Melbourne Food and Wine Festival

• Baking

Going to Sydney’s Cake Picnic? This is how to transport a cake so it arrives in one piece

Expert bakers, including Katherine Sabbath and Emelia Jackson, share their pro tips to make the journey as smooth as your buttercream.

• Annabel Smith

• Greek

‘No cake, no entry’: The world-famous Cake Picnic is coming to town, with 1600 invited

It’s making its southern hemisphere debut at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, which also includes events with local favourites Iain “Huey” Hewitson and Helen Goh.

• Tomas Telegramma

• Best of

Five Melbourne food and drink gurus share their top spots to eat, shop and travel

A celebrated brewer, owners of a cookbook shop, a star waiter, a TV presenter and a thrilling young chef open their little black books.

• Emma Breheny

• The Empty Plate

Want to try new foods? Do like me and make your own food festival

This way you can abandon the bamboo spoon and queues for the loo and actually sit in a seat.

• Terry Durack

• Bakeries

‘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

• Best of

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

• Collection
• Hot & new

Your March hit list: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out this month

Greek and Lebanese brunches, Southeast Asian and South Indian suburban gems, plus our top picks of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival program.

• Coming soon

‘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

• Cheap eats

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

• Best of

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