Meghalaya Fire and Feast festival brings Khasi food to Hyderabad, Nov 15
By Devansh TiwariStaff Writer, Peepals Sanskriti
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Meghalaya Tourism's Fire & Feast Festival brings Khasi, Garo and Jaintia smoked-food traditions to Hyderabad on Sunday, 15 November 2026, part of a 14-event tour.
What Happened
Meghalaya's Fire & Feast Festival, a public food event built around live-fire cooking, smoked meats and the food traditions of the state's Khasi, Garo and Jaintia communities, comes to Hyderabad on Sunday, 15 November 2026, at One Golf Brewery. The Hyderabad edition is one stop in a programme of 14 food events that Meghalaya Tourism and Meghalayan Age are running across India with the Seeti Movement between October 2026 and February 2027. The programme opened in Bengaluru on Thursday, 22 October, and the organisers have named Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Goa, Mumbai and Gurugram as the cities for the Fire & Feast format.
Key Facts
- Event: Fire & Feast Festival, Hyderabad edition, on Sunday, 15 November 2026, at One Golf Brewery.
- Organisers: Meghalaya Tourism and Meghalayan Age, working with the Seeti Movement; The Big Forkers is also involved.
- The wider programme has 14 food events across India from October 2026 to February 2027, under two formats.
- The two formats are "Seeti In Your City", a smaller curated dining series, and the Fire & Feast Festival, a larger public event.
- The first event, "Tribal Expressions" under Seeti In Your City, was held in Bengaluru on 22 October; Delhi NCR, Mumbai and Kolkata are named as later stops for that format.
- Pitmasters Christopher Fernandes and Vasco Alvares and restaurateur Rizwan Amlani are named on the Fire & Feast line-up, alongside Meghalayan chef Nambie Jessica Marak and cooks from the Khasi, Garo and Jaintia communities.
- The menu described for Hyderabad includes barbecue, slow-smoked meats, Goan-style grilling and traditional Khasi cooking.
Why It Matters
The festival is built around the cooking of Meghalaya's Khasi, Garo and Jaintia communities, and smoking over a fire is one of the methods the organisers have put at the centre of this tour. By pairing Meghalayan cooks with barbecue specialists from elsewhere in India, the festival presents a regional, community-held way of cooking to city audiences in a format they already know: the barbecue and the food festival.
The programme is also a tourism effort. It is run by the state's tourism department together with Meghalayan Age, and its stated aim is to take the state's culinary heritage to audiences across the country. According to coverage of the launch, Sid Mewara of The Big Forkers described the split this way: Seeti In Your City offers small, close-up dining experiences, while the Fire & Feast Festival opens the same food to a much wider public.
For Hyderabad diners, the festival is a chance to taste a cuisine from the other end of the country without travelling. For Meghalaya's cooks, it is a stage in a market far from home, and a way to put the names of their communities next to the dishes they serve.
Peepals timeline: The organisers announced the 14-event programme in October 2026. The first event, "Tribal Expressions", opened in Bengaluru on Thursday, 22 October. The Fire & Feast Festival reaches Hyderabad on Sunday, 15 November. The programme is scheduled to run until February 2027, with Seeti In Your City editions named for Delhi NCR, Mumbai and Kolkata and Fire & Feast editions for Bengaluru, Goa, Mumbai and Gurugram.
| Format | What it is | Cities named so far |
|---|---|---|
| Seeti In Your City | Curated, smaller dining events | Bengaluru (held 22 October), Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata |
| Fire & Feast Festival | Public festival of live-fire and smoked food | Hyderabad (15 November), Bengaluru, Goa, Mumbai, Gurugram |
Impact
Short-term: Food lovers in Hyderabad get a one-day chance on 15 November to try Khasi cooking and Meghalayan smoked meats prepared by cooks from the state, alongside barbecue from other Indian traditions.
Long-term: If the tour draws crowds, Meghalayan dishes and cooks could become more familiar in big Indian cities, and the state's tourism department gains a food-led way to interest people in visiting.
Who is affected: Diners and food-festival visitors in Hyderabad and the other host cities; cooks and chefs from Meghalaya's Khasi, Garo and Jaintia communities; Meghalaya's tourism sector; and the restaurants and venues that host the events.
What to watch next: The Fire & Feast Festival is due in Hyderabad on Sunday, 15 November 2026, and the programme continues in other cities until February 2027; the organisers have not yet given dates for every later stop.
Key Takeaway
Meghalaya is taking Khasi, Garo and Jaintia cooking on a 14-event national tour, and its Fire & Feast Festival reaches Hyderabad on Sunday, 15 November 2026.
Questions and Answers
When and where is the Meghalaya Fire and Feast Festival in Hyderabad?
It is on Sunday, 15 November 2026, at One Golf Brewery in Hyderabad, as one stop in Meghalaya Tourism's national food programme.
Who is organising the Fire & Feast Festival?
Meghalaya Tourism and Meghalayan Age, working with the Seeti Movement, with The Big Forkers also involved. It is part of 14 food events planned across India from October 2026 to February 2027.
What food will be served at Fire & Feast in Hyderabad?
The line-up described for Hyderabad includes barbecue, slow-smoked meats, Goan-style grilling and traditional Khasi cooking, with cooks from Meghalaya's Khasi, Garo and Jaintia communities and pitmasters from elsewhere in India.
Which other cities will the Meghalaya food tour visit?
The Fire & Feast format is named for Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Goa, Mumbai and Gurugram, while the smaller Seeti In Your City series began in Bengaluru on 22 October and is set to travel to Delhi NCR, Mumbai and Kolkata.
Disclaimer: Prepared by the Peepals newsroom from publicly available sources with AI assistance. Information is accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time of publication and may change. Images may be representative. Not professional advice. Report an error via our contact page.
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