Loosen the belt buckle, get the stretchy pants on, do what you need to do to make sure you make the most of the upcoming 2018 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. Running from 16 – 25 March, this event is…
The Melbourne Food & Wine Festival is always a highlight of the year for The Plus Ones. The program hosts a carefully crafted smorgasbord of experiences, and every now and then – something truly magnificent. Truly Madly Deeply is definitely an event…
Nothing drives home Melbourne’s food and wine obsession quite like sitting down to lunch with 1700 keen fellow diners, something I was lucky enough to experience this year for Bank of Melbourne’s 25th annual World’s Longest Lunch. The event is…
Food paradise Melbourne turns into the seventh level of heaven during the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival. Running 31 March to 9 April 2017, there’s something for everyone: express lunches for the CBD workers, nighttime cocktail excursions, all-day free festivals, and…
I hit my peak life moment at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival event ‘Truly, Madly, Deeply’. There I was, holding a champagne flute. Above me was a beautiful acrobat entwined onto a hoop suspended from the ceiling. As I raised…
Dionysus would be pleased. This weekend my +1 and I were treated to a garden party high tea at the Hellenic Museum. The catering was flawless with tea, champagne, coffee, and frappe martinis making the rounds in-between beautifully presented courses. As part…
An aperitif a day keeps the doctor away, and it’s the perfect prescription for a lazy autumn afternoon. “On a scale from one to really good sex, this cocktail is just below really good sex.” The bartender immediately went red…
As Autumn descends upon us, we look for awesome events to distract ourselves with from the impending, inevitable cold winds and rain to come. Here are our top picks of how to stay warm, while also staying cool: Festival of Live Art (1…
White Night, a New Orleans Mardi Gras Festival, jazz parties — February was great! Here’s what we’re excited about in March. Melbourne Food & Wine Festival – Sifting through the MFWF events is a herculean task, but we’ve narrowed it down to the…
Every year we look forward to the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival. For a glorious fortnight, hundreds of events elevate Melbourne from culinary capital of Australia to — we daresay — the culinary capital of the world. (Yeah, you heard us.)…