La Belle Vie French Market 2024 is on at Taren Point Public School this Sunday and invites you to immerse yourself in French culture, food, wine, books, fashion, homewares and live music.
There are an impressive 75 stalls at this year’s French Market with plenty of entertainment to keep you busy too.
LA BELLE VIE FRENCH MARKET SHOPPING STALLS
The below stalls will cover all of your shopping needs
- 2nd vie lavender flower bags and lavender soaps
- Beju European Jewellery
- Big on Hats has Summer raffia hats and satin lined French berets
- Bud Creative creates sustainable lightweight handcrafted earrings using upcycled coffee pods and Australian leather, giving new life to materials that would otherwise be wasted.
- Emmie’s Homewares will be selling their block print cushions
- France at home will have biscuits, confectionary, rillettes, condiments, bath and beauty products to name but a few.
- France Travel Solutions to help you plan and discuss your next French holiday with them at La Belle Vie French Market.
- French Affair will have its traditional stain resistant French tablecloths imported from Provence, linen tablecloths handmade here in Australia from 100% French linen, placemats, table runners and napkins, Savon de Marseille soaps and a range of other homewares from Europe.
- French Cargo will have French clothing and homewares
- Finches Treasure Nest (Marché aux puces)
- Fora Studios has Creative ideas and products for the modern garden, nature and craft lover.
- Great Southern Mead & Honey for award-winning mead and honey products
- Holala French tablecloths, and amazing coated stain-resistant cotton tablecloths, table runners, aprons, tea towels and cushions as well as French raincoats
- Janneys Vinney Vintage (Marché aux puces)
- Jan Roach (Marché aux puces)
- Kalaf Artwork will have its handmade serving and chopping boards and a whole range of mix and match items to accompany them
- Koutchi Moroccan Handmade crafts has Australian designed fashion items such as handbags, belts and homewares made in Morocco
- La Truffière will have its homemade prize-winning truffle products, direct from their farm in Bungendore. Expect preserved pâtés, terrines and saucissons, French sauces, Dijon-style homemade mustards, Périgord specialties such as duck confits and chestnut or walnut biscuits.
- Le Saucier brings you a delicious range of artisan products that you can enjoy at home. Fresh egg pasta, ravioli including braised lamb, confit duck, prawn and smoked salmon, fine restaurant quality pasta sauces such as veal osso buco, boscaiola and mushroom and cream, and rosemary, red wine and orange finishing sauces.
- Maison Torrini has French designed quality clothing and accessories for women for effortless femininity from the Mediterranean with a touch of Parisian chic
- Merci Pre-loved French clothing for kids
- Mermaid Hair Extensions has coloured hair extensions for embracing your inner mermaid or for festivals and fancy dress
- MO Resin uses gold and silver leaf inserted into epoxy resin to make jewellery and also works with Indigenous artists to whom he pays royalties.
- Oatley Bay with its range of soy and coconut candles
- Ocean The Label has stylish vermeil necklaces, bracelets, anklets, earrings and rings for all tastes
- Open Lingo Australia
- Petit Mousse – A jewellery brand for babies, children and women
- Pétanque Spot is your one stop boule shop
- Purple Zebra Gallery with its range of iconic vintage posters and prints
- Secrets of Eden has flower crowns, headbands and macramé creations.
- Silk Route for Home, fashion and Fashion accessories
- Store Trésor hand makes homewares with a water-based resin which is so much kinder to the environment. The range includes ring holders, jewellery trays, spoon rests, wall clocks, candle holders, magnets, coasters, incense holders and more
- Tamara Pottier will have trois potières hand-made ceramics, jewellery, and functional and pop-art decorative ceramics
- Tiffanie Rundle is a local watercolour artist who will be selling her fine art prints and greeting cards
- Toothless has extremely cute hand-embroidered tooth fairy pillows
- Viva Moda
- Wendy’s Crafts has a range of relishes, jams and marmalades including a tomato relish made to her mother’s recipe, blackberry jam, chilli jam and pink grapefruit marmalade
- Zoaje with its handmade jewellery made with semi-precious stones from 14K solid gold, 14K gold filled and 925 sterling silver
EATING & DRINKING
There are plenty of stalls to quench your thirst and fuel your shopping.
- Alexander Roastery will keep your caffeine levels up to shop ’til you drop at La Belle Vie French Market 2024
- Bondi Smokehouse healthy and nutritious smoked products to your taste buds, from lobsters to chicken, vegetables, meat, and everything in between.
- Carne Deli will be bringing its Poulet Roti and Porchetta
- Choux Patisserie with its extraordinary éclairs
- Citrus and Sugar will have its natural, no preservatives, lemonade
- Coffee van
- Crêpe de France with their gluten free 100% organic buckwheat flour savoury crêpes and tasty sweet crêpes
- Crêpe Face Truck will make your mouth water with its range of crêpes, waffles, ice cream, with your choice of toppings: cream, strawberries, bananas, caramel, chocolate, sprinkles
- Crêpes Mademoiselle
- Fletchers Fruits
- Frencheese Potatoes, charcuterie, melted Raclette cheese and cornichons
- French Oven with its French pastries
- Frenchies Brewery is bringing not just its beers but also its pastries, pâté and charcuterie from Frenchie’s Bakery and Patisserie
- Gourmet Cellar Sydney will have its delicious deli range: tasty cheeses, olives, pickled garlic, charcuterie and antipasti
- L’Amuse Bouche from Surry Hills will fill your stomach with boeuf bourguignon, raclette and desserts like crème brûlée, raspberry macarons, chocolate mousse, chocolate eclairs
- La Boite à Fromages (Cheese on wheels) French, Swiss and Belgian cheeses to eat on site or buy to take home with you.
- La Gitana Sydney has paella with seafood and fish, chicken and chorizo, and vegan options
- Le Secret Wines great range of value for money wines from great everyday drinking wines to high quality wines and collectables. They focus on small family-owned vineyards to bring you a variety of French wine styles from several wine regions.
- Madame Madeleine has delicious flavoured madeleines: lemon butter, brown butter honey, matcha latte and French Earl Gray. They also have crullers too – vanilla and sea salt and orange Cointreau and rosemary
- Maison Café Bakery will have its freshly baked hand made sausage rolls as well as beef brisket, mac and cheese, lamb shoulder and roast potato & mint gravy hot pies
- My Belgian Waffles has waffles baked on-site served with delicious toppings including Belgian chocolate, mousses, fresh fruit and ice cream
- Savannah Estate/ Petersons Wines with its wines from the Hunter Valley
- Saucissons Australia by La Bastide makes artisan and international award-winning free-range French traditional charcuterie products such as saucisson, saucisse sèche, and even kangaroo saucisson
- Shadow Baking combines “nostalgic” Aussie fare with French influences to bring you some unique savoury and sweet treats. They will have a special “tarte flambée”
- Smoke and Spice products for your cooking such as smoked salt seasoning, smoked nuts, smoked tomatoes, smoked garlic and more.
- Tonton Bread will have baguettes, croissants, pains au chocolat, tartes, cakes and more.
FOR KIDS
Bella Jumping Castle is brining its bouncy castles, snow cones and ice cream
TAREN POINT PUBLIC SCHOOL STALLS
Taren Point Public School stall
Taren Point Public School Le petit magasin de fleurs
Taren Point Public School Le barbecue
Taren Point Public School Planète verte – enviro-stall
COMMUNITY STALLS
1er d’Artillerie de la marine
Citroen Car Club
Francophone Association of Southern Sydney (FASS) Bookstore
High School of Languages
Meccano Modellers Association
ENTERTAINMENT AT LA BELLE VIE FRENCH MARKET 2024
Take your dog along and enter the Ooh La La Doggy Chic Parade which is on at 12pm. There are lots of prizes and love for four-legged friends. Best dressed, People’s Choice and Funniest Pooch categories. Register here for more information
There will also be music throughout the day from Christelle Nativel, Community Jazz Band, Musqiue à trois.
KEY INFO FOR LA BELLE VIE FRENCH MARKET 2024
WHAT: La Belle Vie French Market 2024
WHERE: Taren Point Public School
WHEN: Sunday 19 May, 9am – 3pm
HOW: No tickets needed, just go (unless you want to enter your dog in the competition in which case fill out the form at this link
HOW MUCH: Gold coin donation on entry
What’s your must visit at a French market?
For more events with links to France and the Francophonie happening in Australia this month, check out our What’s on in May
