Tivoli Food Festival
Join Tivoli in celebrating good food craftsmanship, great taste and all the seasonal fresh ingredients when they invites you to a food festival in a class of its own.
Non-alcoholic beer, fish auction and bouillabaisse
The festival kicks off on 17 May with a real Northwest Jutland fish auction with Hanstholm Fish Auction, where you can bid on plaice, lobster, turbot and more. On Sunday 18 May, the Danish Championship of Blind Tasting will take place when Denmark's sharpest taste buds will be crowned in Axelborg. On Tuesday 20 May, Tivoli guests can experience a unique and authentic taste experience at Nimb Brasserie, where Copenhagen and Marseille's friendship year will be celebrated with a very special version of the classic French bouillabaisse. The dish will be prepared by the team from restaurant La Calanque Bleue from Marseille, who are experts in bouillabaisse and have previously travelled to Mexico, Japan and Switzerland to make their soup. A flavour experience in a class of its own awaits. On Saturday 24 May, another Danish championship is on the programme when the Danish Non-Alcoholic Beer Championship returns in a new and larger format. The kingdom's best non-alcoholic beer will be chosen by a panel of judges consisting of beer enthusiasts, celebrity judges and audience members.
Local staples and long table dinners
Throughout the festival, Tivoli guests can experience local Danish staples and producers at a large marketplace on the Lawn. For the first few days, Northwest Coast will be giving tastings of their unique and fresh produce. Then Destination North Sea, Limfjord and Zealand from Coast to Fjord will move in and fill the Lawn with flavours and aromas. During each destination's visit, a long table dinner will also be organised, where famous chefs interpret the ingredients from the different destinations. For example, Dak Wichangoen works his magic with ingredients from the Limfjord, Francis Cardenau interprets Zealand's treasure trove of ingredients, and Simon Basballe and Emilie Qvist cook from the Northwest Coast. On the last day of the festival, Restaurant Kilden will also prepare a long table dinner with spring temptations, and you can taste a wide selection of Tivoli's restaurants in one dinner when last year's success; Taste of Tivoli is repeated on the Lawn.
Live Kitchen and workshops in full swing
Food enthusiasts can also experience great chefs, gastro-profiles and enthusiasts put their culinary skills to the test in the HTH Live Kitchen. Names such as Thomas Castberg, Anna Guy, Baking Contest winner Sandra Dahl and the chef from the French Embassy, Etienne Lemaitre, who has cooked for seven different French ambassadors, can all be found behind the Live Kitchen pots. On Norway's national day, 17 May, Norwegian celebrity chef Håkon Solbakk will put the Norwegian touch on the Live Kitchen. During the festival, there will also be a wide range of workshops - most of which are included in the entrance fee - where you can attend an oyster workshop, learn how to pair food and whisky, learn about fermentation or take your cupcake decorating game to new heights.
Something for the young and the young at heart
Throughout the nine days of the festival, there are also plenty of gastronomic experiences for children and young people. For the little ones, there's a play kitchen with Rasmus Klump, where only the imagination sets the limits for culinary activities with play food, as well as a food treasure hunt around the garden or a creativity pavilion with vegetable printing. There will also be sugar bingo on the Lawn, and this year there will be maternity fun for the little ones and their parents when LoveMade offers play with teddy bears and books for the little ones and serves delicious organic baby food developed by Danish Michelin chefs. Nimb Bakery will provide buttered buns for the adults, and of course there will be coffee on tap.
In addition, there will be a lot of big and small events and happenings during the festival. See the full programme on the Tivoli website.