DANDENONG
Tuesday, 23 March, 2021
A WORLD OF
fine food
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival’s largest free, family-friendly event, Dandenong World Fare returns this month delighting customers and traders alike. Dandenong Market will host a celebration of world street food and culture on Sunday 28 March, from 10am to 4pm. The event will commemorate multiple nationalities with authentic hawker style dishes, a jam-packed schedule of roving entertainment and a chance to win a Dandenong Market Street Food Tour. Dandenong, which is home to 156 different nationalities, is Australia’s most culturally diverse municipality - something the Market loves to celebrate. “Being able to share and preserve culture is 12487676-CG13-21
incredibly important to us,” Dandenong Market general manager Jennifer Hibbs said. “We hold an array of colourful cultural festivals every year, but World Fare gives us the opportunity to celebrate nationalities working together in harmony,” she said. Dandenong Market is inviting visitors to enjoy the tastes and sounds of the world while still staying close to home. World Fare 2021 will celebrate the flavours of international cuisine by ‘heroing’ the Market’s own street food fare from around the world rather than casual vendors as done in previous years. Unlike traditional Market days, each of the tasty traders will be featuring a dish that will be available for one-day only at Dandenong World Fare. After a tough 2020, more than 20 food trad-
ers are ready to welcome the community back into their homes by offering a plate inspired by their rich cultural history. “There’s nowhere quite like Dandenong … Melbourne’s multicultural heart is our most diverse municipality,” Herald Sun food editor Dan Stock said. “And its Market is the vibrant melting point of this global village. Dandenong Market is a multi-ethnic smorgasbord upon which to feast.” Nominated as one of Broadsheet’s top five picks for this year’s Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, Dandenong Market promises its event will be as fun as it is filling. “World Fare not only celebrates the authentic dishes of our much-loved traders, it’s also an opportunity to relish in the sights and sounds
of the many cultures we’ve felt so isolated from over the last 12 months,” said Ms Hibbs. Pop-up roving performances including the traditional haka, the colourful Chinese lion dance and rhythmic African drums will be scattered all throughout the Market during the event. The Market has advised that outside-only event will follow a strict CovidSafe plan including a designated event seated area on The Terrace, increasd cleaning, hand sanitising stations and adherence to physical distancing requirements. Parking is free all day, but seats are limited. Find more information and answers to frequently asked questions at www.dandenongmarket.com.au/event/world-fare