About Taste of Winam

Taste of Winam is Western Kenya’s #1 platform to find great places to stay, eat, drink, shop, visit and events to do, through expert recommendations.

Our core coverage areas include tourism, travel, hospitality, food, fashion, arts & music, and events related products/offerings to the lake region communities and the global audience.

Over five incredible days visitors can enjoy Western Kenya’s latest, greatest, and hottest restaurants, mingle with homegrown chefs, indulge in gourmet produce, or simply relax and enjoy being outdoors in the city with friends.

Taste of Winam Festival combines all the best ingredients that make a superb visitor experience – a stellar lineup of Western Kenya’s latest, greatest, and most exciting restaurants, world-class chefs, an exceptional range of interactive and participatory experiences, and gourmet food and artisan producer markets.
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The mission of the Taste of Winam Festival is “to provide an affordable and enjoyable weekend festival in a socially responsible manner for families of the Lake Victoria region; to enhance the quality of life in the region and promote its varied tourist attractions.”
Free admission • Victoria Park

The Taste of Winam Festival is Western Kenya’s largest free-admission outdoor food festival. The annual lakefront extravaganza lets you fill up on all the flavours of the city, from amazing specialities to international cuisine to chef-inspired creations. It’s the perfect opportunity to get a bite of some of the best restaurants and chefs in the region.

Dozens of restaurants will participate in the Taste of Winam, including pop-up spots and food trucks. Plus, guests can check out local artists and their work, catch performances from local dance groups, bands, and hear live music from big-name acts (all for free).
How it works

Admission to the Taste of Winam is free. Tickets for food and beverages are sold in strips of 14 for KShs 1,500. You can use tickets to buy taste-size and full-size portions from any of the many food vendors.

Every vendor offers small “taste” portions that are between 1 and 6 tickets (that’s KShs 500 or less), which gives visitors a perfect way to sample from a bunch of different restaurants. Walk up and down the rows of vendor booths — make sure not to miss the one-day pop-ups or the food trucks parked nearby.