Most Extraordinary

Food Festivals Around the

World

Index ֍ Giant Omelets Celebration ֍ La Tomatina ֍ Bugfest ֍ Testical Festival ֍ Road kill Grill ֍ Monkey Buffet ֍ Gilroy Garilic Festival ֍ Maine Lobster Festival ֍ Battle of the Oranges ֍ Chinchilla Melon Festival ֍ Cheese Rolling Festival ֍ More Information ֍ Resources

Giant Omelets Celebration

Location : Bessieres, South France Abbeville , Louisiana, US

Date : Easter / October

Each Easter this remote French village break 15,000 eggs to make this giant omelet and give out to poor people along with bread.

Abbeville also celebrate this event in October by using 5,000 Eggs.

La Tomatina

Location : Bunol, Valencia, Spain

Date : Last Wednesday of August

Began in 1945 by disgruntled and locals and dubbed as ‘World`s Biggest food Fight’La Tomatina is basically a mass brawl using tomatoes.

Participations must have a ticket to enter.

Bugfest

Location : North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh NC

Date : September

Bugfest draws around 25,000 visitors to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Visitors have the opportunity to view displays, presentations and even eat creepy insects at the onsite Café Insecta

Testicle Festival

Location : Clinton , Montana, US

Date : July- August

Also named as Rocky Mountain Oyster festival is an adult only event where visitors can sample deep-fried bull testicles. If you`re up to it

Road kill Cook-Off

Location : Marlington, WV , US

Date : September

As Opposed to the name This cook-off doesn`t have anything that killed on the road with tire marks. Common wild game such as raccoon, possum & deer are often ultilized.

It is part of the Annual Autumn Harvest Festival.

Monkey Buffet

Location : Lopburi  , Thailand

Date : November 25th

Approx 4000 Kg of food & drink is offered to monkeys in this bizarre event where music and dances and young people dressed like monkeys can be observed.

Gilroy Garlic Festival

Location : Gilroy , California

Date : July

In California Garlic harvest festival you`ll find all sorts of Garlic dishes and Ice Cream made using 2.5 Tons of garlic.

Maine Lobster Festival

Location : Rockland, Maine

Date : August 2-6, 2017

Visitors can eat Local lobster dinners, listen to nationally renowned entertainers, participate in cooking contests, carnival rides, appreciate the works of Maine craftsmen and artists.

Battle of the Oranges

Location : Ivrea , Italy

Date : Feb 25-28 , 2017

Over 100,000 flock to Ivrea to witness this serious pelting of oranges where few are bound to suffer serious injuries. Anyone can participate by joining one of the 9 teams or carriage crew.

Chinchilla Melon Festival (MelonFest)

Location : Chinchilla , QLD, Australia

Date : 16-19 Feb, 2017

Held biennially in Melon Capital of Australia this event boasts fun events such as melon skiing, tossing , bungee and pip spitting.

Cheese Rolling Festival

Location : Brockworth, England

Date : 29th May 2017

Looks funny to the onlookers but it is not a small feat to catch a cheese rolling down at 70 mph at 700 sloped Cooper`s Hill. Injuries are rampant.

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