2026 Festival
Speaker Profile
Julia Busuttil-Nishimura
Julia Busuttil Nishimura is the bestselling author of four cookbooks. She writes for Good Weekend magazine and Gourmet Traveller. Julia's work celebrates the joy of family meals, drawing inspiration from her Maltese heritage, time spent living in Italy and Japanese family. In 2025, she released Sundays Under the Lemon Tree, her debut children's book.
Meet The Food Writers
Wednesday April 22
Sorrento Portsea RSL
12.00pm
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60 mins
Julia Busuttill Nishmura and Virginia Trioli with Corrie Perkin
We bring together two of Melbourne’s great food/creative communicators - cookbook author Julia Busuttil Nishimura and ABC arts presenter and author Virginia Trioli.
Special Event
Don’t Shoot The Messenger: Live Podcast
Wednesday April 22
Sorrento Portsea RSL
4.30pm
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90 mins
Corrie Perkin and Caroline Wilson with special Festival Guests: Rebecca Armitage and Julia Busuttil Nishimura
This is a Special Event