The EU Food Festival @ Expo Osaka 2025
The EU Food Festival @ Expo Osaka 2025
The EU Food Festival @ Expo Osaka 2025 is your gateway to the authentic taste of Europe! Parked beside the EU Pavilion, our kitchen car offers daily tastings with premium ingredients from 27 Member States of the EU. Complementing this experience, workshops held in the Pavilion’s seminar room offer a deeper dive into key EU foods – such as cheese, olive oil, and wine – and provide a delicious opportunity to learn, and explore European food culture up close. Led by prominent culinary experts and agri-food professionals, these sessions showcase star products, creative pairings, and insider knowledge straight from Europe’s top producers.
Our activities
As part of the EU Food Festival @ Expo Osaka 2025, visitors can look forward to various exciting activities:
- Food tastings – visit the EU Food Festival on Wheels - our mobile kitchen next to the EU Pavilion and enjoy a variety of delicious tastings throughout the day. It’s a unique chance to sample a wide range of high-quality EU food and drink, including inspired pairings that bring together European products with Japanese ingredients in surprising and delightful ways.
- Thematic sessions: EU food talks – dive deeper into Europe’s culinary culture with 20-minute thematic sessions hosted in the dedicated event room inside the EU Pavilion. Each set of talks explores a specific theme - like cheese, olive oil or wine.
- Meet Tane-Chan – Our friendly mascot Tane-Chan will be on hand to greet guests and host an interactive EU food quiz during the sessions – fun for all ages and a great way to test your agri-food knowledge!
Upcoming Thematic Sessions
Cheese: A European Classic
1, 17, 22 & 26 May | 11:30–11:50 | 13:00–13:20 | 15:00–15:20
Explore Europe’s rich cheese-making traditions, unique pairings with spices and fruit, and how regional identity shapes flavour:
- Let’s travel in the EU with EU cheese: Discover regional varieties and characteristics through comparative tasting.
- Spice & sweetness: Enjoy the taste of EU cheeses paired with pepper, jam, honey and more.
- Seasonal fruit pairings: Delight in unexpected matches like muscat grapes or peaches with your favourite EU cheeses.
Olive Oils of Europe
2, 6, 18, 27 May & 12 June | 11:30–11:50 | 13:00–13:20 | 15:00–15:20
Take a sensory journey through Europe’s finest olive oils—from the Mediterranean’s best groves to modern culinary inspiration:
- Let’s travel in the EU with EU olive oils: Learn about different olive oil varieties and origins.
- A little more olive oil: Creative ways to enhance Japanese dishes like tofu and miso soup.
- Crafting dressings: Make fusion-style dressings with yuzu kosho, wasabi, soy sauce, and EU olive oils.
Wines from the EU
7, 16, 23 May & 1 June | 11:30–11:50 | 13:00–13:20 | 15:00–15:20
Celebrate European winemaking with tastings and food pairings designed for Japanese palates:
- Let’s travel in the EU with EU wines: Taste wines by production region and grape variety.
- Enjoying red wines in season: Pair red wines with Japanese snacks like okaki and yuzu peel.
- Enjoying white wines in season: Discover how EU whites complement light Japanese bites.
Sweet Moments: EU Pastries & Tea Time
24 May & 2 June | 11:30–11:50 | 13:00–13:20 | 15:00–15:20
Treat yourself to a European-style tea break:
- Explore biscuits, cookies, and sweet traditions from across the EU.
- Elevate breakfast and snacks with EU jam.
- Making life sweeter with European honey.
Savoury Selections: EU Ham, Sausages & Herbs
25 May & 11 June | 11:30–11:50 | 13:00–13:20 | 15:00–15:20
A deep dive into Europe’s famed meats, along with some herby tips:
- EU ham and sausage: Learn about varieties and try them side-by-side.
- Spice and herbs tips from a master herbalist.
Upcoming Events
6-8 May: Flavour Journeys @ Expo 2025
Embark on a new culinary adventure as the EU Food Festival at Expo 2025 continues to delight visitors! From the smooth elegance of olive oils to the complex aromas of EU wines, this two-day event is all about depth of flavour, creative pairings, and cross-cultural inspiration.