When it comes to celebrating the extraordinary food and beverage producers and unique provenance of the Northern Rivers, it doesn’t get more authentic or grassroots than the Harvest Food Trail. Now in its eighth year, the 2024 festival is presenting 53 epic local producers across 33 spectacular locations from Thursday, 2 May to Sunday, 5 May.
Kicking off the festival is Taste the Harvest – two days of immersive experiences enabling you to get up close and personal with local native foods and produce, our proud indigenous heritage and of course, with food from some of our finest and most passionate chefs.
Already announced is an afternoon featuring an extraordinary culinary journey at Elements of Byron Resort, starting with a captivating foraging tour led by Alistair Oakman, followed by a six-course degustation created by Executive Chef, Ebony Baker, showcasing the richness of local native ingredients and produce.
Friday morning at Mullum Farmers Market will mark the official opening of the festival. Bundjalung woman Delta Kay will perform a Welcome to Country and give a cultural talk, followed by a cooking demonstration showcasing native foods by AGFG’s first Indigenous Female Chef Hat winner, Bundjalung woman Mindy Woods from Karkalla, Byron Bay.
Later that day, you’re invited to a special collaboration at award-winning Potager at Carool, between Head Chef Mikey Lee and Forager, Chanterelle Foggin, presenting a five-course, wild-food degustation from locally-sourced farmed and foraged ingredients.
For full details of the four-day Harvest Food Trail program and tickets, visit www.northernriversfood.org and click on Harvest Food Trail.
