GourMay Mary Valley Food Festival 2025
PARTICIPATION INFORMATION AND​ APPLICATION 

GourMay Mary Valley 2025 is an event auspiced by Mary Valley Chamber of Commerce
to support Mary Valley agriculture and tourism businesses and to showcase local farmers, producers, and chefs/ caterers.  
 
The Mary Valley extends approximately 70km, from Crystal Waters to Jones Hill.
Areas considered part of the Mary Valley: 
Traveston, Kybong, Langshaw, Calico Creek, Gilldora, Dagun, Amamoor, Kandanga, Carters Ridge, Imbil, Belli Park, Kenilworth, Conondale, Crystal Waters.
 
The event consists of two parts - Satellite Events & Festival Day

Click on the appropriate button to complete an online application or download a form and email a signed copy to [email protected]

Satellite event 
application form
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festival day
stallholder/ food vendor
​application form
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Satellite events - May 1st - May 31st
​Satellite events must include a food element and can include

• Farm Tours
• Degustation dinners
• Workshops
• Food themed creative events (photography/ art workshops)
• Cooking demonstrations

• ​​Mystery Picnics
• Markets
• Guided walks - eg. Walking with Macadamias
• Afternoon teas
• Breakfast

Satellite Event Participation Criteria
To host an event and be included on the GourMay Mary Valley Food Festival 2025 calendar the following applies:

• The event MUST be held in the Mary Valley as defined by the Mary Valley Chamber of Commerce.
• Satellite events where food is served, MUST include a signature dish showcasing Mary Valley produce. 
• The use of Mary Valley produce on the menu is encouraged.
• The event operator does not have to be based in the Mary Valley - e.g. A tour operator running an event to/ in the Mary Valley.
• The GourMay Mary Valley Food Festival 2025 name and logo is to be used in all promotional activities.
• Mary Valley Chamber of Commerce takes no responsibility for loss, damage or injury to property, or people, at a GourMay Mary Valley Food Festival 2025 satellite event.
• Events MUST be bookable using an online booking facility. 
• Event booking facility MUST be available no later than February 28th 2025.
• All participating events must join in cross promotion of other GourMay Mary Valley Food Festival 2025 events through social media, including Festival Day and Gala Dinner.

 Festival Day - Saturday 10th May 2025

Festival Day will include the GourMay Kitchen and GourMay market spread across two sites. These sites are Imbil Town Square and Imbil Heritage Park.  

• GourMay Kitchen
  1. Cooking Demonstrations
  2. Food and farming presentations
  3. Ready/ Steady Cook/ Mystery Box Challenge
• GourMay Market
  1. ​​Food stalls
     
  2. Food vendors
     
  3. General market stalls 
     
• Competitions - find the food idioms, what's puzzling, what's that flavour and more
• Kidzone
• Exhibitions
• Entertainment

Festival Day Stallholder Criteria
Stallholders must have a presence within 50km of Imbil and ideally have a food related element.
This includes

• Food businesses operating in the Mary Valley – cafes, caterers, bakeries, manufacturers, shops
• Food farmed in the Mary Valley or within 50km of Imbil 
• Produce made in the Mary Valley or within 50km of Imbil (jams, chutneys, cheese etc) where produce is sourced from other regions.
• Items for sale that are food, farming related – eg. aprons, tea towels, kitchen implements, cook books, farm supplies
• General items  -  make it, bake it, grow it, sew it 

Not permitted  - mass produced for sale through major retail outlets