Five food news and events to fire up your winter travels

From regional food festivals to hotel dining, all the events travellers will want to savour this month and beyond.

Carousing in Campania

Dishes from the kitchens of Caruso, A Belmond Hotel.

Luxury travel company Belmond has released its third cookbook, Campania: Recipes & Wanderings Across Italy’s Polychromatic Coast, this time spotlighting the cuisine and culinary communities of Campania through a mix of technicolour travel photography, stories from regional suppliers and classic southern Italian recipes. Expect plenty of travel inspiration from the kitchens of Caruso, A Belmond Hotel, the brand’s 11th century palace resort perched 350 metres above the Amalfi Coast. See belmond.com

Noosa’s amped-up festival for foodies

The Sundowner Beach Party at Noosa Eat and Drink Festival.

The four-day Noosa Eat and Drink Festival is back, and bigger than ever. This year’s festival, from May 29 to June 1, includes the return of popular signature events such as the Arcadia Street Long Lunch and some fresh additions such as a new interactive cooking hub, celebrities versus chefs cooking battles, an expanded Festival Village and a new venture by chef Matt Golinski. See noosaeatdrink.com.au

Where there’s smoke, there’s Fervor

Hearth’s Brian Cole and Fervor’s Paul “Yoda” Iskov team up for a series of fire-driven feasts at The Ritz-Carlton, Perth.

Chef Paul “Yoda” Iskov worked in some of the world’s best restaurants before founding Indigenous food pop-up, Fervor. Last year, the food collective took the concept to guests of The Ritz-Carlton, Perth for a degustation at Hearth restaurant, followed with a series of bespoke luxury food itineraries in remote parts of Western Australia. Now Iskov is teaming up with Hearth’s chef de cuisine, Brian Cole, once again for a series of fire-driven dining events in June, October and November. See hearthrestaurant.com.au/news

Vivid’s fiery food returns

Vivid Fire Kitchen.

Barbecue lovers are in good hands at this year’s Vivid Fire Kitchen, as the world’s top pit masters, chefs and barbecue experts descend on Ultimo’s The Goods Line for a “Fire and Spice”-themed line-up. Meanwhile, fine-dining fans can get a taste of London at Vivid’s Chef Series events. James Lowe of St John Bread & Wine will join Mat Lindsay for a three-night takeover at Ester in Chippendale, while Claude Bosi, of two-Michelin-starred Brooklands and Bibendum, will team up with Brent Savage for two indulgent nights at Eleven Barrack in the CBD. See vividsydney.com

Cool tastes of Tassie’s off-season

Tassie Scallop Fiesta returns to Bridport.

Brace for a supercharged food events calendar in our southernmost state over the chilly months. Think whole hog feasts at Lebrina’s Fork it Farm (August 9); Eastford Creek Vineyard’s fireside Burning of the Canes Festival combining food, drink and live music (June 21); a winter whiskey experience by the sea with single malts and grazing plates at Waubs Harbour Distillery (Saturdays in June and July); and the return of Tassie Scallop Fiesta in Bridport, marking the start of scallop season with a celebration of seafood and wine (August 9). See discovertasmania.com.au/off-season