Apollo Bay Seafood Festival 2023, Melbourne

Within the temper for seafood by the ocean? This summer season, you will get your repair when the much-loved Apollo Bay Seafood Pageant returns to ship an enormous weekend of ocean-fresh goodness from Friday, February 17–Sunday, February 19.

The Nice Ocean Street meals fest kicks off with a Friday evening program of native feasts — together with a dinner at Sandy Toes heroing seafood and bush tucker, and a nine-course degustation teamed with sensational views at The Perch Lavers Hill.

The famed Harbour Day celebrations return from Saturday morning, descending on Apollo Bay Harbour for a jam-packed serve of meals pop-ups and cooking demos — led by the likes of sustainable seafood chef Peter Hilcke and Rosa Mitchell of Rosa’s Canteen.

A seafood market might be slinging all the pieces from abalone sashimi and octopus skewers to paella and piping sizzling scallop pies, whereas reside tunes could have you kicking on till late.

And passionate seafood aficionados will discover themselves in nice firm on Sunday, as Richard Cornish and Hilary McNevin host the Conversations On the Edge panel. Hear from fishermen, cooks, ocean activists, First Nations specialists and extra as they share huge concepts round how we are able to reside extra harmoniously with the ocean and its creatures.

The day’s chef lineup particularly is a cracker, that includes names like Brae’s Dan Hunter, Jerry Mai (Pho Nom) and River Cottage Australia star Paul West.