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MFWF Legends

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Celebrating Melbourne Food & Wine Festival’s Legends Hall of Fame.

Launched in 1993, the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival Legends Hall of Fame pays tribute to the leaders, groundbreakers and visionaries of Victoria’s food, drink and hospitality industry. It’s a chance to stop and recognise the significant contribution these individuals have made over the course of their careers.

More than 190 Legends have been inducted into the Hall of Fame since the program began. The awards are peer-nominated, and to qualify, a Legend must have made a significant contribution to food or drink, and clocked at least 15 years in hospitality in Victoria.

Trailblazers, meanwhile, are Legends in the making who have broken new ground in food or drink, but might not yet have done so over quite so sustained a period of time.

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