Press
Anders Husa
“A weekend of great food, juicy wines, and, it would turn out, amazing local chefs who we ended up befriending.”
The Food and Fun Festival was held for the 17th time this year in Iceland, from February 28th to March 4th. Each year since 2002, five days in March have been devoted to a pop-up bonanza in Reykjavík, where almost all the great restaurants of the city host a special guest chef who is flown in for the occasion…Read Full Article
Wexas Travel
“The Ultimate Guide to the World’s Best Food Festivals”
For the first weekend in March, chefs from around the world descend on the kitchens of the Icelandic capital for the imaginatively named Food and Fun festival. What originally started as a friendly competition between local restaurateurs and international stars has grown into something of a spectator sport with restaurants filled with foodies keen to sample the inventive delights on offer…Read Full Article
Fathom Away
Nordic by Nature: Aquavit Chef Eats His Way Through Iceland
Marcus Jernmark, executive chef at Aquavit restaurant in New York City, went to the Food and Fun festival in Reykjavík, Iceland. In the middle of winter. Sure, it was cold and dark, but all he can remember are the highlights… Read Full Article
Nordic Co-Operation
“The Nordic sustainability agenda: a powerful driver of food systems change”
“Through the Food & Fun Festival, we have been able to introduce Iceland’s clean, sustainable produce and techniques to top chefs from all over the world as well as restaurant guests.”…Read More
Departures
“Where to Eat and Drink in Reykjavik Now”
During the annual Food & Fun festival held earlier this March, celebrated Nordic chefs from Stockholm to the Faroe archipelago converged on Reykjavik to compare recipes and share dishes using the far North’s bounty…Read More
Chef Michael Ferraro
“Food and Fun Festival, Iceland”
Annually, the city of Reykjavik holds Iceland’s largest food festival and competition. I’ve had the pleasure of competing at this event twice where 17 top chefs around the world come to take over a restaurant and compete for 5 days. Iceland for me, definitely ranks amongst one of the most beautiful places in the world…Read More
Reykjavík Grapevine
“Food & Fun 2019: A Fine-Dining Masterclass That Took Over Reykjavík”
The annual Food & Fun festival is always a special week for Reykjavík’s foodies, and this year was a particularly fine vintage. With 21 acclaimed international guest chefs taking over the kitchens of 19 restaurants for five nights only, festival goers hastily researched where they’d treat themselves to a special tasting menu…Read Full Article
Reykjavík Grapevine
“Food & Fun Festival Turns 18, Imports Acclaimed International Chefs”
Every year in February, Reykjavík foodies start preparing for the annual culinary extravaganza of the Food & Fun festival. Now in it’s 18th year, this five day event brings vaunted chefs from around the world to Reykjavík, pairing them up with top local restaurants to bring some fresh flavours to the 101 dining scene…Read Full Article
Reykjavík Grapevine
“Food & Fun Festival Brings International Chefs To Reykjavík”
An annual event now in its 17th year, Food & Fun brings guest chefs from around the world to Reykjavík to collaborate with local restaurants in a five day spree of parties, receptions and pop-up menus…Read Full Article
Jacada Travel
“Top Festivals Around The World - March”
Co-founded by Iceland’s celeb chef Siggi Hall, this festival was established to inspire people to combine the nation’s outstanding cuisine with the region’s outdoor adventure and Reykjavik’s vibrant nightlife. Top chefs collaborate with the city’s most acclaimed restaurants to create special Icelandic menus…Read Full Article
Gastrocritici a Delinquere
“Nicola Fanetti campione a Reykjavik”
Il cuoco italiano del ristorante Brace di Copenhagen vince la competizione gastronomica Food & Fun a Reykjavik…Continua leggere
Ísland í Dag
Ísland í dag - Food and fun
Food and fun hátíðin hefur heldur betur fest sig í sessi hér á landi og hátíðin er haldin í átjánda sinn í ár og taka alls 15 veitingastaðir þátt í hátíðinni. Eva Laufey Kjaran hitti Sigga Hall einn af skipuleggjendum hátíðarinnar á dögunum og fóru þau yfir hátíðina í mötuneyti Sýnar sem tók forskot á sæluna og fékk tvo ítalska gestakokka til þess að slá upp heljarinnar veislu í hádeginu að hætti food and fun.
Ísland Í Dag
Matreiðslunemar Matreiða fyrir meistara
Food and Fun hátíðin hófst í dag og var fyrsti viðburðurinn haldinn í Menntaskólanum í Kópavogi.
“Þetta er góð hátíð sem er mikil lyftistöng fyrir okkur í vetingageiranum,[…]mikið sem hún gefur okkur kokkunum, gestunum og erlendu ferðamönnunum.” -Þráinn Freyr
Albert Eldar
“Food & Fun á Essensia með fagra Ítalanum Nicola Fanetti”
Food & Fun á Essensia. Nú er Food and Fun að hefjast með látum. Á Essensia á Hverfisgötu er mættur til leiks þessi líka bráðmyndarlegi kokkur, Nicola Fanetti, þrítugur Ítali, en hann á veitingastaðinn Brace í Kaupmannahöfn…Lesa Meira
Reykjavik.com
“MEET FOOD AND FUN STAR GEORGIANA VIOU”
Georgiana Viou is one of the twenty-two award-winning chefs who visited Reykjavik recently for this year’s fabulous Food and Fun Festival. The event which celebrated its 18th edition saw lots of exciting, novel flavours being added to the city’s thriving culinary scene with guest chefs creating new dishes for their host restaurants, using mostly Icelandic ingredients…Read Full Article