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LOCAL WILD FOOD SERIES
Hope Beach
Wild Food Gathering by the Wharf
A multi-course dining experience created by award winning chef, Des Harris, Culinary Director of Fish Restaurant at the Hilton Auckland. Join us on a culinary and sensory journey, celebrating wild food from the abundant Bay of Plenty, set amongst the beautiful scenery of Ōhope. You will be welcomed with a bespoke Wai Mānuka cocktail and canapes, then seated for a three-course meal with matching wines from Mills Reef and the Wine Portfolio, and craft beer from Mata Brewery.
TICKETS $159 FRIDAY 24TH MARCH, 5.30PM - 9PM
25TH MARCH
Local Wild Food Festival
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The iconic Local Wild Food Festival celebrates sustainability and the abundance of food available from our local environment. We have an action-packed programme including the local wild food cooking challenge, demonstrations with food tastings, an interactive mystery box cooking challenge, live bands, a craft beer garden, food and market stalls and more!
TICKETS $15 SATURDAY 25TH MARCH, 10AM - 4PM Get
Local Wild Food CHALLENGE
24TH MARCH
25TH MARCH
Create your own unique dish featuring ingredients sourced from the great outdoors - gardens, ocean, bush, rivers or lakes. Get the kids involved too, with plenty of prizes up for grabs.
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FREE SATURDAY 25TH MARCH, 10AM - 1PM
FIND ALL THE ACTION AT WHARFSIDE, 340 HARBOUR ROAD, PORT ŌHOPE www.whakatane.com/wildfood