Three days, more than 30 cooking demos, 40 local chefs, sommeliers and culinary experts, and 90 food and beverage vendors. This is Chicago Food and Wine Festival coming to Lincoln Park Aug. 28-30.
New to Chicago, the festival features local all-stars, like Girl & the Goat’s Stephanie Izard, Frontera Grill’s Rick Bayless, Table Fifty-Two’s Art Smith and Graham Elliot Bistro’s Graham Elliot. Throughout the weekend, fest-goers can meet chefs and sample signature dishes from HotChocolate, Honey Butter Fried Chicken, Dove’s Luncheonette, The Purple Pig and others.
Another highlight? Cooking demonstrations by The Purple Pig’s Jimmy Bannos, Sr., Spiaggia’s Tony and Cathy Mantuano, Mercato’s Fabio Viviani and more.
Tickets are on sale now at chicagofoodandwinefestival.com. Day passes for Saturday and Sunday are $175 each.
There are three separately ticketed evening events throughout the city. They are Friday’s al fresco five-course dinner Feast Under the Stars ($225), Toast & Taste ($225) in Grant Park on Saturday, with 16 national chefs and live music, and dessert and a nightcap at Sunday’s Last Call ($75).
Weekend passes for the event are available at $550 and include access to the festival and Saturday and Sunday’s separately ticketed evening events.
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The festival is organized by C3 Presents founder Charles Jones, Texas chef and “Iron Chef” winner Tim Love and Food and Wine magazine publisher Christina Grdovic.
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