Sydney's Dedicated Fried Chicken and Wine Festival Is Back

After a sold-out debut event in May 2016, Sydney's dedicated fried chicken festival, Birds of Redfern, is back for round two — this time dubbed Birds of the Inner West. The aim? To celebrate not one but two of our all-time favourite things in life: fried chicken and wine. Sydney is home to a tonne of top-notch poultry chefs, whose hot 'n' greasy bits of bird would make Colonel Sanders embarrassed. Now they're flocking together at Public House Petersham for a dedicated fried chicken and wine fiesta.

Set for October 23, Birds of the Inner West has been curated by the Cake Wines team along with food writer, DJ and podcaster Andrew Levins. The lineup features some of the biggest cluckers in town. These include Butter, whose fried chicken was so loved by Wu Tang Clan when they toured Australia it was requested backstage at Qudos Bank Arena, Belly Bao, who'll be doing a 'Chicken Baoger', The Erko, who'll be doing smoked buffalo wings, Down N' Out, who'll be doing their DNO Zinga burger, Public House Petersham and Mary's, both who know what's up when it comes to fried chicken burgs.

Of course, you'll probably want a little liquid refreshment to wash down all that chook. PHP will be serving their selection of craft beers and Cake will pop the cork on a number of their locally-made Art Series wines.

Birds of the Inner West is happening on October 23, with two sessions 12-3pm and 4-7pm available. Tickets are $15 available here.

By Tom Clift and Shannon Connellan.