways, to cocktails and canapés on our giddying rooftops.
The chefs of Melbourne’s prized restaurants get carried away with Festival fever. Discover how Cumulus Inc., MoVida Next Door, Jacques Reymond and dozens more are joining in the festivities.
Roman Block Party
Robert Marchetti and Maurizio Terzini's Roman Block Party is returning to Giuseppe Arnaldo & Sons - a little bit of Rome in the heart of Melbourne. They will be joining forces with Neil Perry (Rockpool Bar & Grill), Shinichi Maeda (Wasabi), Anthony Liu (Flower Drum) and Josh Emett (Maze by Gordon Ramsey) to provide a night of good food, good drinks, good music and good times.
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Langham Melbourne MasterClass
The future of food comes to Melbourne for the best foodie experience on earth. 25 of the globe’s trailblazing chefs and winemakers are scheduled to appear at Langham Melbourne MasterClass, Miele Hands-on MasterClasses as well as gastronomic feasts and wine dinners in Melbourne’s best restaurants.View event >
Acqua Panna Global Wine Experience
Obsessed with wine and wine culture? Discuss, debate, taste and learn with a world-class panel, at the Acqua Panna Global Wine Experience.View event >
Gala Dinner
Ahead of the MasterClass weekend, a selection of Stars of America chefs will feature at the Festival’s gala event, held at Prahran Market. View event >
Hawkers' Market
Crashing woks, nose-tickling spices, clacking bowls, hissing sizzles. Let your senses be beckoned as the sounds and aromas of Asia rise and float over Melbourne.
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Theatre of Ideas
It’s food for the brain, a rare insight into two of the world’s most controversial chefs and how they create the food that the world is talking about. Includes a drink and a nibble after final session.
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World's Longest Lunch
A Festival classic and ever a hot-ticket event, World’s Longest Lunch will this year takeover Chinatown’s Little Bourke Street for a lesson in Melbourne’s Chinese migrant history (with a major in dumpling deliciousness).View event >
Miele Hands-On MasterClass
We know we learn more when we are actively involved; so MasterClass grows this year with the introduction of three-hour hands-on sessions, just off-campus at the elegant Miele Gallery. Classes are limited to 12 for maximum involvement. Come and celebrate the natural, tactile, sensual and satisfying joy of producing good food by hand. Classes include the lesson and a shared table dining session with your selected chef.
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