Cooks work over food on a smoky outdoor grill at the festival.

Plovdiv Food Park Festival 2023

Outdoor food stalls, smoky grills and cooks at work: photographs from Plovdiv Food Park Festival in 2023, around Mladezhki Hill.

A photographic visit to Plovdiv Food Park Festival in 2023: shaded paths, outdoor food stalls, cooks working over smoky grills and the details on the serving counter.

The gallery moves from the setting and its visitors to the people preparing the food, then closer to the grills, flatbreads and vegetables. It is a record of that visit, not a current festival announcement or a restaurant guide.

Visitors walk between outdoor food stalls beneath hanging decorations and trees.
Colourful ribbons and fabric flowers frame an entrance to the food festival.
A cook leans over the counter to arrange a burger in its cardboard serving tray.
A cook stands behind a food-stall counter with a freshly prepared burger.
Festival visitors sit at wooden tables and walk along a shaded path beneath leafy trees.
Cooks tend a wide outdoor grill as smoke rises around the food stall.
A cook wearing a dark hat and apron stands beside a smoking outdoor grill.
Rows of meat cook on a smoky grill beside trays of prepared food.
Close view of a grill basket and barbecue equipment at an outdoor food stall.
Flatbreads and grilled food fill the cooking surface of a busy festival stall.
Serving trays hold cooked mushrooms and colourful grilled vegetables beside the barbecue.

More photographs from Bulgaria

Continue through the Bulgaria photo stories, or explore a different side of Plovdiv in the SPIKE Showcase music archive. The original dates remain part of each story.

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