Salone del Gusto Turin 2026: The World's Largest Artisan Food Fair Is Open to Everyone and Has 1,000 Producers You Can Taste and Buy From — the Biennial Slow Food Event That Makes Turin the Food Capital of the World for One Week

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Last updated: April 2026.

Salone del Gusto (the International Taste Exhibition — the biennial artisan food fair organized by the Slow Food movement in Turin, at the Oval Lingotto (the former Fiat test track converted to the Torino 2006 Winter Olympics speed skating venue and subsequently to the Slow Food exhibition space)): the most important single artisan food event in the world by the consensus of the international food journalist community and the most completely public-access food fair in the Italian calendar (unlike the professional-only Cibus (Parma, May) and the Vinitaly (Verona, April), the Salone del Gusto is designed for the food-interested general public): 5-day event (Thursday to Monday in late October), admission approximately €15 per day, 250,000-300,000 visitors in the 2024 edition.

The Salone del Gusto 2026: check the Slow Food website (slowfood.com/salone-del-gusto) for the 2026 dates (typically the last week of October, biennial — 2024 was a Salone year, 2025 was not, 2026 will be): the specific Salone del Gusto identity (the Slow Food philosophy made physical — the 1,000+ artisan food producers from 100+ countries (the Salone del Gusto is internationally the most diverse single artisan food event, with producers from Ecuador, Ethiopia, Georgia, Thailand, and Japan alongside the Italian regional producers) presenting in the Oval Lingotto's specific pavilion structure (the Italy pavilion, the International Pavilion, the Presidia Pavilion, and the Taste Workshops)).

Salone del Gusto: The Pavilions, the Presidia, and the Ark of Taste

The Presidia

Slow Food Presidia (the Presìdi — the Slow Food production protection programme): the Presidia are the specific artisan food productions (approximately 600 globally, 260+ Italian) that the Slow Food movement identifies as endangered (the small-scale production whose economic unviability threatens extinction) and supports through the specific Presidio structure (the Presidio is the collective name for the producers (the individual artisans who maintain the specific traditional production method) and the Slow Food support (the promotion, the regulatory guidance, and the market access that the Slow Food certification provides)): the Presidia Pavilion at the Salone del Gusto is the most concentrated single display of artisan Italian food diversity available at any event — the specific Presidia Italian producers (the Mela Rosa dei Monti Sibillini (the endangered Sibillini apple variety), the Nero di Nicastro bean (the Calabrian heirloom variety), the Soppressata del Vallo di Diano (the Campanian artisan salami)) and the international Presidia (the Timut pepper from Nepal, the Bitto Storico from the Sondrio alpine pastures, the Robiola di Roccaverano from the Piedmont hills) constitute the most globally diverse artisan food display available in a single event space.

The Taste Workshops

Slow Food Taste Workshops (the Laboratori del Gusto — the ticketed guided tasting sessions at the Salone del Gusto): the specific workshops (the 90-minute guided tasting sessions of 6-8 people led by a Slow Food educator or a specific producer) are the most educationally dense single food experience available at the Salone del Gusto — the specific 2026 workshop catalogue (available from September at the Salone del Gusto booking portal) includes: the Italian cheese circuit (the Parmigiano Reggiano from different production methods and aging periods), the Italian salumi tasting, the specific olive oil comparative (the DOP oils from 5 Italian regions), and the specific wine-food pairing workshops. The workshops sell out rapidly (the most popular sessions close within 48 hours of the booking portal opening in September): book in advance through the Salone del Gusto website (slowfoodstore.it).

Q&A: Salone del Gusto Turin

What should I prioritize at the Salone del Gusto?

The specific Salone del Gusto first-timer strategy: arrive at 10:00 (the opening) and proceed directly to the Presidia Pavilion (the most likely to have specific products available in limited quantity before the afternoon crowd depletes them); book the Taste Workshops before the Salone opens (the workshop booking portal opens in September and the most-requested sessions sell out in the first week); allocate minimum 2 full days for the event (the Oval Lingotto at 280,000 m² cannot be adequately covered in a single day); and carry the specific reusable bag (the Salone distributes a canvas bag with the entrance ticket but the carrying capacity is limited for the specific quantity of artisan food purchases the typical Salone visitor makes). The specific purchase priority: the Presidia products (the endangered artisan production whose Salone del Gusto presence is the primary annual market opportunity for many small producers) are the items that justify the Salone visit most specifically — the Presidio honey (the Slow Food honey producers who maintain the endangered bee varieties and the specific Italian flora associations), the Presidio cheese, and the Presidio legumes are the most specifically Salone-exclusive purchases available.