For the very first time in Brussels, a street food festival will take place from May 12th to 15th at Tour & Taxis. The Streat Fest aims to honor this internationally known culture based on quality food but easy to eat. Dozens of chefs will propose their creations while music delights the ears of the gourmets. Street food “offers a nomadic and multicultural cuisine, which invites you to travel and provokes encounters with stories that speak for themselves,” explained the organizers, Tatou Productions, about their annual event.
Food lovers will be able to wander through 5,000 square meters of space that will bring together chefs, artists and DJs, as well as artisans of taste and producers gathered in a gastronomic market.
We challenged the chefs to experiment with street food and they responded. In Lyon there were 40,000 people during the fifth edition. We’re aiming for 10,000.
Terry Vermandel, Ggeneral manager of Tatou Productions
More than 50 chefs and restaurants will offer their vision of street food. Renowned chefs such as El Cuchillo, Humphrey, Sanzaru, Kenzo Nakata’s Gramm, Stefan Jacobs’ Hors-Champs, Stephane Chermanne, etc. Chefs experienced in street food, such as Ugo and Francesco’s “Monella”, Mo Mo, Smash, Ganesh, Bia Mara, Kong, Kitsuné, Waffles and Waffles (based on recipes by Yves Mattagne), etc.
“Streat Fest” will also offer other ways to experience food:
- Classes from classic cooking, pastries, vegetarian alternative proposals, or even oenology or mixology,
- Workshops on topics as varied as cheese/beer or tea pairing, eco-responsible cooking, Argentinean cuisine, coffee discovery,
- Tutorials on how to take a picture of a dish for Instagram, etc.
Some of the bands attending the festival will be Le Thé Méthane, the Brussels rock duo Suicide Sue, Funky Bompa, a mix of funk, soul, and jazz, Estelle Baldé, the lo-fi pop duo Twin Toes, Pacemark, Laura Crowe & Him, and Maleck, among others.
The “Streat Fest” will take place from Thursday, May 12, to Sunday, May 15, from 5 pm to midnight on weekdays, from 11 am to midnight on Saturday, and from 11 am to 10 pm on Sunday. Early Bird tickets are already on sale for 9,99 euros online. The workshops are free, but registration is required.
