Autumn and Winter Events 2026
From talks to supper clubs, symposiums to experiential retreats, Sticky Fig convenes conversations that aim to reshape food and hospitality.
Sticky Sessions: Manchester
Where food meets fire, stories simmer, and ideas take root. Our Autumn programme brings together the voices reshaping food and hospitality.
From intimate conversations to product masterclasses, farm-tours to trainings, we create space for conversations that challenge convention, celebrate craft and build community. Join us as we explore the stories and issues, obstacles and opportunities facing food.
São Paulo & the future of food
Join us in São Paulo, Brazil's gastronomic hot-spot, for two days of inspiration, connection and insight designed to reach food and hospitality entrepreneurs.
Expect inspirational keynotes, round-table discussions and collaborative workshops that showcase the culinary innovators, production disruptors and rising stars of Brazilian gastronomy.
SCRAN: A Manchester Food Conversation
Connecting across farms, kitchens and communities to plan for a brighter food future
Coming October 2026 | Manchester
SCRAN is an innovative one-day gathering uniting chefs, farmers, producers, policy-makers and community leaders to reimagine what’s possible for Manchester’s food economy. We aim to inspire new thinking, spark connections, build network and develop ideas in support of resilient regional food economies.
"Eating with the fullest pleasure - pleasure, that is, that does not depend on ignorance - is perhaps the profoundest enactment of our connection with the world."
The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry