F.O.O.D WEEK 2010Friday April 9th - Sunday April 18th
Please note that the Night Market has moved...
Friday 9th April - Colour City Cup - Towac Park, Orange
Friday 9th April - Food Week Night Market - 5:30 - 8:30pm Orange Showground, Orange
Sunday 18th April 10am - 4pm - Orange Regional Gallery Northcourt - Country Energy Food Affair.
The Food of Orange District (F.O.O.D Week) is an annual event held over 10 days - usually in April.
The Orange and Cabonne areas are known as 'The Food Basket' of NSW and each year F.O.O.D. Week supports local produce and 'fine food' showcasing the producers, their products, the local chefs and restaurants, and other enterprises that provide the region with its great reputation for fine food and wine.
Offering everything from wine tasting to farm gate tours, cooking demonstrations, cabaret, music, picnics and the Colour City Cup race meeting. Also a huge 'Night Market' and the Country Energy F.O.O.D Affair, plus a F.O.O.D Dinner featuring dishes made from local produce.
The 2008 Country Energy F.O.O.D Affair is being held on Sunday 20th April 2008. It will be held in the Northcourt area of the Orange Regional Gallery commencing at 10am. - An opportunity to sample the local produce from the many food and wine stallholders as well as meet the people who grow or make it. Entertainment and Cooking Demonstrations will also feature on the day.
Pictures below show the delights of the 2006 Country Energy F.O.O.D Affair
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At markets, workshops, kitchens, restaurants, cafes, wineries and special celebration dinners and events you can meet all the people that make it happen.
There are over 60 events held at superb locations.
Venture to the Orange district during this festival and indulge in our fine wines, orchard fruits, beef, lamb and venison at the many markets, restaurants, workshops, and food tasting trails.
The complete programme of events is too vast to list here, so go to the Food Week website where you can download the Food Week Program.
There are many charming B & B's, motels, pubs, Guest houses and self contained cottages and apartments for excellent accommodation from which to choose.
Bookings do need to be made as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
A visit to Orange F.O.O.D week, is a drive of about 3.5 - 4 hours from Sydney.
Come visit during F.O.O.D week and we guarantee you an entertaining and gastronomical time that you won't soon forget. At the same time experience why Orange is called the 'Colour City' - our brilliant Autumn colours.
The Orange Region Food Week (#31), Tonic Restaurant (#68) and Mandagery Creek Farmed Venison (#92) have been announced as three of Australia's top Gourmet experiences by the expert panel of - Matt Moran, Maggie Beer, Alla Wolf-Tasker, Jacques Reymond, Simon Johnson, Matthew Evans, Michael Ryan, Peter Russell Clarke.