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

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.

FREE SATURDAY 25TH MARCH, 10AM - 1PM

FIND ALL THE ACTION AT WHARFSIDE, 340 HARBOUR ROAD, PORT ŌHOPE www.whakatane.com/wildfood