Savour the Tweed returns with expanded food festival

THE Savour the Tweed food and drink festival will return this October with an expanded five-day program featuring 35 events across the region.

Now in its second year, the spring celebration will bring together local producers, chefs and visitors for long table lunches, farm tours, brewery tastings, cooking classes and community events.

Festival highlights include a Gidjuum Gulganyi walk with Bundjalung chef Mindy Woods, a brunch on the Northern Rivers Rail Trail, and a supper club at the Tweed Regional Museum.

Curator and chef Christine Manfield said the 2025 program would again focus on connection — between land, food, producers and community.

“As a signature regional food and drink event for this region, Savour the Tweed returns in 2025 with connection at its core,” she said.

Woods, who recently won the Champions for Change award at the World’s Best 50 Awards in Italy, is among several high-profile and emerging chefs joining the program.

Tweed Tourism Company general manager Sally Scott said the festival would again offer something for all budgets and ages, from free community activities to intimate restaurant experiences.

Savour the Tweed is an initiative of Tweed Shire Council and the Tweed Tourism Company. The event aims to support local producers and promote the region’s culinary identity.

It will run from October 22 to 26.

For information and tickets, visit thetweed.com.au/savourthetweed