Calling all foodies, these are the delicious days to look forward to in 2024, so get your diaries out and add all your favourites.
Global (05 January 2024) – Everyone loves a good celebration, and in a world where things can be pretty challenging, finding reasons to celebrate the little things is important too. We love a good holiday, and while we always talk about the official days, we thought this time we could look at all the fun foodie days.
Most foodie-dedicated days come from the United States and other international destinations, but we have adopted a few into our own calendars. We thought you might like to do so, too, because who doesn’t appreciate a little help in menu planning?
The Good Things Guy calendar is filled with days dedicated to all kinds of causes and occasions, from official South African public holidays to official United Nations (the 2024 list will be coming soon!) days and weeks.
These are some of the yummy foodie days to add to your calendar. Sometimes a food gets an entire month, so you can set a challenge for yourself, like Veganury which is a challenge to eat vegan food for the month of January. We will list the days from January to December and the country of origin. Let’s take a look.
January
- Veganuary – Celebrating vegan food all month long
- 01 Jan – International Bloody Mary Day
- 02 Jan – Creampuff Day (USA)
- 05 Jan – Strawberry Day (Japan)
- 05 Jan – Sausage Day (UK)
- 05 Jan – Whipped Cream Day (USA)
- 16 Jan – International Hot and Spicy Food Day
- 23 Jan – Pie Day (USA)
- 24 Jan – Peanut Butter Day (USA)
- 26 Jan – Peanut Brittle Day (USA)
- 27 Jan – Chocolate Cake Day (USA)
February
- 05 Feb – World Nutella Day
- 09 Feb – Bagel Day (USA)
- 09 Feb – World Pizza Day
- 13 Feb – Pancake Day / Shrove Tuesday / Fat Tuesday (This is 47 days before Easter Sunday so it changes each year)
- 18 Feb – Global Drink Wine Day
- 22 Feb – Margarita Day (USA)
- 23 Feb – Banana Bread Day (USA)
- 29 Feb – Frog Legs Day (USA)
March
- 09 Mar – Meatball Day (USA)
- 10 Mar – International Lime Day
- 14 Mar – Steak Day (USA)
- 14 Mar – Pi Day (USA)
- 21 Mar – International Tiramisu Day
- 25 Mar – Waffel Day (Sweden)
- 27 Mar – International Whiskey Day (USA)
April
- 02 Apr – Peanut Butter and Jelly Day (USA)
- 04 Apr – International Carrot Day
- 05 Apr – Caramel Day (USA)
- 12 Apr – Grilled Cheese Day (USA)
- 17 Apr – Espresso Day (Italy)
- 22 Apr – Jellybean Day (USA)
- 23 Apr – German Beer Day (Germany)
- 24 Apr – Pigs in Blanket Day (USA)
- 25 Apr – Zucchini Bread Day (USA)
- 26 Apr – Pretzel Day (USA)
- 27 Apr – Prime Rib Day (USA)
- 28 Apr – Shrimp Scampi Day (USA)
May
- 10 May – Ice-Cream Cake Day (USA)
- 13 May – International Hummus Day (Egypt)
- 18 May – Marshmallow Day (Australia)
- 24 May – Escargot Day (USA)
- 28 May – Internationa Burger Day (Germany)
- 29 May – Burger Day (USA)
- 29 May – Biscuit Day (UK)
June
- 01 Jun – World Milk Day
- 02 Jun – Rotisserie Chicken Day (USA)
- 03 Jun – Doughnut Day (USA)
- 03 Jun – Egg Day (USA)
- 03 Jun – Fish and Chip Day (UK)
- 04 Jun – Cheese Day (USA)
- 04 Jun – Cognac Day (USA)
- 05 Jun – Gingerbread Day (USA)
- 08 Jun – World Gin Day
- 10 Jun – Ice Tea Day (USA)
- 12 Jun – International Falafel Day
- 15 Jun – Beer Day (UK)
- 16 Jun – Fudge Day (USA)
- 18 Jun – International Sushi Day
- 20 Jun – Ice-Cream Soda Day (USA)
- 28 Jun – Ceviche Day (USA)
July
- 01 Jul – Creative Ice-Cream Flavour Day (USA)
- 03 Jul – Eat Dry Beans Day (USA)
- 04 Jul – Caesar Salad Day (USA)
- 07 Jul – Macaroni Day (USA)
- 07 Jul – World Chocolate Day
- 10 Jul – Pizza Day (Brazil)
- 10 Jul – Pina Colada Day (USA)
- 13 Jul – French Fries Day (USA)
- 16 Jul – Fresh Spinach Day (USA)
- 16 Jul – Corn Fritter Day (USA)
- 16 Jul – Cherry Day (USA)
- 19 Jul – Daquiri Day (USA)
- 20 Jul – Fortune Cookie Day (USA)
- 21 Jul – Junk Food Day (USA)
- 21 Jul – Lamington Day (Australia)
- 21 Jul – World Ice Cream Day
- 23 Jul – Vanilla Ice-Cream Day (USA)
- 24 Jul – Tequila Day (USA)
- 29 Jul – Lasagna Day (USA)
- 30 Jul – Cheesecake Day (USA)
August
- 1st Friday of August – International Beer Day
- 01 Aug – Milkshake Day (USA)
- 03 Aug – White Wine Day (USA)
- 04 Aug – Chocolate Chip Cookie Day (USA)
- 15 Aug – Lemon Meringue Pie Day (USA)
- 16 Aug – Rum Day (USA)
- 17 Aug – Vanilla Custard Day (USA)
- 18 Aug – Pinot Noir Day (USA)
- 19 Aug – Potato Day (USA)
- 27 Aug – Burger Day (UK)
- 29 Aug – Lemon Juice Day (USA)
September
- 04 Sep – Macadamia Nut Day (USA)
- 07 Sep – Salami Day (USA)
- 13 Sep – Peanut Day (USA)
- 15 Sep – Double Cheeseburger Day (USA)
- 15 Sep – Linguine Day (USA)
- 16 Sep – Guacamole Day (USA)
- 18 Sep – Cheeseburger Day (USA)
- 20 Sep – Punch Day (USA)
- 24 Sep – Braai Day (South Africa)
- 25 Sep – Lobster Day (USA)
- 27 Sep – Chocolate Milk Day (USA)
- 28 Sep – International Poke Day (USA)
- 29 Sep – Coffee Day (USA)
October
- 01 Oct – International Coffee Day
- 01 Oct – World Vegetarian Day
- 04 Oct – Cinnamon Bun Day (Sweden)
- 04 Oct – Vodka Day (USA)
- 04 Oct – World Taco Day
- 06 Oct – Noodle Day (USA)
- 10 Oct – World Porridge Day
- 16 Oct – World Food Day
- 22 Oct – Nut Day (USA)
- 24 Oct – World Tripe Day
- 25 Oct – World Pasta Day
- 25 Oct – Greasy Food Day (USA)
- 29 Oct – Oatmeal Day (USA)
November
- 01 Nov – World Vegan Day
- 01 Nov – Vinegar Day (USA)
- 01 Nov – Cook for Your Pets Day (USA)
- 02 Nov – Devilled Egg Day (USA)
- 03 Nov – Sandwich Day (USA)
- 04 Nov – Candy Day (USA)
- 06 Nov – Nachos Day (USA)
- 07 Nov – Mud Cake Day (Sweden)
- 12 Nov – Chicken Soup for the Soul Day (USA)
- 12 Nov – Happy Hour Day (USA)
- 14 Nov – Pickle Day (USA)
- 17 Nov – Homemade Bread Day (USA)
- 19 Nov – Soup Day (Germany)
- 28 Nov – French Toast Day (USA)
- 30 Nov – Mousse Day (USA)
December
- 01 Dec – Eat a Red Apple Day (USA)
- 04 Dec – Cookie Day (USA)
- 08 Dec – Brownie Day (USA)
- 09 Dec – Pastry Day (USA)
- 10 Dec – Lager Day (USA)
- 15 Dec – Cupcake Day (USA)
- 15 Dec – International Tea Day
- 16 Dec – Green Chilli Day (USA)
- 31 Dec – Champagne Day (USA)
Do you have a favourite foodie day that we might have missed? Let us know in the comment section.
Sources: Veganuary / Just In Gourmet / GTG
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