Ghent: Food & Drink Walking Tour with Tastings
Join an entertaining local guide on a culinary and historical journey through the charming streets of Ghent. A culinary adventure through Ghent you will never forget!
Editor's tip. Combine a late film with a post-screening dinner at the festival pop-ups; reservations are only needed for the sit-down format.
Plan the days around it
Eat your way around Ghent while you are in town
Ghent Film Festival Food Pop-Ups runs in October. These are the food tours and tastings in Ghent to book for the days around it; most cancel free up to 24 hours ahead.
Ghent: Belgian Waffle-Making Workshop with Beer Tasting
Join this workshop in Ghent to taste 3 Belgian beers, prepare waffle dough and bake Belgian waffles. Then enjoy your creations with toppings of your choice and eat as ...
Ghent: Private Beer, Chocolate, and Waffle Tasting Tour
Indulge in a private tasting tour in Ghent. Sample Belgian beer, chocolate, and waffles while exploring the city's medieval center with a local guide.
Location
Address: Portus Ganda and Sphinx Cinema, 9000 Gent, Ghent
Also in binnenstad
Gentse Feesten ★ 4.6
Ghent's ten-day city festival in July fills every square and alley with open-air food stalls, pop-up bars and street food from Belgian and world cuisines.
Tip: The festival is free entry; arrive early for the best stall position near Korenmarkt, where the densest food cluster forms.
Veggie Thursday (Donderdag Veggiedag) ★ 4.3
Ghent's Veggie Thursday runs every week: restaurants add vegetarian menus, markets add veggie stalls and the city embraces plant-based eating.
Tip: Visit on a Thursday to access the broadest range of the city's vegetarian-friendly restaurants at their most enthusiastic.
Ghent Winter Market Food Village ★ 4.1
Ghent's winter market food village runs from late November across Korenmarkt and Sint-Baafsplein with seasonal Belgian food stalls and heated outdoor seating.
Tip: The village is smallest and most manageable on a weekday; weekends and public holidays draw the largest visitor numbers.
More food festivals in Ghent
Jul 2027
Gentse Feesten
Ghent's ten-day city festival in July fills every square and alley with open-air food stal
Jul 2027
Gent Jazz Festival Food Fringe
The Gent Jazz Festival in July runs a food and drink fringe at the Kouter with Belgian art
Jan to Dec
Veggie Thursday (Donderdag Veggiedag)
Ghent's Veggie Thursday runs every week: restaurants add vegetarian menus, markets add veg
Oct
Ghent Food Festival at Dok Noord
Dok Noord hosts an annual autumn food festival with Belgian artisan producers, pop-up kitc
Dec to Jan
Ghent Winter Market Food Village
Ghent's winter market food village runs from late November across Korenmarkt and Sint-Baaf