Melbourne Meals and Wine Pageant 2023 brings the enjoyable and the flavours

Melbourne Meals and Wine Pageant has simply launched its program for 2023 with a give attention to enjoyable and accessible experiences at Federation Sq., plus a slew of high-profile friends jetting in from abroad. Curtis Stone will carry his lauded Los Angeles restaurant Gwen to Melbourne for the primary time, and Yoshihiro Imai from Monk in Kyoto (you may need seen him in the latest season of Chef’s Desk on Netflix) will prepare dinner at Embla.

The ten-day pageant culminates in a weekend showcase at Federation Sq. from March 31 to April 2.

“It is a low-cost family-friendly program so individuals can come down and be a part of the enjoyable,” says CEO Anthea Loucas-Bosha. “One spotlight might be Movie star Sausage, the place we have invited cool celebs like Chrissie Swan, Virginia Trioli, comic Rhys Nicholson and footballer Christian Petracca to design their very own sausage.”

Baker’s Dozen celebrates 13 of Melbourne’s dough grandees in an open air market that features gluten-free baked items.

“If you happen to’re eager to settle in, the Pageant Bar overlooks the town and Yarra and has stunning Center Jap meals from Tom Sarafian and nice drinks from the blokes at Caretaker’s Cottage,” says Loucas-Bosha.

The Handy Retailer was a success at pageant 2022; it is again throughout the pageant at Fed Sq. promoting takeaway snacks and produce from a few of the metropolis’s most proficient meals individuals, together with sandwiches from vegan game-changer Shannon Martinez and Lee Ho Fook’s Victor Liong.

Pageant favorite Crawl and Chunk returns with progressive dinner events in suburbs together with Thornbury and South Melbourne, whereas Westside Wanders walks flavour trails within the west.

Particular occasions embrace Robata’s tribute to the meals present in Studio Ghibli movies, a cooking class with Enter By way of Laundry’s Helly Raichura, and Cheese-a-palooza, a night dairy deep dive with Prahran Market’s Maker & Monger.

“We’re actually excited we’re again to full power with 150 occasions round city,” says Loucas-Bosha. “It is thrilling to showcase the breadth and depth of our meals experiences throughout the town.”

The 2023 Melbourne Meals & Wine Pageant runs from March 24 to April 2.

Tickets go on sale to pageant subscribers on January 31 and to the general public on February 3 at mfwf.com.au.