FOOD + WINE FESTIVAL PALM DESERT
Celebrity
book signings, live cooking demonstrations,
and wine
and craft beer seminars round out the weekend-long foodie celebration
The Food
+ Wine Festival Palm Desert is here as top culinary experts from across the
country—alongside more than 50 restaurants and 70 wineries, breweries, and
spirit purveyors—gather in the Coachella Valley, Friday, March 21 through Sunday, March 23. The three-day festival
continues to grow, just recently welcoming new culinary talent to its roster of
live culinary demos, and adding craft beer and wine experts to lead tasting
seminars. A full schedule of all the weekend’s events is available at www.palmdesertfoodandwine.com, with some of the newest programming
highlights including:
·
Craft Beer and
Wine Seminars
Taking place
during the grand tastings on Saturday, March 22 and Sunday, March 23
In addition to
wining and dining at the grand tasting events, the Food + Wine Festival Palm
Desert also offers guests a chance to expand their food, wine, and craft beer
knowledge with a series of tasting seminars. Tickets are available for an
additional $25 per person/per seminar, and include access to an intimate
tasting class led by an industry expert. Notable participants from both the
Coachella Valley and beyond include, but are not limited to:
o
Chris
Anderson, brewmaster/CEO for the Coachella Valley Brewing Company
o
Christina
Perozzi of “The Beer Chicks” and western regions educator for Goose Island Beer
Company
o
Larry
Brooks, winemaker for Tolosa Winery
o
Sam
Calagione, founder and president of Dogfish Head Brewery
·
Celebrity Book
Signings
Taking place
during the grand tastings on Saturday, March 22 and Sunday, March 23
Guests can attend cookbook signings
by participating celebrity chefs and personalities, including Roy Choi, Valerie
Gordon, The Fabulous Beekman Boys, The Hearty Boys, Gale Gand, Lulu Powers, and
Mark DeCarlo.
·
Chef Demos
Taking place
during the grand tastings on Saturday, March 22 and Sunday, March 23
The Food +
Wine Festival Palm Desert’s celebrity chef lineup continues to grow, including
some exciting additions to its schedule of live cooking demonstrations. Each
featured demonstration takes place on one of four state-of-the-art, fully
equipped kitchen stages, offering attendees an opportunity to learn from some
of the culinary world’s biggest stars. A few recent additions to the demo
roster include The Hearty Boys, restaurateurs, cookbook authors, and stars of
the Food Network’s “Party Line with the Hearty Boys”; “The Entertainologist” Lulu
Powers, best-selling author, entertainer, and former celebrity chef; and Julie
Pech, author, nutritional educator, and owner of “The Chocolate Therapist.”
About
the Food + Wine Festival Palm Desert
For tickets or more information please
visit www.palmdesertfoodandwine.com. Visit the
event on Facebook at www.facebook.com/palmdesertfoodandwine or follow on Twitter @PDFoodWine.
The Food + Wine Festival Palm
Desert is owned and operated by Palm
Springs Life in association with Sunset,
and with sponsorship support in part from Lincoln, the City of Palm Desert, Celebrity
Cruises, Jensen’s Finest Foods, Stella Artois, Double Cross Vodka, Sarabella
Tuscan Jars, Wild Turkey, Campari, Just Fabulous, Chef Works, Time Warner
Cable, and Desert Radio Group. The annual food and wine event aims to gather
the brightest and most inspired chefs and culinary personalities from around the
country for three extraordinary days of food and wine tasting. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the James Beard Foundation and
the AIDS Assistance Program. Palm Springs
Life has represented the greater Palm Springs area for over 55 years. Its
award-winning monthly publication is a reflection of the special lifestyle of
the desert resort communities. Palm
Springs Life’s monthly editorial content includes: social scene; upcoming
events including major golf and tennis tournaments; luxury homes; fine dining;
fashion; travel; the arts; and profiles of celebrity and business leaders.
SEE YOU THERE!
Michael and Scott
The Dining Duo
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