Tbilisi’s annual food and wine calendar opens a major window this spring as Tbilisi Gastro Week prepares its fifth edition, framed by organisers as an anniversary year for the capital’s flagship gastronomy festival. The 2026 programme is scheduled to run from 31 May to 7 June, with gala dinners, masterclasses, tastings and partner events across Tbilisi and a cultural tour in Kakheti.
Since its launch, the festival has positioned itself as a bridge between Georgian culinary tradition and international fine dining — inviting foreign chefs, sommeliers, gastronomy writers and local professionals to collaborate on one-off menus and public events. The 2026 edition repeats that format at larger scale, with organisers emphasising exchange between Georgian producers and visiting specialists rather than a single central venue.
What is on the programme
Promoters list a mix of ticketed and partner-led activities through the week: gala dinners, chef collaborations, meetings with wine and gastronomy figures, parties, masterclasses, Georgian and European wine tastings, and a cultural tour in Kakheti. Specific session times and ticket tiers are sold through the festival’s official channels; the full daily schedule is released closer to the opening weekend.
Entry is restricted to guests aged 21 and over, with a cocktail-chic dress code stated on ticketing pages. Sold tickets are non-refundable under the festival’s published terms. Official updates and announcements are posted on the festival’s Instagram and Facebook accounts under the Tbilisi Gastro Week brand.
Institutional backing and partners
The event is held with support from Georgia’s Ministry of Agriculture, the National Wine Agency, Tbilisi City Hall and the Georgian National Tourism Administration. Organisers also work with the Georgian Gastronomic and Rural Tourism Association.
Commercial partners named for 2026 include Studio Liberty and Mastercard — ticket buyers paying with eligible Studio Liberty Mastercard World Elite or Liberty Wealth Mastercard World Elite cards can receive 20% cashback, capped at 140 GEL according to the published offer. Lactalis is listed as the dairy supplier; Borjomi as official mineral water; Alcosphere as an official partner. Amarta is named as official media partner, alongside invited international press.
Partner restaurants and hotels span much of Tbilisi’s upper-tier hospitality sector, including Paragraph Tbilisi and Tabori, Margot, Samzeo in Kvareli, Pabellon, Ambassadori, Hilton Garden Inn, Sheraton Grand Metechi Palace, Mercure Philharmonia and venues such as Ostigan, Mariali, Mozaiko, Dalood, Ati and Osteria Luigi. The wide partner list reflects the festival’s model: events are distributed across participating properties rather than concentrated in one district.
Hotel offers tied to the festival
Two Kakheti properties have published accommodation deals aligned with Gastro Week dates. Samzeo Kvareli Hotel is offering a 20% discount on a standard double room with breakfast for stays on 2–3 June, priced at 400 GEL per night on the published rate card, with early check-in or late check-out until 14:00 subject to availability. Bookings use the promo code “Gastro Week” via email or phone.
Pabellon Kvareli Hotel has room categories listed from 400 GEL to 650 GEL for 2–3 June, with Studio Liberty customers eligible for an additional 30% discount on published rates. Contact numbers and email addresses for both hotels are listed on the festival ticketing site.
Context for visitors and residents
For expats and tourists already planning a late-spring trip to Georgia, Gastro Week overlaps with early summer travel season and Kakheti’s wine-country calendar. Tbilisi’s restaurant scene has expanded rapidly over the past decade; festivals of this type are often used to showcase new chef talent and winery releases to international buyers and media.
The fifth edition arrives as Georgia continues to promote gastronomy and wine tourism as core pillars of its visitor economy. Whether you hold tickets or follow partner hotel offers, the week is structured as a city-wide programme — worth checking individual venue listings as the May opening date approaches.
