Excellent
4.8 out of 5

Edinburgh

Friday 7th August - Sunday 9th August 2026
The UK’s biggest celebration of food & drink

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Music

Chefs

MasterChef Champion 2025
MasterChef Finalist 2025
Café Cùil
Pomelo
Dalhousie Castle
Bad Girl Bakery
Award-winning chef, Barry Fish
Pinch of Taste
MasterChef Finalist
Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa
MasterChef Finalist
Great British Menu 2026

What's on

Chef Meet & Greet

Live Music Stage

Chefs Theatre

Cake & Bake Theatre

Drinks Theatre

Luxury VIP Tent

Hot Chilli Challenge

Kids’ Cookery

Fire Stage

Artisan Market

Street Food

Fairground

Timetables
Daily features:

Live Music – all day
La Española Chefs Theatre – 12-6pm (Fri 2.30-6.30pm)
Drinks Theatre – 12.30-6.30pm (Fri 3-7pm)
Cake & Bake Theatre – 11.30am – 5.30pm (Fri 2-5pm)
Deli Kitchen Kids Cookery School with Rethink Food – 12-4pm Sat & Sun
Fire Stage – 12-5pm (Fri 3-6pm)

Headliners: Symphonic Ibiza


La Española Chefs Theatre

Host: Sarah Rankin, MasterChef Finalist

2.30pm – Exotic Eats
3.30pm – Sophie Sugrue, MasterChef Finalist 2025
4.30pm – Nigel Brown, Ready Steady Cook
5.30pm – Sarah Rankin, MasterChef Finalist
6.30pm – Hot Chilli Challenge


Fire Stage

Host: Pete Roobol, Embered Kitchen

3.15pm – Fire-Seared Shetland Salmon
4.15pm – Highland Hot Wings
5.15pm – Boozy Scotch Pancake

Drinks Theatre

3.00pm – M Chapoutier – Pioneers from the Rhône with Diana Thompson
4.00pm – Climate & Character: How Place Shapes Wine with Diana Thompson
5.00pm – Cocktails Masterclass with Six by Nico
6.00pm – Terroir & Style: Rioja, Rueda & Rías Baixas in Focus with Diana Thompson
7.00pm – Diana Thompson


Cake & Bake Theatre

Host: Jeni Ianetta, Bad Girl Bakery

2.00pm – Jeni Ianetta, Bad Girl Bakery
3.00pm – Nikolas Zalonis, Pinch of Taste Luxury Desserts
4.00pm – Nigel Brown, Born and Bread
5.00pm – The End of the Show Show


Live Music Stage

Headliners: Symphonic Ibiza

14.30 – Simon Sims
15.40 – Juniper Three
16.50 – High Ryes
18.00 – VH5
19.30 – Symphonic Ibiza

Headliners: Gareth Gates with Boyband in the Park


La Española Chefs Theatre

Host: Sarah Rankin, MasterChef Finalist

12.00pm – Rohan Wadke, Cameron House – MasterChef: The Professionals
1.00pm – Clare Coghill, Café Cùil
2.00pm – Harry Maguire, MasterChef Champion 2025
3.00pm – Stuart Thomson, Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa Edinburgh
4.00pm – Jilly McCord, MasterChef Finalist
5.00pm – Iain Gourlay, Dalhousie Castle – National Chef of the Year Finalist 2025
6.00pm – Hot Chilli Challenge


Fire Stage

Host: Pete Roobol, Embered Kitchen

12.15pm – Highland Hot Wings
1.15pm – Fire-Seared Shetland Salmon
2.15pm – White Bean Cauldron
3.15pm – Reverse-Seared Venison Rump n Tatties
4.15pm – Boozy Scotch Pancakes


Drinks Theatre

12.30pm – Louis Jadot – The Essence of Burgundy with Diana Thompson
1.30pm – New Zealand: Esk Valley Wines with Rose Murray Brown Master of Wine
2.30pm – Climate & Character: How Place Shapes Wine with Diana Thompson
3.30pm – Wines of Centre Loire with Rose Murray Brown Master of Wine
4.30pm – Rioja with Rose Murray Brown Master of Wine
5.30pm – Discover Sicily: Where Wine Meets History with Diana Thompson
6.30pm – Diana Thompson


Cake & Bake Theatre

Host: Jeni Ianetta, Bad Girl Bakery

11.30am – Nigel Brown, Born and Bread
12.30pm – High Protein Baking
1.30pm – Maisie, Maisie Bakes
2.30pm – Jeni Ianetta, Bad Girl Bakery
3.30pm – Clare Coghill, Café Cùil
4.30pm – Nikolas Zalonis, Pinch of Taste Luxury Desserts

Deli Kitchen Kids Cookery School with Rethink Food

Making Fun & Funky Herby Flatbreads

Classes running 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm. Tickets available from the front desk on a first-come, first-served basis


Live Music Stage

Headliners: Gareth Gates with Boyband in the Park

12.00 Rock Choir
13.00 – Vinnie McKee
13.50 – Out of the Blue
14.15 – Run Out the Guns
15.25 – Maddie Fraser as Stevie Nicks
15.45 – Antony Hubmeyer Take That Robbie Williams
16.20 – And the Bandages
17.30 – VH5
19.10 – Gareth Gates with Boyband in the Park

Headliners: Scouting For Girls


La Española Chefs Theatre

Host: Sarah Rankin, MasterChef Finalist

12.00pm – Peter McKenna, Eleven Fifty Five (formerly The Gannet)
1.00pm – Jun Au, Pomelo – Great British Menu 2026
2.00pm – Barry Bryson, Barry Fish
3.00pm – Jack Montgomery, Argile
4.00pm – Sarah Rankin, MasterChef Finalist
5.00pm – Hot Chilli Challenge


Fire Stage

Host: Pete Roobol, Embered Kitchen

12.15pm – Highland Hot Wings
1.15pm – Fire-Seared Shetland Salmon
2.15pm – White Bean Cauldron
3.15pm – Reverse-Seared Venison Rump n Tatties
4.15pm – Boozy Scotch Pancakes


Drinks Theatre

12.30pm – Joseph Mellot – Five Centuries of Loire Family Winemaking with Diana Thompson
1.30pm – Either Side of the Andes with Rose Murray Brown Master of Wine
2.30pm – Climate & Character: How Place Shapes Wine with Diana Thompson
3.30pm – Rias Baixas, Albarino’s homeland with Rose Murray Brown Master of Wine
4.30pm – Calmel & Joseph Wines in Languedoc with Rose Murray Brown Master of Wine
5.30pm – Discover Sicily: Where Wine Meets History with Diana Thompson
6.30pm – Diana Thompson


Cake & Bake Theatre

Host: Jeni Ianetta, Bad Girl Bakery

11.30am – Nigel Brown, Born and Bread
12.30pm – Bella, Sweet Bellas
1.30pm – Sweet Tricks with Thermomix
2.30pm – Jeni Ianetta, Bad Girl Bakery
3.30pm – Nigel Brown, Tasty Techniques


Deli Kitchen Kids Cookery School with Rethink Food

Making Fun & Funky Herby Flatbreads

Classes running 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm. Tickets available from the front desk on a first-come, first-served basis


Live Music Stage

Headliners: Scouting For Girls

12.00 – Rock Choir
12.50 – Juniper Three
13.40 – Callum Stewart
14.30 – Cloud House
15.20 – Paul Thorpe
16.30 – The Too Late
18.00 – Scouting For Girls

Join us at Edinburgh Foodies Festival 2026 for our biggest celebration yet of top chefs, tasty food, delicious drinks and live music. See headliners Scouting For Girls, Gareth Gates with Boyband in the Park and Symphonic Ibiza performing live. Purchase Front Row Access as an extra to get in the viewing area within metres of the stage. Enjoy creative dishes and signature cocktails in the Six by Nico restaurant tent

Watch MasterChef Champions, Michelin-starred and top local chefs cooking their signature summer recipes in the La Española Chefs Theatre. Experience our Fire Stage featuring barbecue and firepit cooking and compete in our new Hot Wings Challenge.

Learn how to make show-stopping cakes in the Cake & Bake Theatre with expert bakers and Great British Bake Off stars.

Sample new cocktails, wines and beers in The Drinks Theatre with expert guidance. Learn from Master of Wine Rose Murray Brown and Wine Events Scotland’s Diana Thompson. Eat delicious street food from around the world. Taste new flavours. Meet artisan producers. Have fun all day with chilli eating competitions and food challenges! Kids join in the fun at the Deli Kitchen Kids Cookery School with Rethink Food.

Weekend tickets available: gives you entry for all 3 days, so you can enjoy the whole festival and come and go as you please from £15 per day.

Opening Times
Friday 7th August 2026 – 2pm–10pm
Saturday 8th August 2026 – 11am–9pm
Sunday 9th August 2026 – 11am–8pm

Ticket prices from
Adult £25
Young Adult £8
Family £49 ( 2 adults, 2 children)
Ticket types
Gold ticket:
Festival entry
Chefs Theatre demos
Cake & Bake Theatre demos
Music Stage with live bands
Drinks Theatre tastings
Digital showguide
Platinum ticket:
Fast track entry
VIP Lounge access
Meet & greet with chefs
Music Stage with live bands
Goodie bag with foodie treats
Digital showguide

Dogs welcome on a short leash
Goody Bag £6
Carers come for free

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Address: Inverleith Park, Arboretum Place, Edinburgh, EH3 5NY

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