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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, whether it’s an epic brunch, tributes to the humble dimmie or big-name chef dinners. Plus, helpful Melbourne intel, including hotels to book and the best cafes, restaurants and pubs to visit while you’re in town.

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Richard Hart likes to break rules with his baking.

‘The world’s best baker’ is bringing his rule-breaking baking to Melbourne

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

From budget to blow-out: Our pick of this month’s MF&W program

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

‘They’re restaurant royalty’: Trailblazing London eatery one of the festival headliners

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

The dimmie is Melbourne’s most famous dish, and is being celebrated at a free MF&W event

  • Emma Breheny
Motokichi Yukimura of Kyoto’s Kichi Kichi

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

  • Myffy Rigby
Chef Nick Deligiannis helms signature restaurant Mid Air.

Travelling to Melbourne for the festival? This new hotel is different from the rest

  • Julietta Jameson
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This year’s World’s Longest Lunch is designed by Melbourne-born chef Curtis Stone.

Julia, Curtis and St John: Tickets are on sale for the 2025 MF&W festival

  • Emma Breheny
Introduce visitors to the American Doughnut Kitchen, then explain it’s not actually American.

I’m coming to Melbourne for the week. Where should I eat? The critic’s top picks for visitors

  • Besha Rodell
Chef of the Year Jung Eun Chae.

While in town, here is the complete list of the winners from the 2025 Age Good Food Guide Awards

Emils’ Turkish eggs with sujuk sausage and simit bread.

Melbourne’s top 30 cafes to visit right now

  • Dani Valent
The Albion Hotel pours mostly Bodriggy beers.

Looking for a festival nightcap? These are Melbourne’s 20 best pubs

  • Daniela Frangos and Jay Clough
The Age Good Food Guide 2025 Critics’ Picks.

20 Melbourne restaurants you’ll find Good Food Guide critics dining in their downtime

  • Emma Breheny and Good Food Guide reviewers
Melbourne Food & Wine Festival is taking over the city for 10 days in March.

ICYMI here’s how the 2024 Melbourne Food & Wine Festival went down

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Divine Hotpot restaurant in Footscray.
  • Review

Hot pot meets sushi train for a new style of DIY dining

We’ve got sushi and cheese trains, but Divine Hotpot’s track boasts 50 trays of ingredients ready for DIY dipping.

Arnold’s wine bar in Kensington, complete with disco ball.
  • Review

This local wine bar stands out from the crowd with its blue drink and Mexican-ish food

Melbourne has plenty of neighbourhood wine bars, but not many have Arnold’s creativity and heart.

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Inside Thai restaurant and Asian grocer, Thoong Thong.
  • Review

This Thai takeaway tucked inside an Asian grocer is Thai Airways cabin crew-approved

Eddie Goosag’s food at suburban gem Thoong Thong is light, bright and fresh with dancing flavours.

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