Melbourne Food & Wine Festival Hub 2023
Kicking off in March, MFWF brings 10 days of excitement and adventure to Fed Square, with big names, bold ideas and delicious drinks.
8am-8pm, 24 March-2 April | Swanston St Forecourt
A retail offer like no other, The Convenient Store stocks a keen-eyed edit of food and drink, showcasing the very best Victoria has to offer, from the mass-made to the deeply bespoke and everything in between.
Presented by 7-Eleven
12.30pm-5pm, 26 March | Taxi Kitchen
Wild-caught seafood has a new home this festival. Make for Fed Square’s Taxi Kitchen for an afternoon celebrating a hundred miles of superb Victorian fisheries: from the Mornington Peninsula to the Bellarine and the freshwater systems of the Goulburn River.
6pm-8.30pm & 7pm-9.30pm, 30 March | Hero, Victoria by Farmer's Daughters & Taxi Kitchen
Begin your tour of Fed Square at Hero, before making for Victoria by Farmer’s Daughters for something local, seasonal and certifiably delicious. Putting paid to a night of great flavour, the final stop is Taxi, an OG Fed Square restaurant with a banging new menu and an enviable rooftop view.
6.30pm, 30 March | Victoria by Farmer's Daughters
A celebration of the female force that drives the Victorian hospitality and wine industry. Victoria by Farmer’s Daughters’ group of talented female chefs, including Iman Mohamed, Daniela Martinez and Raina Kadar.
4pm-8pm 31 March, 11am-8pm 1 April & 11am-6pm 2 April | Western Terrace
The anchor for MFWF’s snacking and drinking at Fed Square this March and April, The Festival Bar sports food from Tom Sarafian, the former Bar Saracen chef turned hummus king, along with drinks designed by the crack cocktail team from Lonsdale Street sensation Caretaker’s Cottage.
10.30am until sold out, 1-2 April | Main Square
Baker’s Dozen is a lightning rod for the huge baking and pastry energy coursing through our town, bringing together some of the finest bakers, pâtissiers and Viennoiserie-daredevils from around Melbourne and beyond to present one-off treats, Easter-themed and otherwise in an open-air market that you won’t want to miss.
10.30am until sold out, 1-2 April | Main Square
The great Aussie tradition of putting a snag on sliced white meets the ingenuity and flair of some of the nation’s best-loved performers, entertainers, athletes and cooks.
Presented by Bakers Delight
10.30am until sold out, 1-2 April | Main Square
It must be love. The runaway smash hit of MFWF’s Big Spaghetti and Village Feast returns in 2023, landing at Fed Square bigger, bolder and even more dairy-delicious than ever.