Foire Internationale de Bordeaux at the Parc des Expositions is the 10-day spring fair with 800 exhibitors and a major Gastronomie section, the Salon de.
Tip: Tickets around €8 online; the gastronomie pavilion is the strongest, with Aquitaine producers and tastings.
Les Epicuriales transforms the Allees de Tourny into an open-air dining quarter for nearly three weeks, with around twenty restaurants serving €15 lunch.
Tip: Entry is free; lunch sittings run quickly and turn over in under an hour, the headline starred-chef dinners ticket separately and book out fast.