And when people realized that this activity was quite interesting, enjoyable and useful, entire festivals dedicated to this “hobby” were born. We will tell you about the most famous of them.
RoadKill Cook-Off Festival. Gourmets prefer steaks made from rare animals or oysters, but those who like dishes made from animals killed on the roads gather here. The festival even hosts competitions in the art of cooking. As a result, guests can taste unique stews made from raccoon or possum that died under the wheels of traffic. The rules of the annual event state that all participants must come here with the corpse of an animal killed on the road. You also need to bring with you a set of utensils necessary for cooking and ingredients corresponding to the future dish. The preparation of the food takes place in front of everyone, but a special jury will evaluate it. In this case, both the appearance of the dish and its taste are taken into account. More recently, the organizers introduced a new rule. Now dishes made from dead animals should look as if these creatures had just been pulled out from under the wheels of a killer car. The winner of the competition is awarded as much as $300 as a prize. For those who were unable to come to the festival, but want to try a dish made from an animal that died on the road, this can be done in a special establishment. So, in the town of Seligman, Arizona, there is a cafe "Road Killers". There you can try the "Deer Rest in Peace" steak, fried ribs called "Raccoon Trap" and even "Chicken Almost Crossed the Road."
Sonya Pine Mushroom Festival. This event is held annually in Yangyang, South Korea, in September-October. Sonya are local delicacy mushrooms. It is believed that their quality is inferior only to truffles. These mushrooms have chosen a pine forest on Chilbosan Mountain. Its name translates as Mountain of Seven Wonders. The market price for the delicacy is quite high and amounts to up to $265 per kilogram. It is not surprising that dormouse is even nicknamed forest diamonds. When the leaders of South and North Korea met for the first time in a long time in 2007, the politicians first discussed these mushrooms. Kim Jong Il even gave his colleague an expensive gift - as much as 4 tons of recently collected pine dormouse. These mushrooms can be found in the fall, at the same time a festival in their honor is held in Yangyang Province. Here you can try unique dishes based on these gifts of the forest, buy medicines, one of the components of which is Soni. It must be said that mushrooms grow exclusively in natural conditions. You cannot collect them without a state license. Only once a year, tourists and local residents have the right to pick unique Sonya mushrooms. But this pleasure is not cheap. A walk with a basket through a beautiful forest in a state of “silent hunting” will cost a child about 11 dollars, and an adult - one and a half times more expensive.
Marunada Chestnut Festival. Every autumn, this festival is held over three weekends in the Croatian towns of Lovran, Dobrec and Liganj. The word "Maroon" itself has many meanings depending on the language. For example, in Jamaica these are freedom fighters who fought against the British colonial invaders. But in Croatia the word has a much more peaceful connotation. This is the name of the local chestnut variety, which is considered almost the best in the world. Once upon a time, local sailors brought unusual chestnuts from their eastern travels. They were then crossed with European varieties. This is how the Maroons were born. These chestnuts gave their name to the festival, which has now been held annually for almost 40 years. And the time of year for the celebration was not chosen by chance. After all, it is in the fall that chestnuts ripen and it’s time to collect them. Marunada starts in October. The first celebrations take place in the small town of Lovran, and the following weekend the festival breaks out in the villages of Dobrech and Ligan. The most interesting thing at the holiday is the tasting of maroons. Roasted chestnuts are most often cooked directly in the open air and then sold in paper bags. Local chefs also learned to add maroons to fish and meat, cook sauces and soups from them, and prepare salads. Even sweets are made from chestnuts - at the festival there are candies made from them, mousses, cakes and even soufflés. After all, poor Croatian people learned to extract flour from maroons long ago, replacing ordinary flour with it.
Thorrablot Feast Festival. You can get to this festival in Iceland either on the third Saturday of January or at the end of February. This gastronomic festival is directly related to the Old Norse holiday. The month we call January was called Torri by the Vikings. At this time they made their sacrifices to the gods, while the warriors drank a lot, sang and walked. According to tradition, the holiday was dedicated to the main god - Thor. And even today at Thorrablot Feast they don’t forget to dedicate a few words to this saint. The ancient festival was forgotten for a long time until Norwegian students decided to revive the national tradition. This happened at the end of the 19th century. Since then, festival guests have learned what real Viking cuisine actually is. Throughout Iceland, food prepared according to ancient recipes can be enjoyed during the festival. Many restaurants and small taverns will happily serve it to its guests. True, such “wild” dishes are not suitable for all pampered European stomachs. Few guests dare to try lamb stomach with minced meat in the form of coagulated sheep blood and lard. What are sheep's brain jelly or pickled ox's eyes worth? But the real highlight of the festival is the now famous hakarl. This is slightly rotten shark meat, reminiscent of either squid or sturgeon in taste. Only the smell of such a delicacy is very unpleasant. And such a dish costs as much as 100 euros. It also doesn’t bother you that at the Torrey festival all food is paid for - after all, the food comes with brennivin, local potato vodka, for free.
Watermelon festival Chinchilla Melon. If you love watermelons, then get ready to head to Chinchilla, Australia. The Chinchilla Melon festival is held here every two years. One of its oldest traditions orders all guests to come here in old shoes and clothes. But it's easy to explain. Indeed, during the festival, all the streets of the town are literally strewn with watermelon seeds and peels. So it can be quite difficult to maintain balance and not get smeared in sweet juice. The first watermelon festival was held here in 1994. The celebration quickly became a kind of calling card of the city. He himself is directly related to watermelons - a quarter of the country’s total volume is grown here. No wonder Chinchilla is called the watermelon capital of Australia. This festival is somewhat reminiscent of the famous Tomatina, held in Spain. If in Europe residents destroy tons of tomatoes, then in Australia guests temporarily declare a real war on watermelons. There are even a number of competitions for breaking large berries. Watermelons are thrown into a ring and used as shoes when running races. The highlight of the festival is the weighing of the fruits. The heaviest of them is solemnly declared the Watermelon of the Year. Well, the most extreme competition takes place in breaking hard berries with your head. In 2009, a record was even set, listed in the Guinness Book of Records. Australian John Alwood was able to break 47 watermelons in a minute, which brought him fame.
Wild Foods Festival. For 22 years now, a permanent festival has been held in the New Zealand town of Hokitika. The first such celebration took place here in 1990. It was associated with the 125th anniversary of the city. It is believed that the festival was invented by Claire Briant, a native of New Zealand. One day she treated her friends to an unusual wine made from wild flowers. This idea formed the basis of the celebration. Local entrepreneurs quickly realized that this gastronomic idea was simply doomed to success. This is how the annual culinary weekend, dedicated to a variety of rare and unusual dishes from New Zealand cuisine, was born. And on their basis, a festival was born, which increased the number of tourists in the small seaside town eightfold. Most of the food looks like sushi. Only “surprises” are hidden inside - slugs, larvae, worms, bull's eyes. Tourists happily eat crispy grasshoppers with sweet sauce and deep-fried shark meat. But the most famous dish at the festival is smelt pies. These small fish are considered a great delicacy in New Zealand, and their legal fishing season is very short. If guests also have the energy for dessert, then it’s worth trying ice cream with wasp larvae. To get to this gastronomic feast you need to pay 30 local dollars, and for another 15 you can get into a night disco.
Maple Syrup Festival. In Canada, the first major spring festival, Maple Syrup, takes place in March-April. And the collection of maple sap begins in the country at the end of February. Trees that are between 30 and 50 years old are suitable for this. A small hole is made in their trunks, from which the liquid flows into buckets. Subsequently, syrup is prepared from the juice. At the same time, 1 liter of finished product requires 30-40 liters of raw materials. But this is exactly how much one maple tree can give to an insatiable person in a season. The collection of juice throughout the country lasts until the end of April. At the same time, maple syrup festivals are held in Canada. The first mention of this festival dates back to 1760. Back then, the Indians were still collecting the refreshing liquid. They evaporated the juice and thus obtained sugar. Today, the festival features many dishes made from or with maple syrup. Some of them can only be tasted here. A classic use for sweet syrup is to use it with waffles or soup. But vegetable soup is also prepared on its basis, and chicken thighs are marinated with it. And we can’t forget about the famous crustless sugar pie. A special feature at the festival is the Wheelers Maple Syrup Museum. Every time he conducts master classes. Thanks to them, anyone can learn how to cook delicious syrup and immediately try what they have done.
Roast pig festival. Every year on June 24 in the Philippines, in the city of Balayan, a traditional festival is held. Roast pigs are a very popular dish on this island. And on the day when Catholics remember John the Baptist, the Filipinos organize their own holiday. It's called the Lechon Parade. In this country, this word is used to describe a whole roasted pig. Before the holiday begins, important preparations take place. First, the carcasses of the best suckling pigs are marinated in spices, vinegar and soy sauce. The meat is then stuffed with pandan leaves and tamarind. This piglet is roasted on a spit. However, the finished dish is not served to the table at all, but is dressed up in various colorful costumes and carried on the shoulders of the participant through the streets of the city. The parade features pigs in evening and wedding dresses, piglets dressed in national clothes, sports boxing uniforms or even a Formula 1 racer's overalls. And only when the festive procession ends, the festival’s heroes are undressed and served to the table. Anyone can enjoy a delicious dish here. In the Philippines, they love suckling pigs so much that they treat them not only as a dish, but also as an excellent welcome gift. It is not surprising that the newlyweds will be given a little pig at their wedding.
Mango Festival. Every year in early July, New Delhi, India, celebrates this fruit. It occupies a special place in the life of the country. The national animal here is the Bengal tiger, the flower is the lotus, and the mango is without a doubt the main fruit in India. According to legend, Buddha himself once ate it when he was in deep thought. The philosopher ordered to bury the seed of a useful fruit in the place he indicated. They say that a sprout immediately appeared from the ground, and soon a tree grew, on which fruits appeared in the plural. Since then, mango has become a sacred plant for India. Here it is a symbol of abundance and health. Over the course of a year, the country harvests as much as 9.5 million tons of this fruit. At the local market, a kilogram of mango costs only half a dollar. Fruit picking reaches its peak in late June - early July. It is at this time that a festival dedicated to mangoes takes place in New Delhi. The main guests here are farmers from all over the country. They bring with them new and unusual varieties of fruit that they have developed. You can find mangoes here the size of a chicken egg, and there are also those that look like melons. Mango tastings are held at the festival, and you don’t have to pay for such entertainment. There are also competitions to see who can eat the fruit the fastest. As part of the holiday, there is also a women's competition for the best recipe for a dish made from the same mango.
Gooseberry Festival. The country that loves gooseberries like nowhere else is England. Is it any wonder that a whole festival was dedicated to her here. It is held in Egton Bridge in early August. There is evidence that the British knew gooseberries even under King Edward I, that is, in the 13th century! Although the fact that berry cultivation began here in 1548 seems more reliable. In those days, medieval Germany used gooseberry bushes as hedges and fences. But in England, enlightened residents specially grew bushes and ate delicious berries. And today the inhabitants of Albion have not deviated from the traditions of their ancestors. On the first Tuesday in August, North Yorkshire hosts a festival dedicated solely to gooseberries. The main guests here are gardeners. They meet in the church of St. Hedda and argue whose gooseberries grew tastier, more beautiful and larger. For more than a hundred years there has been a glorious tradition of determining the heaviest berry. Just like once upon a time, giant gooseberries were weighed on old pharmacy scales. The weight of berries is measured in grains and drachms. The last winning gooseberry was more like a golf ball in size.
Festival La Tomatina. This is one of the most famous food festivals in the world. It takes place at the end of August - beginning of September in Buñol, Spain. For a week, the life of a small town is entirely subject to the laws of the tomato festival. An average of 35 thousand people come here for the festival. But the population of the town itself is 4 times smaller! And an unusual festival appeared relatively recently. They say that throwing tomatoes became a symbol of protest against the regime of dictator Franco. But a more plausible story is that the first tomato throwing in Buñol took place in 1945, when the city celebrated the day of its patron saint, Saint Bertrand. Tomatina has since been banned several times. But since 1959, tomato battles have been a regular occurrence in Buñol every summer. Until 1975, participation in the “battle” was paid. But in the end, first the monks, and then the city authorities, began to distribute tomato tools for free. After all, this paid off with the invasion of tourists in these places. The festival takes place in the city for a week. During this time, you can stroll through the fair, parade in costumes and take part in a paella eating competition. And on Wednesday, at 11 o'clock in the afternoon, firecrackers are launched from the city hall. This serves as a signal to start the battle with tomatoes. The battle lasts exactly an hour. There are no special rules - you can throw a tomato at anyone who happens to be nearby. The most important thing is to follow the unwritten norms of the festival. According to them, tomatoes should not be crushed before throwing, nor should they tear the clothes of another participant.
Street food, or as we call it fast food, today is not limited to just hamburgers, hot dogs, or pies, which often cause heartburn, and many associate it with poison. Today, snacks and lunches “on the go” can be high-quality, varied, tasty and, most importantly, healthy.
Proof of this is the food festival, which annually amazes its visitors with real masterpieces of culinary art. The street food festival has been held in Kyiv for the 7th time. As for the Russian capital, this gastronomic festival was held here for the first time and not without success in 2013. How modern culinary figures surprise modern residents of megacities who love to eat quickly and tasty, we will now tell you.
Food festival in Moscow
In order to attract tourists to the great capital, officials have always found the most sophisticated ways. One of these is the holding of a food festival in Moscow, which brings together many gourmets and culinary professionals. The Russian food festival does not have a fixed date of celebration; it is usually held at the end of May or in the first half of June. Over the course of two days in the city center, in tents, cafes, and special pavilions, guests can take a real “gastronomic journey” by tasting traditional street food from around the world.
The World Food Festival in Moscow is an acquaintance with the centuries-old traditions and culinary culture of different backgammons and at the same time a fun time spent in a cozy, cheerful atmosphere. The highlight of the holiday is coffee prepared on sand, which is very unusual for our compatriots. This street food festival showcases all the themes and flavors of crowded shopping districts, markets and streets from different continents. For example, if you want to try Turkish baklava, then when you come to the pavilion, you will feel the atmosphere of a real Turkish market, where you can find various traditional delicacies. Thus, the event provides its guests with not only a well-fed, but also a very exciting cultural route.
Recently, the organizers of a food festival came up with the idea of spit-roasting a 200-kilogram bull, enough meat for all the guests. They decided to supplement all this action with all sorts of contests, entertainment and competitions.
Street food festival in Kyiv
The “belly festival” is no less interesting in the Ukrainian capital. It is held here in spring or summer. The festival lasts two days in one place in the city, so it has kilometer-long queues.
The street food festival in Kyiv is a prime example of extremely tasty, albeit expensive food. The idea to hold such events belongs to Roman Tugashev. In this way, the organizers of the festival want to prove that it is possible to eat fully and efficiently on the streets of their city, no worse than in Amsterdam, Vienna or Krakow.
The best chefs of elite and successful restaurants, cafes and coffee shops in the capital gather to feed residents and guests of Kyiv at the food festival. They surprise their guests with such unusual dishes as, for example, a burger with pig brains, noodles with bull testicles, more than a dozen types of sausages, all kinds of eclairs, original hot dogs, many types of traditional Ukrainian dumplings, cutlets, fish, meat dishes and other traditional fast food comes from different parts of the world. Drinks are also especially popular at the food festival. For example, the new products from the London coffee house are pleasantly surprising, not to mention the divine signature lemonade and alcoholic cocktails.
To keep guests from getting bored, at the street food festival you can watch a movie, listen to music, and take part in competitions and quests.
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Food festivals, which are held in different countries of the world, attract thousands of tourists who want to try gastronomic delights and learn the secrets of their preparation. Top chefs usually consider it an honor to take part in such events and present their creations to the guests. If you want your vacation to be not just good, but excellent, then you should find out in which countries, cities and at what time in the world the largest and most delicious gastronomic festivals take place.
St. Moritz Gourmet Festival
Place: St. Moritz, Switzerland
Date: last week of January
Despite the fact that the festival is held at the end of January, the atmosphere is surprisingly light and warm. Michelin-starred chefs are invited to the event, who are happy to share their knowledge and are always ready to answer any question from the most curious.
Bocuse d'Or
Place: Lyon, France
Date: January
This is not just a festival, it is a prestigious international haute cuisine competition, which has been held every two years since 1987. The best chefs from all over the world take part in this competition. Over the course of 1.5 years, 24 people are selected to participate in the competition in 63 countries around the world. The main task of the Bocuse d'Or participants is to prepare one fish and one meat dish in five hours. The winner receives a gold statuette and the title of best chef of five continents for 2 years.
Gourmet Abu Dhabi
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Date: February
Perhaps the most interactive festival of all presented. An abundance of master classes by culinary masters, interactive culinary shows, meetings with invited stars, breakfasts, lunches and dinners - all this awaits guests during the two weeks of the festival.
World Gourmet Summit
Place: Singapore
Date: April
The festival has been held annually for 17 years, and was organized by the famous chef, publisher and restaurant critic Peter Knipp. The most famous chefs from all over the world, sommeliers and restaurant business specialists are participants in this exciting event. This festival will delight all those who love haute cuisine with real masterpieces of culinary art.
Taste of Chicago
Place: Chicago, USA
Date: July
This summer international festival is considered the largest culinary event in the Midwest. It takes place within five days. During this short time, thousands of lovers of delicious food gather in Chicago. Participants of the event are representatives of the restaurant business of Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and other cities.
Menton Lemon Festival
Location: Menton, France
Date: end of February - beginning of March
Citrus festival, the main characters of which are lemons. Despite the unusual theme, it attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world. All festival guests try and evaluate new varieties of lemons, as well as taste drinks and sweets made from the “main king” of the holiday.
Flemish Food Fest
Place: Ghent, Belgium
Date: end of July
This festival is one of the most extraordinary, because it takes place in the form of an ordinary picnic. Only the food is not brought by the guests themselves, but prepared by the best Flemish chefs. The festival was started by three Belgian chefs. The location of the holiday is also unusual - in an abandoned warehouse pavilion.
MAD
Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
Date: end of August
A culinary extravaganza created by chef and owner of Noma restaurant Rene Redzepi. The festival lasts two weeks. The most famous restaurateurs, restaurant critics, professors, artists and many other interesting speakers are “teachers” at this gourmet festival.
Gastronomica
Place: San Sebastian, Spain
Date: October
In Spain, this festival is held annually, is one of the largest and brings together representatives of international and Basque cuisine. This event was created, first of all, in order to make the gastronomic culture uniform for all residents of the province of Guipuzcoa, in which San Sebastian is located. As part of the festival, chefs from all the most famous local restaurants prepare the best dishes for their guests.
Festa a Vico
Place: Vico Equense, Italy
Date: first weekend of summer
Despite the fact that this festival is quite short and lasts only three days, a lot of interesting events are held within its framework. Guests of the holiday can take part in beach tastings, watch pizza-making master classes and see chefs perform on the city streets.
Gelinaz!
Location: Worldwide
Date: follow on the official website
A grand culinary show organized by an association that includes more than 20 world-famous chefs. Each year, one single recipe is chosen, with which the participating chefs play and experiment. Shows typically last over 8 hours and seating is limited.
Alba International White Truffle Fair
Place: Italy
Date: October
The name of this festival is translated into Russian as “International White Truffle Festival”. And this is not surprising, because the main tasting product here is the white truffle. During the festival, guests can attend an exhibition of gastronomic and wine products from the Piedmont region and many other city events.
Autumn is a traditional time for holding various kinds of festivals and holidays. So, today in the United States is Sweets Day, which is traditionally celebrated every third Saturday in October. The very tradition of celebrating the sweet holiday “Sweetest Day” originated back in 1922, when one of the workers at a confectionery factory decided to help orphans and poor people.
To do this, Herbert Kingston (that was the name of the “goodwill ambassador”), together with his like-minded people, organized a free distribution of sweet gifts in order to somehow brighten up the days of disadvantaged people suffering from poverty.
During the first Candy Day, famous movie star Anna Pennington gave free candy to 2,200 Cleveland boys who make their living selling newspapers as a reward for their work. However, on this day it is customary to give sweets not only to socially disadvantaged people, but to your loved ones, loved ones and relatives. The holiday is a great occasion to receive a long-awaited box of sweet chocolate, which personifies friendship, respect and the personification of romantic feelings. On this wonderful sweet day, we decided to remember other holidays related to food.
For example, from October 20 to 23, the Pumpkin Festival is traditionally held in Circleville, Ohio (USA).
This bright holiday takes place every autumn. This event is usually accompanied by a Pumpkin Show, the history of which goes back to the distant past. It is known that the very first pumpkin festival was held in Circleville in 1903. At that time it looked like a big fair and, according to preliminary data, attracted only 300,000 spectators. Today this data is a hundred times greater.
Interestingly, every day of the festival is dedicated to something. For example, day 5 is dedicated to the pet parade. During such an unusual event, each participant can try his hand at strength, agility, win a race or a grunting competition, as well as visit an exhibition of pumpkin figures and taste a pumpkin pie that weighs 180 kg.
pumpkin house
July 11th is World Chocolate Day. But few people know that France is the birthplace of this sweet and high-calorie product. It was here in 1995 that the sweet holiday of chocolate was invented.
On October 18, Turkey celebrates the day of oriental sweets and molasses. On this day, it is customary to give sweet delight, sherbet, baklava, halva and other oriental sweets to your loved ones.
Interestingly, the word “candy” itself comes from a kind of pharmaceutical jargon. And this is exactly what pharmacists called processed or candied fruits that they used for treatment at the beginning of the 16th century. Oriental sweets include not only sugar, but also rose water made from rose petals.
On August 22, the Santo Domingo Dulce sweets festival is traditionally held in the Dominican Republic. On this day, the most famous confectioners come to the Dominican Republic and begin an open competition in the art of preparing confectionery products. During the holiday, everyone can taste desserts, fresh pastries, sweets and other dishes made from sugar, mango and papaya.
During the May holidays, a festival of English food takes place at the EARLS COURT exhibition center in England.
During the May holidays, a festival of English food takes place at the EARLS COURT exhibition center in England. On this day, every visitor to the event can try food from various manufacturing companies and farm owners. Here you can taste apple chips, cheese, chocolate, candies, baked goods and other food products located at special stands. At the end of the holiday, guests can not only watch a master class on quick cooking, but also create their own culinary masterpiece from available ingredients.
In February, the funniest festival takes place in Chinchilla, Australia, called the Chinchilla Melon Watermelon Festival.
On this day, city residents and guests organize a grand watermelon smashing competition. At the same time, not only a competition is held on the number and speed of broken watermelons, but also on the method of destroying them, including watermelon rolling and wrestling in a watermelon heap.
Before the first international gastronomic festival is held in Kaliningrad"Street food weekend" a little over a month left. Let us remind you that it will take place on August 23. In the meantime, “Restaurants of New Kaliningrad. Ru" and the festival organizers have prepared for you a large selection of the most famous gastronomic festivals in Europe and Russia. From our first review, you will find out which festival only Michelin laureates can participate in, where they choose the onion queen, where you need to come dressed in a futuristic outfit to try molecular cuisine, and which two Moscow food festivals you should definitely go to to find out absolutely everything about Russian food and cuisine.
Where it takes place: Kunsträgården (King's Garden), Stockholm, Sweden
When it passes : first week of June
What is : exhibition of achievements in culinary art, one of the most important and largest events in Sweden. Every year at the beginning of June, hundreds of thousands of guests from all over the world flock to the King's Garden, united by a common interest - an interest in food. Taste of Stockholm brings together the best chefs and the best restaurants in Stockholm, offering their signature dishes and drinks. During the festival week, you can try everything that Stockholm has to offer: from the most traditional Swedish dishes to exotic recipes from other parts of the world. A large role at the festival is given to environmentally friendly products, as well as culinary approaches that take care of health and the environment. Anyone can take part in culinary competitions or special tastings. As for the entertaining and “inedible” program, more than a hundred local artists exhibit their paintings at the Taste of Stockholm, and there are concerts by performers working in a variety of musical styles: jazz, rock, modern music and even medieval ballads.
Where does it take place? : Helsinki, Finland
When it passes : mid-March
What is : What it is: a street food festival in which the best chefs on the planet take part to feed residents and guests of the Finnish capital. The festival is divided into three separate thematic parts: “Talks”, “Eats” and “Parties”. The first section of the festival is organized on the basis of the popular Gastro Fair exhibition, in which several hundred experts in the field of gastronomy, supporters of street food and simply those who love such food participate. At the event, editors of famous culinary magazines, organizers of various fairs, as well as the creators of famous restaurants speak and share their experiences. Entry is free for everyone. The main event of the festival - "Food" - takes place at the Tori Quarters center, located in the very center of the capital of Finland, which invites guests and residents of the city to appreciate the latest trends in world cuisines and the ingenuity of the best culinary specialists, whose specialization is closely related to street food. Visitors to the event will be presented with the best dishes prepared from the freshest ingredients in a unique creative atmosphere. Admission to the final part of the street food festival in the Finnish capital is free.
Baltic Herring Festival
Where it takes place: Helsinki, Finland
When it passes : early October
What is : Finnish gastronomic festival, which is held neatly at the end of the herring fishing season. This is one of the oldest national northern holidays - the first “herring” festival took place in 1743. Every year more and more guests come to it. The fair takes place at Market Square in Helsinki. Here you can find herring for every taste: salted, lightly salted, marinated, with various sauces... Well, in addition to fish, at the festival it is worth buying original “hand-made” from Finnish artisans, for example, traditional Finnish woolen sweaters with ornaments, which are beautiful protect from autumn winds and winter cold.
Where does it take place? : Moscow, Russia
What is : What it is: a street food festival and an outdoor gastronomic party rolled into one. For the second year in a row, the creators of Russia’s first dinner party club have been collecting the cream of Moscow’s street food scene, opening up new territories and spaces. 20–25 of the most interesting participants in the Moscow street food movement are participating. To the accompaniment of DJs and street musicians, large courtyards and parks of the city in the evening turn into a cluster of trend setters, representatives of creative industries, foodies and active citizens, united by the desire to have a great Sunday evening, try something new and make new acquaintances.
Where it takes place: Moscow, Russia
When it passes: July
What is it: the main domestic food festival in Russia from the most famous and respected food magazine. The Food Festival brings together restaurateurs, farmers, critics and young food activists. Everyone can appreciate in one day all the most interesting things that happen in Russian cuisine. At the last festival in Gorky Park, 50 of the city's best restaurants, a market for beginning gastroenthusiasts, the best stores of tableware and related products, a farmers' market and many areas for master classes were presented. For those who didn’t make it to the big “Food” this year, there is a second chance to still make it in time: on the last Saturday of August in Kolomenskoye, the “Food” festival will cover the clearing for Afisha’s “Picnic”.
Where does it take place? : Copenhagen, Denmark
When it passes : in February every year, lasts a whole month
What is : performances, retreats, theatrical productions, master classes on innovative methods and developments, music concerts - all these entertaining and not so entertaining events are dedicated to food. The patron of the festival is Her Royal Majesty Princess Mary. The main feature of “Copenhagen Cooking” is the attitude towards both food and its preparation as an art. Thanks to all kinds of theatrical performances, festival guests will be able to look at the decoration of even the most ordinary dishes differently. Chefs create real architectural objects and installations from products. For example, Anderson’s well-known fairy tale “The Snow Queen” turns into a real gastronomic miracle. For those who like to eat in style and mood, the Copenhagen Food Festival offers themed evenings. This is a mafia-style evening with Sicilian and Mediterranean cuisine, and a Finnish party, which will only include dishes with fish and pickled vegetables, and a futuristic party, which will serve molecular gastronomy dishes. In this case, a special dress code is required.
Onion fair in Weimar
