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Eat & Drink Festival Christmas

Thursday 26 – Sunday 29 November 2026 In 52 days

Olympia London (within the Ideal Home Show Christmas), London, Greater London · London

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The arched glass roof and brick frontage of the Olympia exhibition centre in Kensington
Olympia London, where the Eat and Drink Festival Christmas is held within the Ideal Home Show Christmas — Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0

An indoor Christmas food festival at Olympia, part of the Ideal Home Show Christmas, with a festive food stage, producers' hall and Christmas market.

The Eat & Drink Festival is the food section of the Ideal Home Show Christmas at Olympia London. It has a Festive Food Stage with live demos, blind taste tests and debates on Christmas cooking, a Festive Food Hall of independent producers and a Christmas Market selling chutneys, breads, cheeses, cured meats, seafood and other things for the festive table.

There are also street food traders, cocktail bars and plenty of food and drink gifts to fill a hamper.

Entry is by an Ideal Home Show Christmas ticket, so visitors also get the home, gift and decorations halls. The same organisers run a spring Eat & Drink Festival inside the Ideal Home Show at Olympia.

Dates

YearDatesStatus
2027 Not announced yet (usually Late November, for four or five days, alongside the Ideal Home Show Christmas) Expected
2026 Thursday 26 – Sunday 29 November 2026 Coming up
2025 Wednesday 26 – Sunday 30 November 2025 Held

Dates are taken from the festival’s own website and were last checked on 5 October 2026. Plans can change, so please check with the organiser before you travel. Spotted a change? Tell us.

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