Aboriginal-owned hospitality business Indigiearth will showcase First Nations cuisine at the The Great Graze on Sydney's Barangaroo waterfront next month.
The family-friendly, immersive, two-day food and culture festival will showcase the best of Barangaroo's dining and hospitality precinct, bringing the community together against the backdrop of Sydney Harbour on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October.
This year's festival welcomes a special partnership with Indigiearth, showcasing First Nations food and flavours alongside the precinct's dining line-up.
In honour of the partnership, a First Nations Native Foods market will be held at Pier Pavilion on both days, celebrating Indigenous food businesses, native ingredients and cultural storytelling.
More than just a festival, The Great Graze celebrates connection, where friends and families can gather, graze and soak up the harbourside atmosphere.
"Barangaroo continues to be a must-visit hospitality, arts and culture precinct, with an innovative and diverse program of activity throughout the year," Lendlease director of retail and place, Monique de Cseuz, said.
"The Great Graze is a wonderful example of this, giving Sydneysiders and visitors alike the chance to explore our waterfront in a new way - through food and community.
"Events like this are central to what makes Barangaroo such a vibrant place to spend time."
The market's food stalls will be curated by Indigiearth founder Sharon Winsor, who will also be trading out of Pier Pavilion, serving a native food menu that includes crocodile roll, kangaroo and bush tomato mince and bush tomato and vege.
The Great Graze will activate predominantly on Barangaroo's foreshore with Wulugul Walk restaurants operating pop-up stalls serving street style menus of their hero dishes.
At least one item from each menu will feature a native Australian ingredient, such as Belles Hot Chicken sandwich with a Kakadu Plum glaze, or Belles waffles with a native fruit syrup.
Locals and visitors alike will be invited to wander the waterfront, sampling dishes from a curated line-up of food stalls and pop-ups helmed by some of Barangaroo's most-loved restaurants and bars.
Restaurants taking part include Anason, Belles Hot Chicken, Gina, Lotus, Muum Maam, and Zushi. Revellers are encouraged to take a seat at a long communal picnic table that will span the length of Wulugul Walk.
Pier Pavilion will house the First Nations Hub with a Native Food Market curated by Sharon Winsor. The market will have take-home products for purchase from Aboriginal businesses including Native Botanical Brewery, Ziggy's Wild Foods, Southcoast Seaweed, Baagi Milaygin, Unexpected Guest, Lore Australia and Ngumpie Weaving.
With free entry, 25 food stalls, communal dining areas, live music and family-friendly entertainment, The Great Graze is the perfect way to spend the weekend celebrating culture, community and local flavour.
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