Dundee Food Festival 2024
Saturday 6 July - Sunday 7 July
Join us for a full weekend of food and fun!
Taking place at numerous events across the city, the Dundee Food Festival is a vibrant celebration of local food culture, sustainability and community spirit.
Come along and enjoy a great mix of mouthwatering drinks and munchies at our guest pop ups and in Tatha Bar & Kitchen, or take part in our foodie-themed events.
There’s also loads of FREE family fun, from POP Playground to the Creature Collective to Twist and Shape, your wee ones can play, create and explore to their heart’s content.
What's On:
POP Playground!
We've got summer wrapped up with 30 free days of play!
Inspired by Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk and Japanese contemporary pop culture our studio playground will be packed with cool comics and your favourite Japanese-designed videogames!
Friendly designers will be on hand to help you experiment and create your own unique designs, from manga style 4-koma comics to mini fantasy friends, kimono future fashions and pattern-tastic folded origami!
Full programme:
Saturday 6 July
10:00 – 19:00, Street Food, Outside Plaza
11.00 – 16.00, Gin Bothy Pop-up, V&A Dundee Shop
11.00 – 16.00, POP Playground!, Thomson Learning Centre
13:00 – 14:00, The Future of Food, Juniper Auditorium
18:30 – 23:00, Tatha Takeover: Gillian Veal, Tatha Bar & Kitchen
Sunday 7 July
10:00 – 19:00, Street Food, Outside Plaza
10.30 – 16.30, Food Fun: Art and Heritage, Juniper Auditorium
11.00 – 16.00, Gin Bothy Pop-up, V&A Dundee Shop
11.00 – 16.00, POP Playground!, Thomson Learning Centre
Our Sustainability Pledge:
Dundee Food Festival’s Sustainable Charter
At the heart of the Dundee Food Festival lies a commitment to sustainability. As a participating organisation we have made the below pledge.
You can also share your sustainable actions on social media using the hashtag #PlayMyPartDFF.
We will offer seasonal local produce on our menu, where available, and promote these wherever appropriate.
Working with Heritage Portfolio, we are committed to offering seasonal local produce on our menus, sourcing ingredients from Scotland and the surrounding area. As part of this, Tatha Bar & Kitchen supports fantastic regional suppliers, bringing the best of the local area to our tables.
This core team of suppliers ensures that we consistently use excellent produce which is grown, reared, and cultivated in Scotland. When available, we will indicate these seasonal delights on our menu, providing our guests with a memorable dining experience. Suppliers include Summerhouse drinks, Bon Accord, Hand-roasted in Scotland coffee beans, George Campbell & Sons fresh fish, Clark’s Speciality Foods and Greencity Wholefoods to name a few.
We aim to improve sustainability by reducing food waste.
We strive to meet and exceed all relevant environmental legislation, ensuring proper handling, storage, and disposal of food waste is carried out.
Since our refurbishment in March 2023 Tatha Bar& Kitchen was restyled and changed to a predominately plant based counter service Restaurant, which has resulted in a 75% drop in food waste, as well as a substantial drop in the use of cooking oil and the amount of gas consumed in cooking food. Any food waste created is composted in Perth.
We will not use single-use plastic.
We advocate against the use of single-use plastics across our museum spaces, and focus on eliminating consumer single-use plastics that are avoidable and have viable, sustainable alternatives.
In Tatha, we use Vegware products. Vegware are global specialists in plant-based compostable foodservice packaging. Our catering disposables are made from plants, using renewable, lower carbon, recycled or reclaimed materials, and which can all be commercially composted.
As part of our retail policy, we predominately sell items made in Scotland and source environmentally friendly products. We do not sell any items of single use plastic.
