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Start spreading the news: the butter butlers are here.
It wouldn’t be autumn without hot cross buns, and you’ll find every bun worth its butter at the Hot Cross Bun Bar, presented by Western Star.
At the Bun Bar, you’ll have the chance to try four different bakers&#8217; takes on the classic, with Baker Bleu, Bread Club, Wild Life and Loafer all coming to the party, hot and cross. Would you like us to assign someone to butter your bun? Leave it to the Butter Butlers, suited, booted condiment concierges that live to spread. Now that’s what we call cultured butter.
For more information visit: <a href="https://www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au/events/hot-cross-bun-bar-2-0-at-bakers-dozen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au/events/hot-cross-bun-bar-2-0-at-bakers-dozen/</a>

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It&#8217;s baking, it&#8217;s caking, and it&#8217;s yours for the taking.
Rising from the ovens of the state’s most extraordinary bakeries, Baker’s Dozen, presented by McKenzie’s, returns for a fourth year. And like a sourdough loaf growing high in a Scotch oven, in 2026, Baker&#8217;s Dozen is expanding everyone’s favourite celebration of caking and baking – they’ve got way more bakers, plus some fantastic guests from interstate and overseas.
Who’s coming? Helen Goh is in the house! The sweets boss of the Ottolenghi empire and celebrated author is here from London to lead the charge, and she’s collaborating with the unstoppable Mietta by Rosemary to offer you a one-of-a-kind taste of her best bakes.
New York Filipina baking star Abi Balingit is also here rocking the collab, getting together with Bayswater baking legends Dröm to bust out some tasty Pinay pastry moves you’re going to want to get around.
You’ll also see great new treats from new and returning local heroes including Akimbo, Amann Patisserie, Antara 128, Baker of Things, Butter Days, Calle Bakery, The Flour Melbourne, Hector’s Bakery, Kudo, Iris, Lt Cardigan, Lulu and Me, Lumos, Lune, Madeleine De Proust, Masses Bagels, Monforte Viennoiserie, Morning Market, Raya, Sebby’s Scrolls. Tarts Anon and To Be Frank, plus some more amazing reinforcements from out of town – straight outta Gippsland, The Invy Baker, teaming up with Michael and Pippa James&#8217;s new Urbanstead, as well as (hang on to your bannetons) the hottest bread crew in Sydney, A.P Bakery, partnering with Oji House. But wait! There&#8217;s more! Local baking royalty Emelia Jackson is joining the party with a stand of her very own.
For more information visit: <a href="https://www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au/events/bakers-dozen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au/events/bakers-dozen/</a>

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MFWF: Baker's Dozen 2026

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Two of Australia’s most exciting bakeries, A.P Bakery and Oji House, come together for two delicious days of Flour Power.
A muffuletta levelled up with slices of shokupan sandwiching a wealth of coldcuts and good times; an attempt to make the world’s fanciest lamington, replete with four kinds of McKenzie’s coconut; a colomba that’s all about the excellence of almond flour, slivered almonds and flaked almonds; and a hulking choc-chip cookie that could well be a meal in itself.
The power of flour is undeniable, and if there’s anyone who’s going to push this essential baking ingredient to its outer limits, it has to be none other than the good folk at Sydney’s A.P Bakery and Melbourne’s very own Oji House. In one of the Festival’s most exciting collaborations yet, the team is set to rise to the occasion with never-before-seen bakes, cakes and cookies – all backed by McKenzie’s tried and tested baking products.
For more information visit: <a href="https://www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au/events/flour-power-at-bakers-dozen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au/events/flour-power-at-bakers-dozen/</a>
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MFWF: Flour Power at Baker’s Dozen

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t wouldn’t be autumn without hot cross buns, and you’ll find every bun worth its butter at the Hot Cross Bun Bar, presented by Western Star.

MFWF: Hot Cross Bun Bar at Baker's Dozen - Fed Square, Melbourne Australia

MFWF: Hot Cross Bun Bar at Baker's Dozen

MFWF: Hot Cross Bun Bar at Baker's Dozen

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