The Marketplace is full to the brim with:
salumi, cheese, pasta, bread, coffee, olive oil, pastries and gelato featuring Vannella Cheese, Salumi Australia, Dust Bakery, Berkelo, Dolcettini, Zippoli, Buon Ricordo Olive Oil, Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma, Consorzio del Parmigiano Reggiano, Goose on the Loose, Luca Ciano Sauces, Salt Meats Cheese, Arancini Art, Molecola, Truffle Traders, Rivareno Gelato, Drink in Style, Cellar V, Vinotopia, Botella, plus a Nutella Pop-up!
Explore over 200 Italian wines by the region, plus Italian-centric Aussie wines. Meet winemakers and importers, learn more about the grape varieties, the regions and best of all, how good they taste. The Barolo Bar and Franciacorta Bar with sommeliers pouring, vertical tastings and information about these unique wines. There’s coffee from Espresso di Manfredi’s baristas, Moretti Beer on tap, or sip on an authentic Italian aperitivi from Big Poppa’s bar team, serving up the ever popular Negroni, Venetian Spritz and Americano all day!
Far more family friendly this year, kids enter free so you bring the whole famiglia, plus there’s a kids games area and Pizza Acrobatics by Italian World Master Pizza Chef and Australia's Got Talent star Youssef Touati from Salt Meats Cheese. Melbourne band Santa Taranta will be performing traditional music from southern Italy in the Wine Garden. All presented by Smeg.
Use the #italiansdoitbetter hashtag and follow the social media conversation.
POP-UP RESTAURANT MENUS
Bacco Osteria e Espresso 11am-9pm
Salsiccia e Lenticchie alla Toscana: Sausage + warm lentil salad $10
Piccoli Panini: Mini rolls with salsa verde + artichoke or anchovy butter 2 for $6
Balla 11am-4pm
Ribollita Fiorentina: Twice cooked Tuscan vegetable + bread soup $7
Osso Buco Maccheroncini: Beef osso buco ragu with pasta $12
Porchetta alla Toscana: Slow roasted pork loin, with crackling, jus + bread $6 or $12
Big Poppa’s 4pm-9pm
Big Poppa’s Caprese: Vannella burrata, heirloom tomatoes, fig vino cotto, toasted farro + smoked salt $8
Wagyu Bresaola with guindilla peppers $10
Fregola con Guanciale: Pork cheeks with Sardinian couscous, barley, rainbow chard, preserved lemon + pecorino romano $12
Lot 1. Sydney 11am-9pm
Crostini di Polenta: Polenta chips with truffle pecorino + aioli $10
Cavatelli alla Norma: Eggplant with tomato + goats cheese $10
Costine di Manzo: Beef short rib with sticky Averna glaze + pickled kohlrabi $10
MARTA 11am-9pm
Supplì alla Romana: Croquettes with rice, mince + mozzarella $5
Agnello Porchettato: Rolled lamb with lamb jus + Roman lettuce on focaccia $12
Otto Ristorante 11am-9pm
Gnocchi: Potato gnocchi with pecorino, hazelnut, porcini crumb + truffle oil $10
Cinghiale Gnocchetti Sardi: Shell pasta with wild boar + sangiovese ragu, pecorino $12
Tiramisu: Marsala mascarpone, coffee soaked savoiardi biscuits + chocolate $8
Salt Meats Cheese 11am-9pm
Pasta al Cacio e Pepe: Pepper + cheese pasta tossed in Parmigiano Reggiano wheel $10
Pasta al Tartufo: Creamy pasta tossed in a wheel of truffle pecorino $12
Lucio Pizzeria 11am-9pm
Pizza Margherita $12
Pizza Cotto with ham $12
Pizza Diavola with spicy salami $12
Bombolone di Nutella $5
In the Festival Marketplace:
Arancini Art
Traditional Italian-filled rice balls
Berkelo
Artisan sourdough bread from the Northern Beaches
Botella
Designer olive oil + balsamic vinegar bottles
Buon Ricordo Olive Oil
Extra virgin olive oil + Italian preserves from their Lower Hunter Valley farm
Cellar V
Unique Australia handcrafted wine racks made from recycled timber
Consorzio del Parmigiano Reggiano
Taste 24 + 36 month old wheels + learn from the experts
Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma
Prosciutto tasting, information + prosciutto cones
Dolcettini
Italian donuts + traditional biscuits
Drink in Style
Italian-made portable wine bottle + glass holder
Dust Bakery
Italian baked treats + traditional breads
Espresso di Manfredi
Espresso coffee, made to order - free all day!
Galluzzo Deli + Fruiterers
Family-run fresh produce + Italian delicacies
Goose on the Loose
Locally-made, premium cold cuts + small goods
Premium pasta sauces made in Australia - natural, preservative + gluten free
Molecola
Italian cola
Nutella Pop-up
Italian crepes + waffles plus personalised jars of Nutella
Rivareno Gelato
Authentic Italian gelato
Travel Managers
Personal travel managers curating trips as unique and individual as you are
Truffle Traders
Expert fresh truffle suppliers of Australian + white Italian truffles
Salumi Australia
Artisan smallgoods manufactured in the beautiful Northern Rivers of NSW
Salt Meats Cheese
Family-owned purveyor of gourmet Italian produce with a modern Australian twist
Vannella Cheese
Fresh handmade cheese + mozzarella bar
Vinotopia
Original designer gifts for wine lovers
#italiansdoitbetter
Official festival merchandise, including t-shirts, shopping bags, aprons + tea towels
COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS
WHERE: SMEG MAIN STAGE
11.30am: Giovanni Pilu (Pilu at Freshwater) with Con Nemistas (Southern Fresh)
‘Sardinian Bottarga - Made in Australia’ hosted by Roberta Muir
12.15pm: Stefano Manfredi + Gianluca Donzelli (PizzaPerta) with Massimo Scalas (Salumi Australia)
‘Roman-style Pizza with Calabrian-style Salumi’ hosted by Roberta Muir
12.45pm: Pizza Acrobatics by Youssef Touati (Salt Meats Cheese)
1.00pm: Lucio Galletto (Lucio’s) with Luca Ciano (Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma)
‘Classic Saltimbocca - Prosciutto Masterclass’ hosted by Roberta Muir
1.45pm: Richard Ptacnik (Otto Ristorante) + Will Brunker (Joto)
‘Spaghetti gets a Luxury Rocklobster Makeover’ hosted by Roberta Muir
2.30pm: Nino Zoccali (Pendolino) with Westerly Isbaih (Alto Olives)
‘Ancient Ingredients - Garum and Olive Oil’ hosted by Joanna Savill
3.00pm: Pizza Acrobatics by Youssef Touati (Salt Meats Cheese)
3.15pm: Cristuan Jordaan (Popolo) with Daniele Pirotta (Campari)
‘Campari: Good Enough to Eat’ hosted by Joanna Savill
4.00pm: Andrew Cibej + Scott Williams (Bacco Osteria e Espresso) with Phil Lavers (Moonacres Farm)
‘Gnocchi Masterclass’ hosted by Pat Nourse
4.30pm: Pizza Acrobatics by Youssef Touati (Salt Meats Cheese)
4.45pm: Federico Zanellato (LuMi) with Vito + Giuseppe Minoi (Vannella Cheese)
‘Italy Meets Japan’ hosted by Pat Nourse
5.30pm: Francesco Spataro (Aperitivo) with Mimmo Lubrano (Mutti)
‘Pizza Fritta Two Ways’ hosted by Pat Nourse
6.00pm: Pizza Acrobatics by Youssef Touati (Salt Meats Cheese)
6.15pm: Negroni Spectacular with Daniele Pirotta (Campari)
8.30pm: Marketplace Closes
WINE MASTERCLASSES presented by GOURMET TRAVELLER WINE
WHERE: WINE MASTERCLASS ROOM
11.30am: ‘Buongiorno!.. Guten Morgen!’ Alto Adige Wine Masterclass
Hosted by Huon Hooke
1.30am: ‘It’s Written in the Stars’ Gambero Rosso Wine Masterclass
Hosted by Huon Hooke
3.30pm: ‘Always The Bridesmaid, Never The Bride’ Barbaresco Wine Masterclass
Hosted by Huon Hooke
5.30pm: ‘Fiasco To Triumph’ Sangiovese Wine Masterclass
Hosted by Huon Hooke
MUSIC
WHERE: WINE GARDEN
10.30am-11.30pm: Gino Pengue on Guitar
‘Italian Jazz + Folk Music’
12.00pm-12.45pm: Santa Taranta
‘Music from the South of Italy’
1.30pm-1.45pm: Nadia Piave with Gino Pengue
‘Italian Opera’
2.00pm-3.00pm: Gino Pengue on Guitar
‘Italian Jazz + Folk Music’
4.45pm-5.45pm: Gino Pengue on Guitar
‘Italian Jazz + Folk Music’
6.30pm: Santa Taranta
‘Music from the South of Italy’
The Italian Wine + Food Festival is produced by Progetto Panevino, an events company obsessed with all things wine and food, and especially all things Italian. Created in 2013 by sommelier and passionate italophile Lara Caraturo, the Festival celebrates and promotes Italian wine and food culture in Australia.
Venue: the Cutaway, Barangaroo Reserve - Hickson Road Entrance, Sydney
facebook + instagram: @ItalianWineFoodFestival | twitter: @ItaWineFoodFest