Food and Drink National Awareness Days 2019

09 Jan, 2019

There are so many awareness days now that it can be hard to know if you should be tweeting about National Cherry Day or Thai New Year at any one time

So to make it easy to find out which are relevant for including in your brands’ social media planners we’ve compiled a handy calendar of all the food and drink related ones taking place in 2019.

It is a combo of both UK and USA national days and important holidays, but with the help of a hashtag there’s no reason why people and brands can’t join in celebrating foods they enjoy, wherever they are. It’s great for driving awareness and having some fun. And who wouldn’t want to get involved with World Gin Day?

If you run a day and would like us to include below just drop an email to info@fml-pr.co.uk

January 2019

1^st – New Year’s Day/ Dry January month/ Veganuary month/ Ginuary month

6^th – National Shortbread Day

25^th – Burns Night

27^th International Chocolate Cake Day

February 2019

1^st – Veguary month

3^rd – British Yorkshire Pudding Day/ National Carrot Cake Day

5^th – Chinese New Year (year of the Pig)/ World Nutella Day

9^th – National Pizza Day

14^th – St Valentine’s Day

22^nd – National Margarita Day

23^rd – National Toast Day/ Real Bread Week

24^th – Cornish Pasty Week

25^th – Fairtrade Fortnight

March 2019

1st – St David’s Day/ Vegetarian Month/ Dementia UK’s Time for a Cuppa

4^th – National School Breakfast Week/ British Pie Week/ Salt Awareness Week

5^th – Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day)/ St Piran’s Day (St of Cornwall)/ National Absinthe Day

7^th – Plant Power Day

11^th – Nutrition and Hydration Week

14^th - International School Meals Day

17^th – St Patrick’s Day

19^th – National Poultry Day

20^th – First Day of Spring

25^th – International Waffle Day

30^th – English Tourism Week

31^st – Mothering Sunday

April 2019

1^st – April Fools’ Day

4^th – International Carrot Day

7^th World Health Day

13^th – Thai New Year

19^th – Good Friday

21^st – Easter Sunday/ National Tea Day

22^nd – Easter Monday bank holiday

23^rd – St George’s Day/ British Beef Week

29^th – National Gardening Week/ UK Coffee Week

May 2019

1^st – Asparagus Month/ National Salad Month

11^th – National Doughnut Day/ Eat What You Want Day

12^th Food Allergy Awareness Week

13^th – National Vegetarian Week/ International Hummus Day

14^th – Coeliac Awareness Week

17^th – World Baking Day

18^th – World Whisky Day

19^th – British Sandwich Week

20^th – British Tomato Week

25^th – English Wine Week

27^th – National BBQ Week

28^th – World Hunger Day

June 2019

1^st - The Big Lunch 1-2 June/ World Milk Day

5^th – World Environment Day

7^th – National Fish and Chips Day

8^th – World Gin Day

9^th – Open Farm Sunday

10^th – Healthy Eating Week (British Nutrition Foundation)

13^th – Cupcake Day (Alzheimer’s Society)

14^th – World Cucumber Day

15^th – Beer Day Britain

16^th- Fathers’ Day/ World Fudge Day

18^th – World Sushi Day

19^th – World Martini Day

28^th – National Cream Tea Day

30^th – National Dim Sum Week tbc

July 2019

1^st – National Picnic Month/ Wimbledon Fortnight

6^th – National Fried Chicken Day

7^th – World Chocolate Day

8^th – Great British Pea Week

16^th – National Cherry Day

17^th – National Hotdog Day

19^th – National Daquiri Day

24^th – National Tequila Day

30^th – National Cheesecake Day

August 2019

1^st – Yorkshire Day

2^nd - International Beer Day

12^th – National Allotment Week

14^th – Afternoon Tea Week tbc

22^nd – National Burger Day

31^st – Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight/ International Bacon Day

September 2019

1^st – Sourdough September/ Organic September/ Lamb Week

2^nd – Zero Waste Week

7^th – World Salami Day

16^th – World Guacamole Day/ National Rice Week tbc/ National Cupcake Week tbc

21^st – British Food Fortnight

22^nd – Roast Dinner Week tbc

25^th – World School Milk Day

27^th – Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning (Macmillan) tbc

October 2019

1^st – World Vegetarian Day/ National Cholesterol Month

4^th – International Vodka Day

7^th – National Curry Week/ Seafood Week

10^th – World Porridge Day

11^th – World Egg Day

14^th – National Baking Week

15^th – Chocolate Week

16^th – World Food Day

21^st – UK Sausage Week/ Apple Day

22^nd – National Nut Day

25^th – World Pasta Day

30^th – National School Meals Week tbc

31^st – Halloween

November 2019

1^st – Veg Pledge/ World Vegan Day/ World Vegan Month

3^rd – National Sandwich Day

5^th – Bonfire Night

7^th – International Stout Day

11^th – Sugar Awareness Week

14^th – World Diabetes Day

18^th – Alcohol Awareness Week/ Italian Cuisine Week/ British Game Week tbc

24^th – Stir-fry Sunday

27^th – Diwali

28^th – Thanksgiving

30^th – St Andrew’s Day

December 2019

24th – Christmas Eve

25^th – Christmas Day

26^th – Boxing Day

31^st – New Year’s Eve