Overview
If you're always looking for new opportunities to learn new recipes, mingle with makers or just stuff your face with food, the week-long Darebin Homemade Food and Wine Festival should be on your agenda.
Kicking off on Monday, May 29, this year's festival lineup features dozens of events organised by local restaurants, chefs, brewers, winemakers and producers from across the northern suburbs. Free to Feed will host a pop-up Sri Lankan dinner, while Lentil as Anything is launching a new food rescue enterprise Food Without Borders. There'll also be classes where you can learn how to make everything from roti to salami to kombucha.
Other standout events include the Meet the Makers showcase, which will feature complimentary wine tastings and cooking demonstrations, and the Darebin Community Welcome Dinner, which connects newly arrived migrants, asylum seekers and international students with established Australians over a meal.
