Best of local fare at fourth annual Visa Street Food Festival

This year’s Visa Street Food Festival is dishing up a new flavour in Cape Town. Not only will it launch its first ever night market, but its Business of Food themed conference, Visa Food Studio, will bring together top chefs and speakers in a day of interactive tastings, workshops and demonstrations.

The fourth edition of the popular festival will kick off in Cape Town at the Side Street Studios in Woodstock on Saturday 2 September with the launch of the night market, and continue on Sunday 3 September with a full day of street food, live DJ’s and free talks.

A week later, on Sunday 10 September, the festival will move to Common Ground, 16 Staib Street, Maboneng in Johannesburg.

Launched in Cape Town in 2014, the Street Food Festival combines a vibrant street market, where local chefs showcase the best of what South Africa’s street food has to offer, with talks by some of the country’s leading food makers.

Speakers

Among the lineup of speakers at the Cape Town event are food blogger Ming Cheau Lin, pâtisserie chef Nikki Albertyn of LionHeart pâtisserie studio and pop-up supper club Third Culture Experiment.

In Jo’burg, festival goers will be able to attend talks by Jako van Deventer, from The Rogue Cheddar, freelance food writer, recipe developer and food stylist Dorah Lydia Sitole, and small scale urban farmers the Kotze Rooftop Garden Co-operative.

In the Mother City Chefs Wesley Randles of award-winning restaurant The Shortmarket Club and Andy Fenner of Frankie Fenner Meat Merchants will also be offering a taste of their Convivium – a showcase of local food, chefs and producers - at the festival for the first time.

While snacking on all the delicious pavement-style food, you’ll get to listen to some of the country’s hottest talent, with a music line-up that includes Dope Saint Jude, electronic music whizz Felix Laband and DJ’s Roastin' Records, K-$ , DJ Okapi and many more.

Visa Food Studio  

On Thursday 31 August a full-day food conference will take place at Workshop 17 at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront.

Aiming to empower food-makers with the necessary tools to transform their passion for food into a career, the hands-on conference will offer tastings, workshops, demonstrations and talks, and cover everything from sustainable food practices to getting a new business off the ground. Tickets cost R1 500.

Festival Times and Dates:

Admission to the Cape Town Saturday market (2 September), which includes the first-ever night market, is R50. The festival’s doors open at 5pm and close at 9pm.

Admission to the Cape Town Sunday market (3 September), which includes vendors, free talks and live DJ’s, is R100. The festival’s doors open at 9am and close at 4pm.

Admission to the Johannesburg Sunday market (10 September), which includes vendors, free talks and live DJ’s, is R100. The festival’s doors open at 9am and close at 4pm.

Tickets:

Tickets are available at www.webtickets.co.za and if you pay with Visa Checkout, you will get a 10% discount on your ticket price. Tickets are also available at the door.

For more information on the Visa Street Food Festival visit, www.streetfoodfestival.co.za | @streetfoodfestivalZA | @streetfoodZA