TO Food & Drink Fest, Canada’s largest Food and Drink Festival

T.O. Food & Drink Fest

April 11 – 13, 2025
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front St W, Toronto

TO Food & Drink Fest, Canada’s largest Food and Drink Festival, is a 3 EPIC days of incredible food, drink, culinary demos, shopping, music + much, much more! Get ready to gather with friends again in Toronto! Taste the very best from local chefs, restaurants, winemakers, spirits, beer and cider companies, and quality culinary products plus get all the latest food & drink trends.

Open to the Public

  • Friday, 3 PM–5 PM – Special Preview for Food & Drink Industry / Media & VIP’s
  • Friday, 5 PM–10 PM
  • Saturday, 12 PM–10 PM – (Two entry times available 12–5 PM, and 5 PM–10 PM)
  • Sunday, 12 PM–6 PM

2025 Activities This Year

  • Chef Workshop and Stage: See Toronto’s Top Chefs in action!
    The Chef Workshop is the highlight of the festival where you’ll experience the very best local and celebrity chefs cooking delicious dishes live on stage. Packed full of magic moments and a great atmosphere, you’ll go home with memories as delicious as the food!
  • Shake It To Make It – Hands-on Mixology Classes
    Stir things up by checking out our hands-on cocktail-making classes, and soon enough, you will be slinging drinks like master mixologists! Attendees of mixology classes will learn how to craft two or more seasonally selected cocktails, pair ingredients and flavours for the perfect cocktail, and master the techniques required to become a genuine mixologist.
  • Meet The Makers – Wine Tasting Section
    Raise a glass and learn to navigate the wine aisle like a seasoned sommelier, in our aisles! Meet the winemakers and learn about local wines in an informative tasting experience.
  • Delicious Vibes – Live Music & DJ Lounge
    Take a break from the hustle and bustle of the festival and join us at Delicious Vibes Lounge where you can celebrate with friends and family throughout the weekend.
  • Flavour Street – Food Trucks
    Featuring some of the best eats from the streets, Flavour Street will celebrate the best food trucks from around the city.

About T.O. Food & Drink Fest

T.O. Food & Drink Fest is produced by National Event Management, exclusively in the event business since 1983, and has created and produced over 500 consumer events. NEM currently produces 37 events per year, hosting over 4,000 exhibitors and over 200,000 attendees annually in markets across North America. National Event has created and produced more successful and enduring consumer events than any other company in North America over the last 20 years. Other events produced by National Event Management include The Outdoor Adventure & Travel Show, The National Women’s Show, the Drive Festival, The Montreal Cannabis Expo, The BC Bike Show, and the Franchise Expo.