What is the
International Food & Wine Festival

The main feature of the International Food, Feast & Wine Festival 2005 is the inspiring atmosphere of the show, presented from the fields of Entertainment, You will find wine and wine accessories, organic products, vegetables and meats, plus many more items relating to catering. The main focus is on delicacies from New Zealand and around the globe.

The show is full of new ideas and concepts that focus on today's customs of eating and living.

Yam Char from China or Wurst and Sauerkraut from Germany. Famous cooks from New Zealand and overseas will demonstrate new ideas and food items that will make you hungry!

Other crowd-pullers include the popular cooking and BBQ competition, butter/margarine sculpturing and ice carving competitions, wine making seminars, Barista and coffee making competitions, waiters race, napkin folding and table setting, just to name a few.

The cooking and the culinary competitions will be a very important part of the Festival, supported by the Chefs Association, Restaurant Association and Tertiary Education in New Zealand. The high point of the International Food & Wine Festival 2005 is the cooking competitions "Grand Prix Gastronome New Zealand", in which the twelve best junior cooking teams and chefs will compete.