Food & Fun Festival
Food & Fun Festival takes place Late Feb - early Mar 2027 (dates TBC; 2026 edition ran Feb 25 - Mar 1) in Reykjavik, Iceland. The dress code is Smart casual for restaurant dinners; serious warm outerwear and grippy boots outside. Typical cost ranges from 100 to 250 EUR per person.
Each winter, visiting international chefs take over Reykjavik's best restaurants and cook set menus built exclusively from Icelandic ingredients - lamb, langoustine, skyr, seabirds - capped by a competitive cook-off between them. It is fine dining wrapped in midwinter cosiness, timed perfectly for Northern Lights season. The 2026 edition has passed; the festival traditionally returns in late winter.
- When
- Late Feb - early Mar 2027 (dates TBC; 2026 edition ran Feb 25 - Mar 1)
- Where
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- Dress code
- Smart casual for restaurant dinners; serious warm outerwear and grippy boots outside
- Cost
- Typical cost ranges from 100 to 250 EUR per person.
- Weather
- -2 to 4C, dark, cold and windy - prime Northern Lights season
- When to book
- Reserve guest-chef tables the day the programme publishes; winter flights and hotels 2 - 3 months out
- Getting there
- KEF (Keflavik), about 45 min to central Reykjavik
- Where to stay
- The Reykjavik EDITION (harbour-front luxury), Hotel Borg (art deco grande dame on Austurvollur), Kvosin Downtown Hotel (boutique apartments by the cathedral)
- Official site
- https://foodandfun.is
How to attend
Reserve directly with participating restaurants (many via dineout.is or foodandfun.is) once the line-up publishes - the standout guest-chef menus book out fast. Menus are fixed-price multi-course affairs, typically 100 - 200 EUR with wine. Open to anyone with a reservation; pair it with a Blue Lagoon or aurora excursion.
You book directly with each restaurant through the festival's booking partner, but the 2027 line-up has not been published so there is nothing to reserve yet.
Insider tip
Pick your restaurant by the visiting chef rather than the venue - the whole point is a fixed menu you could never otherwise eat in Iceland, so read the chef bios before booking.
Get inside Food & Fun Festival
Booking matters here: reserve guest-chef tables the day the programme publishes; winter flights and hotels 2 - 3 months out. Members track that window, what it really costs, and 573 more events across the season.
Free while in beta. One email when your invitation is ready, nothing else.