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The number of foods winning a celebration date continues to rise, reflecting the modern world’s celebratory mood. Your regular customers would love to see some foods in your restaurant that are being celebrated that day, particularly their favourite dishes. As such, you need a regularly updated calendar of International Food Days to know what you can/should offer to the public on any given day.
This post presents a detailed calendar of international food holidays you can use year-round to entertain your customers. This calendar will be more impactful if you use a digital menu, which you create on Menuzen using any of our free menu templates.
What You Should Know Before Using This International Food Days Calendar
We know you’re eager to see the calendar, but let’s learn how to use it first so you can derive the most benefit from it.
In another post, we detailed a comprehensive social media content calendar primarily for social media marketing. However, this calendar on International Food Days can have a more powerful marketing impact — you’ll use it for both social media and in-house marketing. Let’s explain how.
You can post about the holiday on social media to generate awareness or collate opinions/interests, then make another post with an image or video of the dish after preparing it. Additionally, a digital menu from our free menu maker can advertise these dishes in your restaurant to customers unaware of the holiday.
How do you use the calendar the right way, though?
It’d be wrong to assume every person in your target audience or customer base would celebrate every food holiday. Holidays aren’t necessarily popular everywhere or every year, much less those about food. So, while employing the best restaurant social media campaigns, be careful not to advertise an event that the bulk of your customers aren’t interested in.
At best, you’d look like an amateur. At worse, some might wonder whether you’re being deceptive.
This begs the question: what are your standard dishes?
We recommend you study them and find out if they have a special day. You can then use any such opportunity to heighten customers’ enthusiasm and increase sales for your restaurant.
We hope that most or all your dishes are on this calendar. That way, if your diners/guests ask, “what National Food Day is it today?” you have just the right answer.
However, if these dishes aren’t a staple on your menu, you could still pick anyone related and offer it as a special dish.
All the dates below have suggested hashtags suitable for social media platforms like Instagram, Twitter, and even TikTok.
January 2023
January 1. National Bloody Mary Day #NationalBloodyMaryDay
January 5. National Whipped Cream Day #NationalWhippedCreamDay
January 9. National Cassoulet Day #NationalCassouletDay
January 16. International Hot and Spicy Food Day #HotandSpicyFoodDay
January 23. National Pie Day #NationalPieDay
January 24. National Peanut Butter Day #NationalPeanutButterDay
January 26. National Peanut Brittle Day #NationalPeanutBrittleDay
January 27. National Chocolate Cake Day #NationalChocolateCakeDay
February 2023
February 2. National Tater Tot Day #NationalTaterTotDay
First Saturday of February. Ice Cream for Breakfast Day #IceCreamforBreakfastDay
Second Tuesday of February. National Frozen Yogurt Day #NationalFrozenYogurtDay
February 5. World Nutella Day #WorldNutellaDay
February 7. National Pork Rind Appreciation Day #NationalPorkRindAppreciationDay
February 9. International Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
February 9. National Bagel Day #NationalBagelDay
February 15. National “I Want Butterscotch” Day #NationalIWantButterscotchDay
February 20. National Muffin Day #NationalMuffinDay
First Friday of Lent. Friday Fish Fry Day #FridayFishFryDay
February 21. Pancake Day #PancakeDay
February 22. National Margarita Day #NationalMargaritaDay
February 23. National Banana Bread Day #NationalBananaBreadDay
February 29. National Frog Legs Day #NationalFrogLegsDay
March 2023
March 1. National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day #NationalPeanutButterLoversDay
March 8. National Peanut Cluster Day #NationalPeanutClusterDay
March 9. National Crabmeat Day #NationalCrabmeatDay
March 9. National Meatball Day #NationalMeatballDay
March 10. National Blueberry Popover Day #NationalBlueberryPopoverDay
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Start DesigningMarch 11. Oatmeal Nut Waffles Day #OatmealNutWafflesDay
March 12. National Baked Scallops Day #NationalBakedScallopsDay
March 14. National Steak Day #NationalSteakDay
March 22. National Corndog Day #NationalCorndogDay
March 23. National Chips and Dip Day #NationalChipsandDipDay
March 25. International WaffleDay #InternationalWaffleDay
March 27. International Whiskey Day #InternationalWhiskeyDay
March 31. National Clams on the Half Shell Day #NationalClamsontheHalfShellDay
April 2023 (National Food Month)
April 2. National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day #NationalPeanutButterandJellyDay
April 5. National Caramel Day #NationalCaramelDay
April 7. National Beer Day #NationalBeerDay
April 11. National Cheese Fondue Day #NationalCheeseFondueDay
April 12. National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day #mygrilledsandwichmeal
April 19. National Rice Ball Day #NationalRiceBallDay
April 22. National Jellybean Day #NationalJellybeanDay
April 24. National Pigs in a Blanket Day #NationalPigsinaBlanketDay
April 25. National Zucchini Bread Day #NationalZucchiniBreadDay
April 26. National Pretzel Day #NationalPretzelDay
April 27. National Prime Rib Day #NationalPrimeRibDay
April 29. National Shrimp Scampi Day #NationalShrimpScampiDay
May 2023
May 4. National Candied Orange Peel Day #NationalCandiedOrangePeelDay
May 5. National Hoagie Day #NationalHoagieDay
May 10. National Ice Cream Cake Day #NationalIceCreamCakeDay
Third Friday of May. National Pizza Party Day #NationalPizzaPartyDay
May 13. International Hummus Day #HummusDay
May 16. National BBQ Day #NationalBBQDay
May 17. National Walnut Day #NationalWalnutDay
May 23. National Taffy Day #NationalTaffyDay
May 24. National Escargot Day #NationalEscargotDay
May 25. National Wine Day #NationalWineDay
May 26. National Blueberry Cheesecake Day #NationalBlueberryCheesecakeDay
May 27. National Italian Beef Day #NationalItalianBeefDay
May 28. National Brisket Day #NationalBrisketDay
May 29. National Burger Day #NationalBurgerDay
June 2023
First Friday of June. National Doughnut Day I #NationalDoughnutDayI
June 2. National Rotisserie Chicken Day #NationalRotisserieChickenDay
June 2. National Rocky Road Day #NationalRockyRoadDay
June 3. National Chocolate Macaroon Day #NationalChocolateMacaroonDay
June 3. National Egg Day #NationalEggDay
June 4. National Cheese Day #NationalCheeseDay
June 4. National Cognac Day #NationalCognacDay
June 5. National Gingerbread Day #NationalGingerbreadDay
June 5. National Moonshine Day #NationalMoonshineDay
June 6. National Applesauce Cake Day #NationalApplesauceCakeDay
June 7. Chocolate Ice Cream Day #ChocolateIceCreamDay
June 9. International Lemon Drizzle Cake Day #InternationalLemonDrizzleCakeDay
June 10. National Iced Tea Day #NationalIcedTeaDay
June 11. National Corn on the Cob Day #NationalCornontheCobDay
June 12. National Peanut Butter Cookie Day #NationalPeanutButterCookieDay
June 15. National Lobster Day #NationalLobsterDay
June 16. National Fudge Day #NationalFudgeDay
June 18. International Sushi Day #InternationalSushiDay
June 20. National Vanilla Milkshake Day #NationalVanillaMilkshakeDay
June 20. National Kouign Amann Day #NationalKouignAmannDay
June 21. National Peaches ’N’ Cream Day #NationalPeachesNCreamDay
June 25. National Catfish Day #NationalCatfishDay
June 26. National Chocolate Pudding Day #NationalChocolatePuddingDay
June 28. National Ceviche Day #NationalCevicheDay
June 28. National Tapioca Day #NationalTapiocaDay
July 2023
Third Sunday of July. National Ice Cream Day #NationalIceCreamDay
Fourth Thursday of July. National Chili Dog Day #NationalChiliDogDay
July 1. National Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day #NationalCreativeIceCreamFlavorDay
July 1. National Gingersnap Day #NationalGingersnapDay
July 2. National Anisette Day #NationalAnisetteDay
July 3. Eat Beans Day #EatBeansDay
July 3. National Chocolate Wafer Day #NationalChocolateWaferDay
July 4. National Caesar Salad Day #NationalCaesarSaladDay
July 4. National Spareribs Day #NationalSpareribsDay
July 5. National Apple Turnover Day #NationalAppleTurnoverDay
July 6. National Fried Chicken Day #NationalFriedChickenDay
July 7. Macaroni Day #MacaroniDay
July 7. National Strawberry Sundae Day #NationalStrawberrySundaeDay
July 7. World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
July 8. National Chocolate with Almonds Day #NationalChocolatewithAlmondsDay
July 9. National Sugar Cookie Day #NationalSugarCookieDay
July 10. National Piña Colada Day #NationalPiñaColadaDay
July 11. National Blueberry Muffin Day #NationalBlueberryMuffinDay
July 12. National Pecan Pie Day #NationalPecanPieDay
July 13. National French Fries Day #NationalFrenchFriesDay
July 14. National Grand Marnier Day #NationalGrandMarnierDay
July 15. National Orange Chicken Day #NationalOrangeChickenDay
July 15. National Tapioca Pudding Day #NationalTapiocaPuddingDay
July 15. Gummi Worm Day #GummiWormDay
July 16. Fresh Spinach Day #FreshSpinachDay
July 16. National Corn Fritter Day #NationalCornFritterDay
July 17. National Peach Ice Cream Day #NationalPeachIceCreamDay
July 18. National Caviar Day #NationalCaviarDay
July 19. National Daiquiri Day #NationalDaiquiriDay
July 20. National Fortune Cookie Day #NationalFortuneCookieDay
July 20. National Lollipop Day #NationalLollipopDay
July 21. Junk Food Day #JunkFoodDay
July 22. National Penuche Fudge Day #NationalPenucheFudgeDay
July 23. National Peanut Butter and Chocolate Day #NationalPeanutButterandChocolateDay
July 23. National Vanilla Ice Cream Day #NationalVanillaIceCreamDay
July 23. National Hot Dog Day #NationalHotDogDay
July 24. National Tequila Day #NationalTequilaDay
July 24. National Drive-Thru Day #NationalDriveThruDay
July 25. National Hot Fudge Sundae Day #NationalHotFudgeSundaeDay
July 26. National Coffee Milkshake Day #NationalCoffeeMilkshakeDay
July 27. National Creme Brulee Day #NationalCremeBruleeDay
July 27. National Scotch Day #NationalScotchDay
July 28. Hamburger Day #HamburgerDay
July 28. National Milk Chocolate Day #NationalMilkChocolateDay
July 29. National Lasagna Day #NationalLasagnaDay
July 29. National Chicken Wing Day #NationalChickenWingDay
July 30. National Cheesecake Day #NationalCheesecakeDay
July 31. National Raspberry Cake Day #NationalRaspberryCakeDay
August 2023
First Saturday of August. National Mustard Day #NationalMustardDay
First Saturday of August. National Mead Day #NationalMeadDay
August 1. National Milkshake Day #NationalMilkshakeDay
August 3. National Watermelon Day #NationalWatermelonDay
August 3. National White Wine Day #NationalWhiteWineDay
August 4. National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day #NationalChocolateChipCookieDay
August 6. National Root Beer Float Day #NationalRootBeerFloatDay
August 10. National S’more Day #NationalSmoreDay
August 13. National Filet Mignon Day #NationalFiletMignonDay
August 15. National Lemon Meringue Pie Day #NationalLemonMeringuePieDay
August 16 National Rum Day #NationalRumDay
August 17. National Vanilla Custard Day #NationalVanillaCustardDay
August 18. National Pinot Noir Day #NationalPinotNoirDay
August 19. National Potato Day #NationalPotatoDay
August 22. National Pecan Torte Day #NationalPecanTorteDay
August 22. National Eat a Peach Day #NationalEataPeachDay
August 23. National Sponge Cake Day #NationalSpongeCakeDay
August 24. National Peach Pie Day #NationalPeachPieDay
August 24. National Waffle Day #NationalWaffleDay
August 25. National Banana Split Day #NationalBananaSplitDay
August 25. National Whiskey Sour Day #NationalWhiskeySourDay
August 26. National Cherry Popsicle Day #NationalCherryPopsicleDay
August 27. National Pots de Crème Day #NationalPotsdeCremeDay
August 27. National Banana Lovers Day #NationalBananaLoversDay
August 28. National Cherry Turnover Day #NationalCherryTurnoverDay
August 28. Crackers Over The Keyboard Day #CrackersOverTheKeyboardDay
August 29. More Herbs, Less Salt Day #MoreHerbsLessSaltDay
August 29. National Lemon Juice Day #NationalLemonJuiceDay
August 29. National Chop Suey Day #NationalChopSueyDay
August 30. National Toasted Marshmallow Day #NationalToastedMarshmallowDay
August 31. Trail Mix Day #TrailMixDay
September 2023
Saturday before Labour Day. International Bacon Day #InternationalBaconDay
September 1. National Cherry Popover Day #NationalCherryPopoverDay
September 2. National Blueberry Popsicle Day #NationalBlueberryPopsicleDay
September 3. National Welsh Rarebit Day #NationalWelshRarebitDay
September 4. National Macadamia Nut Day #NationalMacadamiaNutDay
September 5. National Cheese Pizza Day #NationalCheesePizzaDay
September 6. National Coffee Ice Cream Day #NationalCoffeeIceCreamDay
September 7. National Beer Lover’s Day #NationalBeerLoversDay
September 7. National Salami Day #NationalSalamiDay
September 9. National Steak Au Poivre Day #NationalSteakAuPoivreDay
September 9. Wienerschnitzel Day #WienerschnitzelDay
September 10. National TV Dinner Day #NationalTVDinnerDay
September 11. National Hot Cross Bun Day #NationalHotCrossBunDay
September 12. National Chocolate Milkshake Day #NationalChocolateMilkshakeDay
September 13. National Peanut Day #NationalPeanutDay
September 13. International Chocolate Day #InternationalChocolateDay
September 14. National Eat a Hoagie Day #NationalEataHoagieDay
September 14. National Cream-Filled Donut Day #NationalCreamFilledDonutDay
September 15. National Crème de Menthe Day #NationalCremedeMentheDay
September 15. National Double Cheeseburger Day #NationalDoubleCheeseburgerDay
September 15. National Linguine Day #NationalLinguineDay
September 15. National Cheese Toast Day #NationalCheeseToastDay
September 16. National Guacamole Day #NationalGuacamoleDay
September 16. National Cinnamon-Raisin Bread Day #NationalCinnamonRaisinBreadDay
September 17. National Apple Dumpling Day #NationalAppleDumplingDay
September 18. National Cheeseburger Day #NationalCheeseburgerDay
September 19. National Butterscotch Pudding Day #NationalButterscotchPuddingDay
September 20. National Pepperoni Pizza Day #NationalPepperoniPizzaDay
September 20. National Punch Day #NationalPunchDay
September 20. National Rum Punch Day #NationalRumPunchDay
September 21. National Pecan Cookie Day #NationalPecanCookieDay
September 22. International Mixed Berries Muffin Day #InternationalMixedBerriesMuffinDay
September 25. National Family Day — A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children #NationalFamilyDay
September 26. National Better Breakfast Day #NationalBetterBreakfastDay
September 26. National Pancake Day #NationalPancakeDay
September 26. National Dumpling Day #NationalDumplingDay
September 27. National Chocolate Milk Day #NationalChocolateMilkDay
September 28. International Poke Day #InternationalPokeDay
September 29. National Coffee Day #NationalCoffeeDay
September 29. National Biscotti Day #NationalBiscottiDay
September 30. National Hot Mulled Cider Day #NationalHotMulledCiderDay
October 2023
October 4. National Vodka Day #NationalVodkaDay
October 4. World Taco Day #WorldTacoDay
October 6. National Noodle Day #NationalNoodleDay
October 8. National Pierogi Day #NationalPierogiDay
October 9. International Beer and Pizza Day #InternationalBeerandPizzaDay
October 11. National Sausage Pizza Day #NationalSausagePizzaDay
October 14. National Dessert Day #NationalDessertDay
October 16. World Food Day #WorldFoodDay
October 18. National Chocolate Cupcake Day #NationalChocolateCupcakeDay
October 20. National Brandied Fruit Day #NationalBrandiedFruitDay
October 20. National Office Chocolate Day #NationalOfficeChocolateDay
October 22. National Nut Day #NationalNutDay
October 23. National Boston Creme Pie Day #NationalBostonCremePieDay
October 24. National Bologna Day #NationalBolognaDay
October 24. National Food Day #NationalFoodDay
October 25. National Greasy Food Day #NationalGreasyFoodDay
October 28. National Chocolate Day #NationalChocolateDay
October 29. National Oatmeal Day #NationalOatmealDay
October 30. National Candy Corn Day #NationalCandyCornDay
October 31. National Candy Apple Day #NationalCandyAppleDay
October 31. National Caramel Apple Day #NationalCaramelAppleDay
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Start DesigningNovember 2023
First Thursday of November. National Men Make Dinner Day #MenMakeDinnerDay
Fourth Thursday of November. Thanksgiving Day #ThanksgivingDay
Day after Thanksgiving. Sinkie Day #SinkieDay
First Wednesday of November. National Eating Healthy Day #NationalEatingHealthyDay
November 1. World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
November 1. National Vinegar Day #NationalVinegarDay
November 1. National French Fried Clam Day #NationalFrenchFriedClamDay
November 2. National Deviled Egg Day #NationalDeviledEggDay
November 2. National Pico de Gallo Day #NationalPicodeGalloDay
November 3. National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay
November 4. National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
November 5. National Doughnut Day II #NationalDoughnutDayII
November 6. National Nachos Day #NationalNachosDay
November 10. National Vanilla Cupcake Day #NationalVanillaCupcakeDay
November 11. National Sundae Day #NationalSundaeDay
November 12. Chicken Soup for the Soul Day #ChickenSoupfortheSoulDay
November 12. National Happy Hour Day #NationalHappyHourDay
November 13. National Indian Pudding Day #NationalIndianPuddingDay
November 14. National Pickle Day #NationalPickleDay
November 14. National Spicy Guacamole Day #NationalSpicyGuacamoleDay
November 15. National Spicy Hermit Cookie Day #NationalSpicyHermitCookieDay
November 16. National Fast Food Day #NationalFastFoodDay
November 17. National Baklava Day #NationalBaklavaDay
November 17. Homemade Bread Day #HomemadeBreadDay
November 18. National Apple Cider Day #NationalAppleCiderDay
November 20. National Peanut Butter Fudge Day #NationalPeanutButterFudgeDay
November 21. National Stuffing Day #NationalStuffingDay
November 23. National Cashew Day #NationalCashewDay
November 23. National Eat a Cranberry Day #NationalEataCranberryDay
November 23. National Espresso Day #NationalEspressoDay
November 25. National Parfait Day #NationalParfaitDay
November 26. National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay
November 28. National French Toast Day #NationalFrenchToastDay
November 29. National Lemon Cream Pie Day #NationalLemonCreamPieDay
November 29. National Chocolates Day #NationalChocolatesDay
November 30. National Mousse Day #NationalMousseDay
December 2023
December 1. Eat a Red Apple Day #EataRedAppleDay
December 2. National Fritters Day #NationalFrittersDay
December 4. International Cookie Day #InternationalCookieDay
December 8. National Brownie Day #NationalBrownieDay
December 8. National Concha Day #NationalConchaDay
December 9. National Pastry Day #NationalPastryDay
December 10. National Lager Day #NationalLagerDay
December 11. National Noodle Ring Day #NationalNoodleRingDay
December 11. National Have a Bagel Day #NationalHaveaBagelDay
December 13. National Hot Cocoa Day #NationalHotCocoaDay
December 15. National Cupcake Day #NationalCupcakeDay
December 16. National Green Chili Day #NationalGreenChiliDay
December 16. Chocolate Covered Day #ChocolateCoveredDay
December 21. National Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay
December 22. National Date Nut Bread Day #NationalDateNutBreadDay
December 24. National Eggnog Day #NationalEggnogDay
December 25. National Pumpkin Pie Day #NationalPumpkinPieDay
December 27. National Fruitcake Day #NationalFruitcakeDay
December 30. National Bicarbonate of Soda Day #NationalBicarbonateofSodaDay
December 31. National Champagne Day #NationalChampagneDay
Frequently Asked Questions on International Food Days
What National Food Day is October 22?
October 22 is National Nut Day in the US, Australia, and other countries.
What National Day is Cupcake Day?
National Cupcake Day is celebrated on December 15 in the US and November 26 in Britain.
How many National Food Days are there?
There are more than 200 national food days, and their number continues to increase. National food days can also vary by country. You can Google the National Food Day for any dish listed on your restaurant’s menu or use this guide as a resource.
What month is National Food Month?
April is National Food Month every year. This is the month you should offer a healthy amount of your diners’ favourite foods or those dishes people would like to try for the first time.
Conclusion
This lengthy post provides enough information regarding foods customers can celebrate most days of the year. It’s not an exhaustive calendar, but it contains most of the International Food Days in the world so you will be prepared in the coming days, weeks and months.
Confirm that your customers like any food you choose from the calendar, perhaps by posting about it on social media and requesting their opinion. Once you’re optimistic about selling it, use one of Menuzen’s free menu templates to display it on your social media and restaurant QR menu.
