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Everything you need to know about the 2024 Melbourne Food & Wine Festival

Australia’s preeminent food and drink event runs March 15-24. It’s officially the festival’s biggest program in years, with more than 400 events across 10 days, including free events, collab dinners between local talent and big-name international chefs, and life-changing pasta by a Roman master. The Fed Square festival hub returns, along with a nostalgic Pizza Hut-style spectacular, the World’s Longest Brunch and Lunch and lots more.

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Ricos Tacos and El Primo Sanchez will serve tacos and tequila on the Yarra.

A late-booker’s guide to Melbourne Food & Wine Festival

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Melbourne celebrities will be sharing their fantasy sausage sangers at Fed Square.

Ten events under $50: How to do Melbourne Food & Wine Festival on a budget

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Daniel Wilson, Daniel Docherty and Daniel Puskas at the launch of Dan’s Diner at Federation Square.

The new wave of casual eateries giving the American diner an Aussie accent

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Pizza making at Flglia

The secret to making the perfect margherita pizza (leopard spots ’n all)

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Pasta carbonara from Sarah Cicolini, a young gun chef from Santo Palato in Rome.

Star Italian chef Sarah Cicolini spills the secret to making classic carbonara even better

  • Roslyn Grundy
Fish nadan, a crowd favourite from the Rochester Hotel.

The hot new (and upcoming) Indian restaurants you need to know about right now

  • Tomas Telegramma
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Publique Bakery owner Sung Kim at the CBD shop.

Eight of Melbourne’s new-wave bakeries worth spending your dough on

  • Emma Breheny
Melbourne Food & Wine Festival’s full program is now available, with more than 400 events.

Good Food’s picks of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival program

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Anthea Loucas Bosha, head of Food & Wine Victoria, has lunch at Marion Wine Bar.

The woman who shapes how Melbourne eats

  • Cara Waters
Local legend Andrew McConnell is cooking the World’s Longest Lunch.

Star chef-restaurateur Andrew McConnell is headlining the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival

  • Emma Breheny
The filling for Neil Perry’s curried egg sandwich is also delicious in a baguette.

Bread recipes from MFWF stars Baker Bleu

  • Mike Russell

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