It’s no secret that Australians love Italian food. It’s partly down to the hefty number of Italian immigrants who have made down under their home, as well as the fact that the Mediterranean nation’s famed focus on the fresh and the homemade is just downright tasty.

In celebration of the bevy of Italian delicacies, the Italian Wine and Food Festival will be returning for the fifth year. The event has already made its way to Melbourne this year and will shortly be landing in Sydney to showcase the best of Italy’s produce (alcohol included).

Arriving on August 27, the festival will be hosted in the new setting of Barangaroo. Alongside pop-up restaurants there will be a marketplace overflowing with salumi, cheese, pasta, bread, coffee, gelato and the like, representing Dust Bakery, Berkelo, Dolcettini, Zippoli, Buon Ricordo Olive Oil, Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma, Salt Meats Cheese, Truffle Traders, Rivareno Gelato and more. There will also be 200 Italian wines present, musical entertainment, competitions for all ages, and cooking demonstrations.

Some of Sydney’s top cooking talent will also be involved in the day. Giovanni Pilu (Pilu at Freshwater), Lucio Galletto (Lucio’s), Federico Zanellato (LuMi), Stefano Manfredi and Gianluca Donzelli (Pizzaperta), Nino Zoccali (Pendolino), Richard Ptacnik (Otto Ristorante), Gabriele Taddeucci (Balla), Lucio de Falco (Lucio Pizzeria) and Youssef Touati (Salt Meats Cheese) included.

Tickets to the Sydney leg of the Italian Wine and Food Festival can be purchased online.