Spend Melbourne Cup day sipping prosecco and feasting on homemade cannelloni filled with pumpkin and ricotta, chicken escalopes wrapped in prosciutto and supremely succulent eye fillet of beef at Gusto da Gianni at Portside. The lavish Italian partito (party, in case you skipped that Italian class) offers a three-hour beverage package including prosecco, premium Italian whites and reds alongside Australian and international tap beers, soft drinks and juice. The race will be broadcast across big screens and there will be a lucky door prize as well as prizes for Best Dressed and sweeps aplenty. If cocktails on the wharf sounds like an ideal way to spend the day, nab yourself a ticket to Gusto’s Melbourne Cup soiree.