Here is my definitive calendar of London’s best forthcoming food events.
August 2014
1-3 August Feast – Tobacco Dock
2-3 August Kingston Food Festival – Kingston town centre
14-17 August London Craft Beer Festival – Oval Space, Bethnal Green
15-17 August Foodies Festival FEAST – Battersea Park
23-25 August BBC Good Food Festival – Hampton Court Palace
September 2014
7-9 September Speciality and Fine Food Fair (Trade Only) – Olympia
20 September Barnes Food Fair – Barnes Green
23-24 September Lunch! (Trade Only) – Business Design Centre
26 September Malaysia Night/Malaysia Kitchen – Trafalgar Square
26 September King’s Cross Harvest Festival Feast – Alara Kings Cross Young Orchard, Camley Street
26-28 September Welcome Italia – Royal Horticultural Halls, Victoria
27-28 September Vegfest London – Olympia
October 2014
3-5 October The Cake and Bake Show – Earls Court
17-19 October Salon du Chocolat – Olympia West
25-27 October BBC Good Food Bakes & Cakes Show – Business Design Centre
November 2014
4-9 November Spirit of Christmas Fair – London Olympia
14-16 November BBC Good Food Show – London Olympia
20-23 November Taste of London Winter – Tobacco Dock
December 2014
12-14 December The Chocolate Festival – Business Design Centre
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April 2013
2-28 April Local Food Heroes – Selfridges Foodhall
7-8 April Natural and Organic Products Europe (Trade only) – Grand Hall, Olympia
12-21 April Alchemy Festival, Flavours of India – Southbank Centre Square
25-28 April The London Coffee Festival – Old Truman’s Brewery, Brick Lane
26-28 April Cheese and Wine Festival – Southbank Centre Square
May 2013
3-6 May Real Food Festival – Southbank Centre Square
3-6 May Streets of Spain – Festival Village underneath Queen Elizabeth Hall
19 May Sow and Grow – Ham House, Richmond upon Thames
19 May Gefiltefest, London Jewish Food Festival – London Jewish Cultural Centre
19-20 May RAW, The Artisan Wine Fair – Old Truman’s Brewery, Brick Lane
24-27 May World Street Food Festival – Southbank Centre
25-27 May Foodies Festival – Hampton Court Palace
June 2013
1-2 June TOAST Festival – Red Gallery, Shoreditch
7-9 June Foodies Festival – Clapham Common
7-9 June Vdelicious, The Veggie Good Food Show – Olympia
7-9 June The Allergy and Free From Show – Olympia
8-9 June Soho Food Feast – St Anne’s Church Garden, Soho
15-16 June Rioja Tapas Fantasticas – Potters Fields Park, Southwark
20-23 June Taste of London – Regent’s Park
27-30 June Waterloo Quarter Food Festival – Various
July 2013
1- 31 July Waterloo Quarter Food Festival – Various
4-7 July Feast – Brick Lane Yard, E1
13-14 July Munch – Holly Grove, Peckham
August 2013
10-11 August Kingston Food Festival – Kingston town centre
13-17 August Great British Beer Festival – Olympia
16-18 August Foodies Festival FEAST – Battersea Park
16-18 August London Craft Beer Festival – Oval Space, Bethnal Green
September 2013
8-10 September Speciality and Fine Food Fair (Trade Only) – Olympia
13-15 September The Cake and Bake Show – Earls Court
21 September Barnes Food Fair – Barnes Green
27-29 September Halal Food Festival – London Excel
27-29 September Real Food Harvest Festival – Southbank Centre
30 September Brixton Food Fest – various locations
October 2013
1-5 October Brixton Food Fest – various locations
3-21 October London Restaurant Festival – various locations
4 October Malaysia Night/Malaysia Kitchen – Trafalgar Square
5-6 October Vegfest – Olympia
11-13 October Cheese and Wine Festival – Southbank Centre Square
13 October London Orchard Festival – Camley Street Natural Park, St Pancras
18-20 October Chocolate Unwrapped/Salon du Chocolat – National Hall, Olympia
18-20 October Welcome Italia – Royal Horticultural Halls, Victoria
November 2013
1-2 November The Real Bread Festival – Old Spitalfields Market
5-10 November Spirit of Christmas Fair – London Olympia
15-17 November BBC Good Food Show – London Olympia
21-24 November Taste of Christmas – Tobacco Dock
December 2013
13-15 December The Chocolate Festival – Southbank Centre Square
19-22 December Real Food Christmas Market – Southbank Centre Square
January 2014
3-26 January Food for Thought – Selfridges Foodhall
February 2014
17 February Greenwich Food Fest – Greenwich Market
March 2014
28-30 March The Edible Garden Show – Alexandra Palace
April 2014
3-6 April The London Coffee Festival – Old Truman’s Brewery, Brick Lane
11-13 April The Chocolate Festival – Business Design Centre
13-14 April Natural and Organic Products Europe (Trade only) – Grand Hall, Olympia
13-14 April The Real Wine Fair – Tobacco Dock, Wapping
May 2014
2-5 May Streets of Spain – Southbank Centre Square
14-17 May Spirit of Summer – London Olympia
16-26 May Alchemy Festival, Flavours of India – Southbank Centre Square
18-19 May RAW, The Artisan Wine Fair – Old Truman’s Brewery, Brick Lane
24-26 May Foodies Festival – Marble Hill House, London TW1
30-31 May Foodies Festival – Kenwood House, London NW3
June 2014
1 June Foodies Festival – Kenwood House, London NW3
4-6 June The London Produce Show and Conference (Trade only) – Grosvenor House Hotel, W1K
6-8 June Foodies Festival – Clapham Common
7-8 June Soho Food Feast – St Anne’s Church Gardens, Soho
14-15 June Rioja Tapas Fantasticas – Potters Fields Park, Southwark
15 June Gefiltefest, London Jewish Food Festival – London Jewish Cultural Centre
19-22 June Taste of London – Regent’s Park
July 2014
4-6 July Vdelicious, The Veggie Good Food Show – Olympia
4-6 July The Allergy and Free From Show – Olympia
31 July Feast – Tobacco Dock
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