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Orange F.O.O.D WEEK is Australia’s longest running regional food festival

ABOUT F.O.O.D WEEK

Orange F.O.O.D Week (Food of Orange District) is Australia’s longest running regional food festival and has been acclaimed as one of Australia’s top ten food festivals. It is held in the emerging cool-climate wine region of Orange in New South Wales, and was recently named one of the state’s premium events by Destination NSW.

Founded in 1991 by a group of passionate local foodies and vignerons, F.O.O.D Week was created with an ethos of showcasing the region’s excellent fresh produce and award-winning cool climate wine, as well to provide a platform for its clever food producers, providores and innovative chefs, cooks and caterers.

Run by a voluntary committee, F.O.O.D Week Inc., with support from the local tourism marketing office of Brand Orange, the objective of the festival is to promote the diverse and excellent regional produce from the district covering the three local government areas of Orange, Blayney and Cabonne.

The festival incorporates a number of signature events designed to appeal to both residents and visitors, as well as over 80 satellite events held by local restaurants, cafes and wineries – resulting in a ten-day feast of the senses that you won’t want to miss, and will keep coming back for again and again.

Festival at a glance

When

Friday 6 April – Sunday 15 April 2018

What

‘The Food Basket of NSW’ comes alive to showcase our finest fresh produce and cool climate wines.

Where

Orange in New South Wales, Australia is just a 3.5 hour drive from Sydney and a 3 hour drive from Canberra. It is well-serviced by rail and bus, and has a local airport for 1 hour direct daily flights from Sydney.

Annual General Meeting

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General at the Meeting Media Room, 1st Floor, Hotel Canobolas, 248 Summer Street, Orange NSW 2800 on Wednesday 16 August 2017 at 6.00 pm. All welcome. Download a copy of the nomination form

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Stay up to date with all things F.O.O.D Week with the Orange NSW Smartphone App. The App includes details on all Signature and Satellite events during our Orange F.O.O.D Week festival, with the ability to click through to websites to book tickets. For Forage-goers, there is also map with food and wine station details.

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Orange is NSW’s underrated foodie capital. Cornucopias of cheese, rich roast lamb dinners, creamy Chardonnays — Orange is officially the new black.

Concrete Playground, September 2015

From tiny acorns, giant oak trees grow and such has been the case with Orange F.O.O.D Week. It has over two decades of history - it still pushes on - and it’s always fresh, always fresh.

Sue Fairilie-Cuninghame, former Food and Wine Executive Editor, Vogue Entertaining

Now home to a prosperous wine region, established local producers, brewers, coffee roasters and a competitive cafe scene, Orange is not a just pit stop anymore, but a true food-lover’s destination.

Broadsheet, August 2015

Orange F.O.O.D Week left me gobsmacked! Here’s a country town where 150 locals knock back a delicious and audacious meal. It was a dinner which I will always remember. And it was only the first of 25. Good on you Orange. You are the premier gastronomic city in NSW.

John Newton, former food and wine editor, Sydney Morning Herald

Compared to winemaking behemoths like the Barossa Valley, Orange is still hovering just below the radar, which makes this the perfect time to get amongst it, before every man and his dog knows about it.

L'Officiel Australia, October 2015

First piece of Orange advice: forget everything you know about Chardonnay. Second? You're going to taste some of Australia's best, best, best wines in one weekend, so bring some Berocca and start fighting over whose designated driver.

Concrete Playground, September 2015

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15,000

VISITORS

10,000

MEALS SERVED

6,000

BOTTLES OF WINE

100

FESTIVAL EVENTS

3.5

HOURS FROM SYDNEY

 
 

EVERY WEEK IS FOOD AND WINE WEEK IN ORANGE NSW

With year-round seasonal produce and four distinct seasons, you’ll want to come back to Orange over and over to experience the depth and breadth of our spectacular food and wine destination. Use our Seasonal Produce Guide to learn what produce is in season at each time of year, and find the farm gates, orchards, providores and cellar doors where you can source it. From paddock to plate, from farm to fork, introduce yourself to the joys of sustainable eating and drinking.

You can also sign up to our newsletter to receive regular updates on what’s in season in Orange, NSW and year-round events being held by our local restaurants, cafes, bars and cellar doors.

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