20th Year Celebrations 2012
The 20th Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, presented by Bank of Melbourne, celebrated its 50th year over 20 spectacular days, 2 – 21 March.
A Riverside Opening Weekend saw food lovers young and old flock to the river’s edge in their thousands for more than 30 events staged along Melbourne’s Yarra River and Docklands. The Festival launch also saw the opening of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival Greenhouse by Joost, a temporary eco-restaurant erected solely for the 20 days of the Festival.
From 9 – 11 March, the Festival’s annual gastronomy program including Langham Melbourne MasterClass weekend, reached new heights. Thirty-one Michelin stars graced the 20th year program and more than 100 chefs, producers, winemakers, brewers, sommeliers and cocktail aficionados came together in Melbourne from all corners of the globe.
2012 international chefs and wine personalities included Rene Redzepi (Denmark), Brett Graham (UK), Massimo Bottura (Italy), Corey Lee (USA), Stevie Parle (UK), David Chang (USA), Telmo Rodriguez (Spain), Allen Meadows (USA) and Virginie Taupenot-Daniel (France).
2012 Australian talent included Peter Gilmore, Ben Shewry, Darren Purchese, Dan Hunter, Matt Skinner, Luke Burgess, Max Allen and James Halliday AM.
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