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Street Food Festival comes to Joburg

Cape Town’s annual Street Food Festival has included Johannesburg as a second venue this year, where it will trade at the Hazard Gallery in the Maboneng Precinct on 1 August 2015.

Both cities will follow the same programme with a day-long food market and conference featuring a panel of prominent industry speakers. The markets will showcase a rich selection of local vendors serving up authentic street fare ranging from shisa nyama and bunny chows to gatsbys, vetkoek, askoek, and fish and chips. Activities like beer tasting and an eating competition are also on the cards, and while vendors will only be finalised in May, festival director Hannerie Visser promises a plethora of the country’s best street food. “It’s an opportunity to try out all your favourite street foods in one day and learn how to make a business out of your passion for food,” she says.

Street Food Festival comes to Joburg

Street Food Festival comes to Joburg

The conference costs R300 per person and will focus on talks and workshops aimed at food lovers and entrepreneurs, with topics ranging from food styling and trends to social media marketing and logo and packaging design. Speakers include Eat Out editor and TASTE food editor Abigail Donnelly, The Kitchen’s Karen Dudley, food writer Thando Moleketi, design expert Gideon van Lill, and more. The event will conclude with a collaborative street food dinner, which will cost R350 per head and feature contributions from select speakers and market vendors. “By showcasing our South African street food culture, we hope to inspire and empower people to pursue their love for food as a career,” says Hannerie.

The Street Food Festival, which launched in Cape Town in 2014, attracted over 2 000 visitors and hosted more than 40 local food vendors. The Cape Town branch of the event will take place at Side Street Studios in Woodstock on 26 July 2015, before moving to Hazard Gallery in Maboneng, Johannesburg, on 1 August.

Purchase your tickets on Quicket.co.za and follow #StreetFoodZA on Twitter and Instagram for regular updates.

Interested vendors can email Hannerie Visser at streetfood@studio-h.co.za or apply for a stall online via the following links:
Stall applications for Cape Town
Stall applications for Johannesburg

Festival programme for Cape Town and Johannesburg:

9am: Market opens (entrance is free)
10am: Talks begin
3pm: Talks end
4pm: Market closes
7pm: Dinner begins

Street Food Festival comes to Joburg

Street Food Festival comes to Joburg

Seminar programme for Cape Town (26 July at Side Street Studios, Woodstock):

09.30: Coffee and registration
10am to 10.30am: Laureen Rossouw – Dealing with the media
10.30am to 11am: Gideon van Lill – Logo and packaging design
11am to 11.30am: Break
11.30am to 12.15pm: Abigail Donnelly – Food styling workshop
12.15pm to 1pm: Beer tasting
1pm to 2pm: Lunch and eating competition
2pm to 2.30pm: Uno de Waal – Marketing via social media
2.30pm to 3pm: Karen Dudley – Making food your business

Seminar programme for Johannesburg (1 August at Hazard Gallery, Maboneng):

9.30am: Coffee and registration
10am to 10.30am: Zodwa Kumalo-Valentine (Mail & Guardian) – Dealing with the media
10.30am to 11am: Logo and packaging design
11am to 11.30am: Break
11.30am to 12:15pm: Sylvia McKeown – Food trends
12.15pm to 1pm: Beer tasting
1pm to 2pm: Lunch and eating competition
2pm to 2.30pm: Uno de Waal – Marketing via social media
2.30pm to 3pm: Thando Moleketi (Jozi Foodie Fix and THE WKND SOCIAL) – Making food your business

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