Melbourne Food and Wine Festival
Star Italian chef Sarah Cicolini spills the secret to making classic carbonara even better
Four easy tips (and one great recipe) to raise your carbonara game. And no, there is no cream to be seen.
- Roslyn Grundy
The hot new (and upcoming) Indian restaurants you need to know about right now
A wave of young chefs is transforming the city’s Indian dining landscape. We find out why, and reveal the best places to try it.
- Tomas Telegramma
Ten events under $50: How to do Melbourne Food & Wine Festival on a budget
Soak up the festival vibes for less at a shawarma party, an all-star snag sizzle, and an old-school diner with new-school tricks.
- Tomas Telegramma
A late-booker’s guide to Melbourne Food & Wine Festival
A porchetta party, a Filipino-Laotian feast and a floating fiesta with unlimited tacos.
- Tomas Telegramma
The secret to making the perfect margherita pizza (leopard spots ’n all)
I’ve been an amateur pizzaiola for 15 years, but the perfect crust has eluded me. Can a margherita masterclass change my (leopard) spots?
- Ardyn Bernoth
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Everything you need to know about the 2024 Melbourne Food & Wine Festival
With more than 400 events across 10 days, it’s officially the festival’s biggest program in years.
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Good Food’s picks of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival program
With a whopping 400 events on this year’s program, it’s hard to know which pop-up restaurant or one-off chef collaboration to prioritise. This guide will help.
- Good Food team
Star chef-restaurateur Andrew McConnell to headline next year’s Melbourne Food and Wine Festival
More than 25 global and interstate chefs are joining the event in March, plus “butter butlers”, fancy sausages and a hat-worthy American diner in Fed Square.
- Emma Breheny