Sample Food Festival

Overview

The Sample Food Festival is Northern NSW's premier annual food event, held at the Bangalow Showground in the Byron Bay hinterland. It showcases local Northern Rivers restaurants, producers, and chefs through tasting plates competing for the prestigious Gold Fork Award, live cooking demonstrations, workshops, and artisan stalls, focusing on regional flavor, sustainability, and community.

The Sample Food Festival is Northern NSW's premier annual food event, held at the Bangalow Showground in the Byron Bay hinterland. It showcases local Northern Rivers restaurants, producers, and chefs through tasting plates competing for the prestigious Gold Fork Award, live cooking demonstrations, workshops, and artisan stalls, focusing on regional flavor, sustainability, and community.

Location

Bangalow Showgrounds

1 Market Street Bangalow NSW 2479 Australia

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Location - 1 Market Street Bangalow NSW 2479 Australia

FAQs

Accessibility

A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility

Allows a person's carer free entry into participating venues and events

Actively welcomes people with access needs.

Caters for people who use a wheelchair.

Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)

Have a step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)

Have accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on your website (can be emailed on request)

Have accessible seating areas in theatrette

Have an accessible public toilet which is unlocked

Have at least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high)

Have grab rails in the bathroom

Offer a range of contact methods for receiving complaints

Offer multiple options for booking - web, email, phone

Provide seating in common areas including reception area

Train your staff in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges

Train your staff in disability awareness

Use Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)

Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)