Orange FOOD Week 2025 serving up close to 100 delicious events
Orange’s long-running food and wine festival gets underway on March 28, serving up nearly 100 events over two weekends showcasing the best of the region’s seasonal produce, cool-climate wines, and vibrant culinary scene.
Now in its 34th year, FOOD Week continues to be a huge visitor drawcard for the region. The festival’s six signature events alone are estimated to generate nearly $500,000 in revenue, and that excludes the other 70-plus events hosted by individual businesses at cellar doors, restaurants and elsewhere, FOOD Week President Charlotte Gundry said during the official launch of the festival at Hotel Canbolas on Tuesday.
“Really quite an extraordinary thing that FOOD Week now is a half-a-million-dollar exercise run by a bunch of volunteers… I think it's just quite extraordinary and I'm certainly very proud to be a part of it,” Charlotte said.
“A lot of the signature events have sold out, which is amazing,” she said of the 2025 FOOD Week program.
“And so we can now push guests and visitors into going to the smaller events that are being run by our wineries and restaurants and farm gates… This year, we've actually got over 70 events being run by individual operators across the region, which is really exciting and from all accounts, ticket sales are going pretty well for those events.”
The diversity and variety of this year’s events is also great to see, added Charlotte, with everything from intimate dinners, hands-on masterclasses, and family-friendly events alongside exciting new additions in neighbouring towns and villages like the Molong Meander and Falling for Blayney High Tea event.
“People have taken a lot of time to think about what their event is trying to achieve and being quite creative. I really like that people have thought about them and taken time to create something special… that really shows that level of maturity in the region as well,” she said.
FOOD Week 2025 gets underway on Friday, March 28, with the popular night markets in Robertson Park and concludes on Sunday, April 6. For the full program of events, visit orangefoodweek.com.au