saw more than 2,600 people join 100 chefs and wine tasters for a large cooking class. Internationally known individuals in attendance at the 2011 event were: Nigella Lawson (GBR), Elena Arzak (ESP), Roy Choi (USA), Margaret Xu (HKG), Pedra Miguel Schiaffino (PER), Atul Kochhar (GBR), Rachel Allen (IRL), Telmo Rodríguez (ESP), Zakary Pelaccio (USA), Jean-Guillaume Prats (FRA), Chris Salans (INA), Warren Gibson (NZL), Thorsten Schmidt (DEN), Anna Hansen (GBR), Brett Crittenden (GBR), Bompas & Parr (GBE), Angela Hartnett (GBR), Alexa Johnston (NZL), Hisako Ogita (JPN) Australian born individuals in attendance at the 2011 event were: Stephanie Alexander, Maggie Beer, Will Studd, Gabriel Gaté, George Calombaris, Mary Calombaris, Ben Shewry, Philippe Mouchel, Anna Gare, Jude Blereau, Paris Cutler, Cath Claringbold, Rosa Mitchell, Anthony Ross, Sally Wise, Alla Wolf–Tasker, Adrian Richardson. Melbourne hosts food and wine festivals every year to attract tourist people into it and to show how diverse Melbourne is with its food. Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2010 In 2010, the large-scale cooking class, known as the "Langham Melbourne Masterclass" included chefs David Chang (Momofuku, New York), Massimo Bottura (Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy) and Claude Bosi (Hibiscus, London), and winemaker Gaia Gaja (Angelo Gaja's daughter). The festival's main event, the large banquet-style lunch, known as the "World’s Longest Lunch" celebrated Melbourne's Chinese heritage and the return of Heat Beads Hawkers' Market to Queen Victoria Market. Simultaneous to the "World’s Longest Lunch in Melbourne", the community of Marysville hosted one of 19 Regional "World’s Longest Lunches" one year after the Black Saturday bushfires. The event formed part of the festival's program of more than 70 regional events. The festival also grew and installed an urban food-producing garden – 'Metlink Edible Garden' – in Melbourne's City Square. Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2009 In 2009, the Festival hosted The Fat Duck's Heston Blumenthal (3 stars), The French Laundry's Thomas Keller (7 stars) and Noma's Rene Redzepi (2 stars), as well as winemakers such as the Rhone Valley's Michel Chapoutier and Champagne's Sophie and Pierre Larmandier. Recognition Domestic award won include the 2010 RACV Victorian Tourism Awards for"Major Festivals and Events" (Hall of Fame), Melbourne Airport 2008 and 2009 Victorian Tourism Awards in the category of 'Major Festivals and Events' and 2008 Melbourne Awards in the category of 'Community Division – Contribution to Profile'. International awards won include the 2008 International Festival and Events Awards Gold for 'Best Festival Program'. References External