Brisbane’s third annual Ice Cream Festival has expanded for 2019 and will run over two days and two nights this weekend.
Starting the event on the evening of Friday 22 March with Up Late, the festival will offer two evening events (for adults only) and six daytime sessions across Saturday and Sunday at West Village in West End, home of the historic Peters Ice Cream Factory. Sixteen ice cream vendors and restaurants will offer more than 60 flavours, and each will include flavours and combinations that are not normally available in Brisbane.
On Friday night over-18s can expect delicious treats including ice-cream canapes and dessert cocktails at Up Late. On Saturday night, a Chef’s Playground event will bring together four local chefs in a challenge to serve two dishes each that highlight all things savoury and sweet. Chefs Philip Johnson, Ben Williamson, William Wallace and Domique Rizzo will present a total of eight innovative dishes, alongside a few glasses of wine, to create an evening that is a grown-up salute to the beloved dessert.
On Saturday and Sunday, three sessions will run each day to ensure as many people as possible get to taste the tantalising ice cream flavours and combinations. Some exclusive flavours include: guacamole and corn chips ice block, salted caramel, bacon and pecan, coffee and cardamon liquer, roasted garlic, lemon lime and bitters sorbet and Belgian ale.
West Villages onside Garden Party resturants will also participate, offering Peters Ice Cream Cocktails at Salt Meats Cheese, Butterbing Affogato at Cheeky Poke Bar and Peanut Butter and Jam Bao at Mr Bunz.
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