Peckham Weekender returns for 2026, with a huge foodie festival taking over local restaurants

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Peckham has long been a miniature foodie capital, thanks to its Afro-Caribbean, West African, and South Asian culture, it has been a longstanding hub of great grub. So much so that sometimes it feels like you need to spend a whole week there doing a long and rather filling restaurant crawl. Thanks to the Peckham Weekender heading to the area in July, you can fill your stomach without emptying the bank – and it’s all for a good cause. Well, a better cause than making your stomach happy.

The Peckham Weekender is a three day shindig that takes over the area across July, running from 24th until 26th, with some of the area's best restaurants getting involved. It will bring together 19 of SE15’s best restaurants for a weekend of £10 specials. It's like some kind of loophole in doing good without actually having to do anything taxing, like a beach clean up or tutorting without knowing what you're meant to be teaching. The Peckham Weekender is all about supporting the Peckham Pantry, a local food bank style initiative which supports local residents to have access to affordable fruit veg, and pantry staples.

Some of the city’s most talked about spots will be serving up special dishes at a reduced price. The participating restaurants will be dishing up an exclusive £10 plate where £1 from each dish sold will be donated to Peckham Pantry. Hot spots like Forza wine, Connie’s (which just got named one of the best pizzerias in EUROPE), and Nola are all getting involved, preparing special, exclusive dishes.

Participating venues include:

MR Bao
Lai Rai
Forza Wine
Peckham Cellars
Nola
Rye Lane Bagels
Taca Taco
Bà BA
081 Peckham
Kruk
Connie’s
Ganapati
Maiz
Bara
Cöödie
En Root
Janda Diner
Shorty’s
Rice Paddy

It’s not just foodie spots getting involved, with a couple of bars also dishing up some special serves like the Pantry Paloma at Shorty’s bar.

There’s no official entry or tickets for the Peckham Weekender, just rock up to your chosen featured restaurant (or restaurantS) of choice and try out their charity special. Win win.

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Hermione Blandford is the Content Editor for Shortlist’s social media which means you can usually find her scrolling through Instagram and calling it work, or stopping random people in the street and accosting them with a mini mic. She has previously worked in food and drink PR for brands including Johnnie Walker, Tanqueray, Gordon's, The Singleton, Lagavulin and Don Julio which means she is a self confessed expert in spicy margaritas and pints, regularly popping into the pub in the name of research.