Peasants Paradice handout photo. Picture:Duncan Wright

Five WA food and drink events to put into your autumn calendar

Including a new format for a much-loved regional food festival,celebrating African culture,plus a high-powered Australian fine diner heads west for one night only.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
The Ester Spirits x Aplenty Viva Pomodoro! Tomato Party is a one-day celebration of the long lunch.

Chef takeovers,restaurant pop-ups,unusual locales – food festivals worth travelling for

Including dinners hosted by Nigella Lawson in a tunnel,a wine party in a kooky Italian piazza,and pasta making in an inner-west distillery.

  • Erina Starkey
Potato bolani at Afghan Bolani comes with many different choices of sauce.

What to eat at Melbourne’s booming new Ramadan night market

This Dandenong market wants to match the roaring success of its Sydney equivalent. Find camel burgers,Persian stews and loaded Malaysian pancakes,many under $20.

  • Quincy Malesovas
Richard Hart likes to break rules with his baking.

‘The world’s best baker’ brings his rule-breaking baked goods to Melbourne

The former head baker of San Francisco’s Tartine,Richard Hart,is giving Melburnians a taste of his famous pastries and breads at a week-long pop-up.

  • Emma Breheny
Dim sims get a cheffy makeover at Dim City.

From budget to blow-out:Our pick of this month’s Melbourne Food and Wine Festival

Free tacos,pie parties with DJs,wine bar crawls by tram and more:get ready for a tasty 10 days with this guide to what’s on at the festival,kicking off March 21st.

  • Good Food team
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St John’s first restaurant in Smithfield is known for its stark and understated dining room.

‘They’re restaurant royalty’:Trailblazing London eatery coming to Melbourne

Chefs love it – but so do artists,bankers and everyone in between. It has created dozens of iconic dishes. What’s in store when this decades-old favourite comes to town?

  • Emma Breheny
The dim sim:created in Melbourne,now loved all over Australia.

Is the Melbourne-invented dim sim Australia’s greatest snack?

The dim sim is this city’s most famous dish,and next month it’s being celebrated at a free event. But these will be like nothing you’ve had before.

  • Emma Breheny
Motokichi Yukimura of Kyoto’s Kichi Kichi

How to nail the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival if you’re from interstate

From free tacos to cult wine,an Indian feast in the mountains and a famous British restaurant,this is a guide to the country’s most exciting food festival.

  • Myffy Rigby
Chef Martin Benn with Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s work Dancing Pumpkin at NGV International.

‘I’m back,baby’:Top chef Martin Benn returns to Melbourne for art-inspired kitchen residency

Expect dishes influenced by artist Yayoi Kusama’s polka dots and dancing pumpkins during the chef’s eight-week stint at NGV Garden Restaurant.

  • Paul Best
Julia Busuttil Nishimura will prepare the World’s Longest Brunch in the Royal Botanic Gardens.

Everything you need to know about the 2025 Melbourne Food&Wine Festival

Australia’s preeminent food and drink event runs March 21-30,featuring fabulous food across Victoria.