Bankstown Bites food festival draws over 10,000 people to check out city’s multicultural flavours
They came, they ate and they left with full stomachs after a day of fun at Bankstown Bites Food Festival.
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They came, they ate and they left with full stomachs after a day of fun at Bankstown Bites Food Festival.
With perfect weather, a crowd of more than 10,000 attended the annual festival in Olympic Parade on Saturday.
SBS Food Safari chef Heather Jeong’s quick spicy kimchi was a crowd favourite as were the cooking demonstrations by My Kitchen Rules guest judge Darren Robertson and MKR semi-finalists David Vu and Betty Banks.
Foodies took part in 20 different food tours and Bankstown local Simon Nguyen won the giant cupcake eating competition.
Canterbury-Bankstown Council administrator Richard Colley said: “I am proud we were able to feature some of our city’s first-class restaurants and show Bites visitors just how incredible the food scene is here in Canterbury-Bankstown.”
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