Festival includes tastings from 40 top restaurants from their executive chefs, 250 varieties of world-class wine, spirits and brews, celebrity chef cooking demos and dinners, Master Sommelier tasting panels, VIP events, live music and more.
Newport Beach, CA (Restaurant News Release) Newport Beach Wine & Food Festival, presented by Land Rover, Jaguar, Aston Martin of Newport Beach, returns to the contemporary Newport Beach Civic Center on September 30th and October 1st. The weekends festivities, which will include celebrity chef dinners at local Newport Beach restaurants and a new “Havana Nights” after party, will kick off on Friday, September 29th and conclude on Sunday, October 1st .
Weekend Schedule of Events:
Friday, September 29th
- Bravo’s Top Chef Women All-Stars dinner at Waterline Newport Beach, Balboa Bay Resort: Winner, Brooke Williamson with All Stars, Shirley Chung, Casey Thomson and Rachel Haggstrom
- French Connection dinner at The Winery, Newport Beach: Master Chef Hubert Keller, Yvon Goetz, Jean-Pierre Dubray and Rainer Schwartz
Saturday, September 30th: Official Host: Celebrity Chef Hubert Keller
- VIP Moet-Hennessy’s Champagne and Petrossian Caviar Tasting with Master Sommeliers
- VIP Bravo’s Top Chef Winner and All-Stars meet & greet with cooking demo: Brooke Williamson, Shirley Chung and Casey Thompson
- Bravo’s Top Chef Masters, Lorena Garcia cooking demo
- ABC’s “The Taste” winning mentor and Bravo’s Top Chef All Star, Brian Malarkey cooking demo
- “Havana Nights” after party with cuisine by Latin America’s #1 celebrity chef, Lorena Garcia
Sunday, October 1st
- VIP Riedel Glass education & tasting with Hundred Acre wine
- VIP Chef Demo TBA
- Bravo’s Top Chef Fan Favorite, Fabio Viviani cooking demo
- Bravo’s Top Chef All Star, Amar Santana cooking demo
- Nobu Newport Beach and Moët Hennessy dinner with Master Chef Nobu Matsuhisa
Participating restaurants include Marche Moderne Newport Beach, Broadway, and Watertable. For a complete current list of participating restaurants, click here.
Tickets will be available for purchase in June 2017 at www.NewportWineandFood.com?. Continue to check back for new information or call (888) 511-FEST. For ongoing updates, follow festival on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Special thanks to our partners: Land Rover, Jaguar, Aston Martin Newport Beach, The Wall Street Journal, Duke Spirits, Thermador, Stella Artois, Wusthof, Moet Hennessy, Hundred Acre, Petrossian Caviar, Balboa Bay Resort, Nobu Newport, The Winery, Waterline Newport, Riedel, Pencilbox Studios, NEFF Beautiful Living, Caesarstone, Olive & Poppy, One Palm Marketing, Ajenda PR, Melissa’s Produce, Anderson’s Seafood, Star Fine Foods Olive Oil, Modern Luxury, Firebrand Media, Orange Coast Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Daily Pilot, Fork Report, KFI, KOST
Contact:
Ajenda Public Relations
Jenna Satariano
Jenna@ajendapr.com
562-761-2095
www.ajendapr.com