Bankstown Bites Food Festival is a food festival that takes place in the suburb of Bankstown in Sydney, Australia.[1][2]
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 Bankstown Bites Food Festival | |
| Inaugurated | 2005 |
Festival
editStarted in 2005 by the Bankstown City Council, the event is held annually in July and includes cooking demonstrations, live performances, tours of local food outlets, activities for the kids and food stalls. An estimated 10,000 people attend each year.[1]
Local and celebrity chefs conduct cooking demonstrations.[3] Chefs such as[4] Miguel Maestre, Darren Simpson, Ed Halmagyi[5] and Iain Hewitson[6] have all been a part of the event. Local chefs including Antonios Chayna, from Platform 1, and Robert Green, Bel Cibo, have also been a part of Bites to promote local cuisine. Both local and celebrity chefs contribute to the annual Bankstown Bites Food Festival Recipe Book.
Discovery Food Tours take place during the festival, which are themed tours. Themes include Asian Explorer, European Delights, Aboriginal bush tucker food and Treats from the Middle East.[7][8] The range of food at the festival includes Lebanese pizza, Indian sweets, African staples, Vietnamese pho, Balkan sausages, Greek cakes, Filipino groceries, Chinese teas and halal butchers.[7]
The festival also has activities like cooking classes, sustainability displays and food craft, rides and puppet shows for kids. The festival also featured art exhibitions, a poetry slam performance and fruit hat and sculpture making.[9] The Bankstown Talent Advancement Program has local performers at the festival.[10]
There was no festival in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.
Celebrity Chefs
edit- 2006 – Vince Sorrenti
- 2007 – Iain Hewitson
- 2008 – Fast Ed (Ed Halmagyi)
- 2009 – Fast Ed (Ed Halmagyi)
- 2010 – Miguel Maestre
- 2011 – Darren Simpson
- 2012 – Justine Schofield[11]
- 2013 – Marion Grasby[12]
- 2014 - Fast Ed (Ed Halmagyi)
- 2015 - Adam Liaw[13]
- 2016 - Ben O'Donoghue
- 2017 - Darren Robertson[14][15]
- 2018 - Colin Fassnidge[16]
- 2019 - Matt Sinclair[17]
- 2020 – NONE
- 2021 – NONE
- 2022 – Adrian Richardson and Alvin Quah[18]
- 2023 – Diana Chan and Arrnott Olssen
- 2024 – Anna Polyviou[19]
References
edit- ^ a b "Be part of Simon Marnie's 'preview' Bankstown Bites Walking Tour". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ Parliament of New South Wales: The Hon. Helen Westwood, 5.26 p.m.: Bankstown Bites Festival Archived 4 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine, 10 September 2009, Accessed 17 October 2013
- ^ "Delightful treats". Canterbury-Bankstown Express. 5 December 2011.
- ^ "Page 1". Canterbury-Bankstown Torch. 4 August 2010.
- ^ Fast Ed: We had a great time at the Bankstown Bites festival, Accessed 17 October 2013
- ^ Food Herald: Bankstown Bites Food Festival, 16 July 2007, Accessed 20 October 2013
- ^ a b The Sydney Morning Herald: Best taste tests in the west 29 July 2009, Accessed 17 October 2013
- ^ The Daily Telegraph: Book your favourite food tour for Bankstown Bites, Accessed 20 October 2013
- ^ The Daily Telegraph: Bankstown Bites 2013 food festival delivers plenty of top treats 8 July 2013, Accessed 17 October 2013
- ^ "Food, Glorious Food". Canterbury-Bankstown Express. 2 August 2011.
- ^ Australian Broadcasting Corporation, June Cowle (Producer, Weekends), Chef's Challenge – Justine Schofield 14 July 2012, Accessed 20 October 2013
- ^ Marion Grasby. "Chefs and Recipes". Bankstown Bites. Bankstown Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ James Beech (27 July 2015). "Delicious and diverse cuisine, entertainment and fun at the Bankstown Bites food festival". Daily Telegraph. Canterbury-Bankstown Express. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Janita Singh (28 July 2017). "My Kitchen Rules contestants David and Betty add spice to Bankstown food festival". Daily Telegraph. Canterbury-Bankstown Express. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ "TV celebrity chef to star at Bankstown Bites". City of Canterbury Bankstown. 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Page 1 & 7". Canterbury-Bankstown Torch. 1 August 2018.
- ^ "Page 7". Canterbury-Bankstown Torch. 31 July 2019.
- ^ "Bankstown Bites". Bankstown Bites. Canterbury Bankstown Council. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Page 1". Canterbury-Bankstown Torch. 31 July 2024.
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