Wandin is about to show up the warmth with the 2025 Herb + Chilli Pageant returning with a contemporary lineup of flavours and enjoyable.
Set in stunning Wandin, the two-day competition runs from March fifteenth to sixteenth and guarantees a mouth-tingling expertise for each chilli lover. It presents spicy competitions, modern meals choices, and nonstop leisure in a one-of-a-kind competition to kick off your 12 months.
This 12 months the competition is promising a worldwide culinary journey below one roof with a big mixture of meals stalls that can take your style buds on a journey around the globe. It is possible for you to to pattern the daring and spicy twist on Vegemite with the competition’s new Vegemite Chilli by Chooks Scorching Sauces. Durbalicious brings again the South African pickle stall, providing zesty pickles and over 70 distributors littering the competition grounds; there’s really one thing for everybody.
The chilli consuming competitions return with the group pleasing Shot n Holler competitors, inviting courageous opponents to check their spice tolerance by skulling a shot of tequila, adopted by a shot of tremendous scorching sauce and giving the group their finest ‘Holler’. A brand new addition this 12 months is for kids and households with the Children Candy Corn and Candy Chilli Consuming competitors, a enjoyable and pleasant problem for youthful spice lovers.
Additionally returning this 12 months is the cooking demonstrations with native cooks, who use the contemporary herbs and chilli sauces across the competition to indicate you cook dinner some new dishes. This 12 months chef Sally Meaden and Juanita from Juanita’s Kitchen are on board to indicate us their finest. It’s all the time a spotlight of the present seeing what they provide you with, and price hanging round to get a style for your self.
The competition additionally contains a meals truck space, the place you’ll be able to really discover one thing for everybody’s style. A variety of drinks, meals, desserts and leisure is about up in entrance of a stage with 6-piece band, Harmaniax returning to maintain the great vibes rolling over the 2 days. The entire household can benefit from the day with a devoted KidZone that includes face portray, leaping castles and pony rides – all included along with your competition entry.
There may be loads of parking on the venue, though primarily based on my expertise over the past two years, I might get there as near opening as attainable as there will be fairly a queue to get in. Should you catch the practice to Lilydale Station, there’s a devoted Chilli Specific bus service to and from the occasion that makes the journey a breeze. You should purchase a ticket to the competition together with the Chilli Specific bundled collectively. If you’re new to the competition, each buy made on the official web site will get a free chilli hat on arrival, the proper solution to hold the Yarra Valley solar off you for the weekend.
During the last two years of the competition, I’ve had a implausible weekend every time. Watching the chilli consuming competitions, studying new dishes from native cooks, buying a ridiculously great amount of crops and herbs and being courageous sufficient final 12 months to strive the purple chilli ice-cream, it has positioned this competition on the prime of my occasion listing for Melbourne yearly.
You should purchase tickets, bus tickets and look at extra info through the official web site here
The Herb + Chilli Pageant is on March 15 and 16 at 125 Quayle Street, Wandin North – nestled within the Yarra Valley.
