Bengaluru’s food circuit has always been much-talked about, more so over the last couple of years given the many new formats the city’s entrepreneurs have been experimenting with. Think specially curated tasting menus, farm-to-plate experiences, and the many pop-ups hosted almost every weekend. The latter has brought chefs from across the country to Bengaluru and showcased their culinary magic to the city that is always open to try new experiences.
A culmination of all this has now led to The Food Nerd Festival that will bring together everyone from chefs and small business owners to food photographers, authors, among others. All set to be held this weekend, the organisers — food media house, Goya Media, and food/design collective, Edible Issues — say the event has “been a dream to host”. “We have been dreaming of doing a version of this festival for a long time,” says Anisha Oommen, co-founder and director of Goya Media, “In 2021, we came together to throw the first Food Nerd Party, our annual Christmas party, to say thank you to all the people we’ve worked with through the year. 2022 was bigger, more exciting, and the party became a space where knowledge sharing happened organically, and plans for collaborations and future projects were made. So this year, we decided to create a space dedicated to this magic unfolding,” she says of the festival happening this weekend.
