After four successful years at the Coogee Oval, Taste of Coogee, the annual two-day weekend event celebrating and enjoying local food and wine will move to its new home at the Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park in 2021.
This showcase of local businesses is coming back with a bang in a bigger, wider and better venue after last year’s hiatus. Featuring the best of Sydney’s breweries, vineyards, eateries and a host of small producers of handcrafted items, Taste of Coogee attracts people from all walks of life.
But the change in venue was prompted following a motion from councillors at Randwick City Council to boot the event from Coogee Oval. The Council offered Trenerry Reserve as the new venue but the organisers declined.
“The event does not damage the oval we are very respectful to the other users of the ground,” the Taste of Coogee organisers said in a statement and explained that Trenerry Reserve, a cliff face parkland, would be unsafe for a major community event visited by hundreds of locals.
Meanwhile, applications for stallholders have been opened since the announcement of the event’s return. Interested businesses providing food, drinks, providores, arts & crafts, and clothing and homeware may signify their interest to become part of this major event by signing up online.
This year’s event will have a COVID-safe continency both for stallholders and guests.
Taste of Coogee 2021 will run during Father’s Day weekend in September. Tickets will be up for sale soon.
