You couldn’t get your hands on a bottle of olive oil in this city if you wanted to, just two decades ago,” recalls Farzana Contractor, founder-editor of UpperCrust magazine and the brains behind the UpperCrust Food and Wine Show that first popped up on Mumbai foodies’ radars 21 years ago. At the upcoming edition this weekend, there’ll be fruits galore — avocados, jamuns, chikoo and the good old olives — you’ll find them in wines, pickles, oil and more.

Mumbai’s palate has evolved, agrees Contractor. “There has been an influx of international cuisine, and on the other hand, Mumbaikars have turned globetrotters,” she reasons. To that end, the show will feature live masterclasses in Japanese, Thai, and Mediterranean cuisine among traditional Indian favourites by top culinary experts and home chefs including Manish Khanna, Pinky Chandan Dixit and Sameer Karkare.