Christchurch Cheese & Chilli Festival

About Us

The Cheese & Chilli Festival is set to spice up the summer, with highlights including a chilli eating competition, food challenges, cooking demonstrations, family friendly entertainment and much, much more!

The Cheese & Chilli Festival offers a fantastic family friendly, fun-filled event.
Spicing things up with all things cheese and chilli, the event will see a whole host of tasty treats, amazing entertainment and food competitions for those that can handle the heat.
What's more the festival will be supporting worthwhile charities, with a team raising funds throughout the two-day show.

Live music will provide a great backdrop during the festival, with performances from local bands in the dedicated stage area.
Cooking Demonstrations will provide some delicious inspiration for budding chefs and special guests for the occasion. With all this plus arena displays, live demonstrations and more, there's plenty to ensure everyone's entertained.

Whatever your age, the Cheese & Chilli Festival has something for the whole family. Highlights include crazy golf, children's rides, face painting, magic shows, balloon modelling, bubble parties and inflatable characters.

For those who enjoy a dose of retail therapy, there will be an array of Craft and Shopping Stalls selling everything from quality kitchenware and clothing to gifts.