Food & wine
Eating and drinking are an important part of your visit to Mildura. As you move around Mildura and the region you will see the orchards, vineyards and market gardens that supply the many restaurants, cafes, cellar doors, gourmet food outlets and market stalls that serve up great fresh food every day of the week.
Ambassador - Stefano de Pieri
Celebrity chef and author Stefano de Pieri is the region's Tourism Ambassador for food and wine. Well known as a result of his ABC-TV series, his many cookbooks and award-winning restaurant, Stefano has done a great deal to promote the Murray's vast array of culinary resources.
His restaurant Stefano's, is located in the cellar of the Grand Hotel in Mildura where local Murray produce is used to prepare dishes in the regional style of Stefano's birthplace in Northern Italy.
Stefano is passionate about the relationship between the environment and food, a proponent of the Slow Food Movement, and a big supporter of the arts.
Local produce
Mildura is a major food bowl. Its irrigated agricultural land produces most of Australia's dried fruit, as well as table grapes and citrus. The area also grows most of the country's almonds, pistachios, olives, carrots, asparagus, and 21 per cent of wine grape crush.
Mildura wines
The Mildura wine region has a climate that favours viticulture and a long history of growing grapes. It has flourished into an exciting region renowned for affordable quality wines, sample some today.
Eating in and around Mildura
Mildura is renowned for its many and diverse opportunities to eat. From the famous restaurants on Feastreet to riverside country pubs and cellar doors or restaurants on historic paddleboats, you can count on a warm welcome and the chef using fresh locally-grown produce.
Slow food Mildura
Enjoy eating with others and learn about traditional methods for producing what we eat with Slow Food Mildura, a group that is dedicated to raising awareness of how food is produced, and celebrating the pleasures of the shared table.
Drinking
Relax with a drink and a meal at a friendly country pub, cellar door, wine bar or club in and around Mildura.