Orange FOOD Week, which will be in it’s 34th year in 2025, is Australia’s longest running regional food festival and has been acclaimed as one of Australia’s top ten food festivals.
The 10 day community festival is being held from Friday 28 March to Sunday 6 April, 2025 and celebrates the Orange region’s diverse and high quality food and wine. It showcases the farmers who grow it, as well as the local chefs, cooks, restaurateurs and caterers that create extraordinary dishes with it.
FOOD Week Night Market
FOOD Week’s opening event, the Night Markets, is a friend and family favourite! Close to 50 stalls brimming with food from the best of the Orange region’s chefs, cooks, caterers, and providores, and wines, ciders, spirits, and beer makers crafted by the vignerons, winemakers, brewers, and fermenters.
When: Friday 28 March, 2025
Where: Robertson Park, Summer Street, Orange
Time: 5.30pm – 8.30pm
Tickets:
Adult Entry: $10
Adult Entry, including a wine glass: $12 (beverages to be purchased from stallholders)
Children under 16: Free
The Sampson Street Lunch
Inspired by an English late summer long lunch, the Sampson Street Lunch is a unique food and wine celebration bringing together some of Orange’s best known and emerging chefs and foodies, wine producers and fun makers.
Under a canopy of Autumn coloured Plane trees in all their glory in one of Orange’s prettiest streets, guests can enjoy this once-a-year special long lunch event which includes three courses with paired wines plus canapes and drinks on arrival.
Through special arrangement with Orange City Council and the residents of Sampson Street, the Sampson Street Long Lunch has become one of FOOD Week’s most sought after events.
So, dress up and expect a relaxed afternoon of contemporary food and wines with frivolity and flavour.
When: Saturday 29 March 2025
Where: Sampson Street (between Byng & Summer St), Orange
Time: 12.00pm – 4.00pm
Tickets: general release on sale in December 2024
Forage
Stroll through Orange’s picturesque vineyards enjoying a curated eight-course degustation menu featuring local seasonal produce and the region’s award-winning wines. Meet chefs, winemakers, vignerons, and producers and discover the spoils of the cool climate region.
Forage gives you and your friends a unique opportunity to get amongst some of the well-known Orange Vineyards, take in the views to Mount Canobolas and surrounds, and enjoy being part of a food event with a difference.
Amble through about 4kms of productive farmland at an altitude that sets the Orange region apart – the cool climate food and wines will be incorporated into a unique degustation menu to enjoy along the way. It will be a feast of flavor and fun in the beautiful outdoors.
When: Sat 5 April, 2025
Where: Departs and returns to the center of Orange. Transfers included.
Time: 11.00am – 6.00pm
Tickets: general release on sale in December 2024
Shining the Light on Local Producers
Join our local producers in this special line up show, tell and taste workshops throughout the week of the festival. You will get to meet our wonderful producers, learn about their produce and enjoy tastings with a glass of Rosé.
When: Sunday 30 March – Friday 4 April 2025 (excluding Wednesday 2 April)
Where: CWA Hall, Cnr Lords Pl & Byng St, Orange
Time: 10.00am – 12.30pm
Tickets: general release on sale in December 2024
FOOD Train
This weekend package is your premium FOOD Week experience. Hosted by local foodies and regional hospitality faves you’ll join a 3-day guided trip from Sydney to Orange enjoying some of the region’s best food and wine experiences. The 2025 FOOD Train will showcase the international influences of Orange’s food and wine in a feast of flavour and fun.
Departing Sydney’s Central Station on the Friday, the FOOD Train weekend includes tickets to the renowned FOOD Week’s most sought after event, Forage, plus local tours, selected FOOD Week events and dining at some of the region’s favourite restaurants.
When: 4 – 16 April, 2025
Where: Sydney to Orange and return
Tickets: general release on sale in December 2024
Sunday Producers’ Market and Brunch
Join the final festivity for the week! Come along to one of Orange’s most spectacular settings in Cook Park to enjoy brunch prepared by well-known cooks and producers. Stroll the market to meet and greet with the producers’, taste and purchase their local produce and take it home with you.
Visit the FOOD HQ tent and grab your lucky tickets to the Producers’ Hamper raffle – drawn at 11.00am.
When: Sunday 6 April 2025
Time: 8.30am – 12.30pm
Where: Cook Park, Summer St, Orange
Tickets: Free Entry
