Johannesburg Festival of Food and Drink: Enjoy great food from all corners of the world!
Take your tastebuds on an adventure with the 11-day Johannesburg Festival of Food and Drink (from 25 April).
FILE: Street food. Picture: Pragyan Bezbaruah via pexels
Relebogile Mabotja speaks with Juan Boshoff, Creative Director of the Johannesburg World Festival of Food and Drink, Dennis Apollonato, Owner of the Fourways Orexi and Pino Di Benedetto, Co-Owner of Settebello Restaurant at Italian Club.
Listen to the interview in the audio below.
The Johannesburg World Festival of Food and Drink (at Emperors Palace from 25 April at 4 pm to 5 May at midnight) will feature culinary extravaganzas from all corners of the world
Take your tastebuds on a journey through 16 authentic international street cafés and taverns, and taste dishes from renowned chefs.
This year there's a theatre-style design for each country's stall and a theatrical performance for each country.
“You are going to walk into a theatre production of food.”
- Juan Boshoff, Creative Director - Johannesburg World Festival of Food and Drink
Settebello will serve Italian dishes made in-house with traditional ingredients while Orexi will offer delicious authentic Greek street food.
“It is very simple food, the way we have it at home.”
- Dennis Apollonato, Owner - Fourways Orexi
To get your tickets follow the link here.
Tickets for adults and children under 13 are R150, and children from 3-12 only pay R60.
Children under 3 get in for free.
Scroll up to the audio player to listen to the interview.