Baker’s Dozen

Melbourne Food & Wine Festival 2026 hits a celebratory high note for the final weekend of March, taking to the beating heart of downtown Melbourne, Fed Square, for two days of free-to-attend, flavour-packed action.

Rising from the ovens of the state’s most extraordinary bakeries, Baker’s Dozen, presented by McKenzie’s, returns for a fourth year. And like a sourdough loaf growing high in a Scotch oven, in 2026, we’re expanding everyone’s favourite celebration of caking and baking – we’ve got way more bakers, plus some fantastic guests from interstate and overseas. 

It wouldn’t be autumn, meanwhile, without hot cross buns, and you’ll find every bun worth its butter at the Hot Cross Bun Bar, presented by Western Star. Gone are the days of fruit versus fruitless – at the Bun Bar, you’ll have the chance to try four different bakers’ takes on the classic, with Bread Club, Falco, Loafer all coming to the party, hot and cross. Would you like us to assign someone to butter your bun? Leave it to the Butter Butlers, suited, booted condiment concierges that live to spread. Now that’s what we call cultured butter. 

And all the while, Melbourne’s favourite food and drink personalities will be holding it down on the Festival Stage, presented by McKenzie’s. There’ll be demonstrations, there’ll be entertainment, there’ll be giveaways galore and there will be a whole lot of homegrown good times. 
 
It’s on from 10am to 3pm Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 March. See you at Fed Square for this epic final weekend of the 2026 Festival.