Top French food festivals

Taste of Paris returns to the Grand Palais from 8 to 11 May 2025, making way for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024. Every year, this event puts the spotlight on the great classics of French cuisine for a gourmet encounter. Come and treat your taste buds to the best of French gastronomy over 4 days, with culinary tastings and events.

In september, the biggest event of its kind has been taking place in the main square of the town of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. The trend of food trucks is growing and revolutionising your plate with fresh products and homemade cooking. Over 3 days, the Saint-Maur Food Trucks Festival brings together around fifty gourmet trucks that will delight your taste buds to your heart’s content!

Still in September, the Omnivore Festival brings together starred chefs and young talents. To celebrate his 16th birthday, you’re invited at the Parc Floral de Paris to discover the French gastronomy in all its richness.

Thanks to a broad and entertaining program, you can join one of the many masterclasses or attend to a show where the chefs share some of their best cooking tips. The culinary art will have no more secrets for you…

The “Chocolate Fair” is a must for all chocolate lovers. It plunges you into the world of cocoa makers, truffles, bars, beans and other chocolate delights, From 30 october to 3 november 2024. But the art of chocolate-making does not stop at tasting. The Salon du Chocolat** will delight your taste buds as well as your eyes with its sculptures and chocolate dresses. Numerous workshops are available to help you discover the thousand and one secrets of this emblematic food.

The Montmartre vineyard dates back to the 10th century. Left abandoned several times throughout history, it was reborn in the early 1930s with the creation of the Clos-Montmartre. From 9 to 13 October 2024, come and celebrate this heritage for 5 days of festivities combining tradition and modernity. During the Fête des Vendanges, the whole of Montmartre will be on winegrowing time.

From 6 to 9 December 2024, at the Espace Champerret, the “Saveurs des Plaisirs Gourmands” exhibition offers a breathtaking panorama of the specialities of the French soil. The Producers’ Market, with its marinated olives, mature cheeses, Label Rouge vegetables, candied fruit, aromatic bouquets, truffles and other sweets, promises a gourmet stroll full of discoveries. To close the festival, the Saveurs Trophies celebrate the taste of authenticity and reward exceptional products.