Testimonials
On Melbourne:
"Melbourne reminds me why I do what I do, why I enjoy all this food-related stuff." Chef Heston Blumenthal, The Fat Duck (Bray, UK)
"I’d rather eat in Melbourne than Paris." US chef, author and television personality Anthony Bourdain
"Melbourne is the foodiest city in Australia. We are all food-mad, we have the best produce, the best coffee, the best cocktails, the best ethnic eating, and the best home cooks... Every great country has one city that is its foodie heart, its ‘stomach’. In France, it is Lyons, home to the bouchons, women-led bistros. In Italy, it is Bologna, home to pasta, prosciutto, parmigiano. In Australia, it is Melbourne." Jill Dupleix, Melbourne Food and Wine Festival Creative Director – Global
On Melbourne Food and Wine Festival:
"The Chicago Tribune named this particular festival as one of the five things you should do before you die." Chef Damien Pignolet, Bistro Moncur (Sydney, Australia)
"For a piece de resistance in a city obsessed with food, little beats the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival." Global travel guide, Frommer’s (who in 2009 published the festival among its 300 Unmissable Events & Festivals Around The World ).
"The Festival is what the Victorian public is all about, food, family fun. It’s my favourite time of year." Chef Shane Delia, Maha Bar & Grill (Melbourne, Australia) and business partner to George Calombaris
"Melbourne Food and Wine Festival is a real part of the Victorian community because... it’s inclusive and broad based, offers diversity." Chef Christine Mansfield, Universal (Sydney, Australia)
"Frankly I’ve never seen a festival so genuinely embraced by such a diverse audience. Food has the capacity to engage and link people and the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival delivers that sense of engagement in spades – from high end haute cuisine to local events in small rural communities." Chef Alla Wolf-Tasker, Lake House (Daylesford, Victoria)
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