Walt Disney World Resort will offer a global tasting experience Sept. 25-Nov. 8 at the 14th annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. During the six-week event, visitors can taste fine cuisine and wines from the top culinary cities of the world. Each fall, the festival attracts a diverse audience of more than one million guests ranging from wine connoisseurs and epicures to neophytes wishing to boost their wine IQs. Festival guests can enjoy the flavors of more than 25 international marketplaces dotting the World Showcase promenade. The festival spotlights tastes from cities on six continents, including Bologna, Italy; Bangkok, Thailand; Wellington, New Zealand; Santiago, Chile; Marrakesh, Morocco; Shanghai, China; and New Orleans, United States.
Daily wine and beer tastings serve up sips from around the world, and culinary demonstrations dish up featured treats. A series of special culinary programs features a lineup of renowned winemakers, guest chefs and speakers participating in elegant dinners, luncheons, seminars and wine schools. Live music kicks the festival up several notches each evening during the Eat to the Beat! Concert series, featuring acts from many musical genres including classic rock, jazz, R&B, funk and soul. Concerts are performed three times each evening at the America Gardens Theatre along the World Showcase lagoon, and feature musical performances from artists including Vanessa Carlton, Kool & The Gang, Boyz II Men, and “American Idol” winner Taylor Hicks.
Featured among the culinary hosts is celebrity chef Cat Cora, who will demonstrate the preparation of a three-course lunch live during Epcot’s “Celebrating with Family and Friends in the Kitchen” series, new to the event this year. The Iron Chef is also set to debut her new restaurant, Kouzzina by Cat Cora, on Disney’s Boardwalk in mid-September. Kouzzina will feature a menu of Mediterranean-inspired cuisine that pays tribute to Cora’s Greek roots.
Other Festival highlights include: The Festival Welcome Center, with a Champagne and Wine Bar, educational wine seminars, celebrity chef book signings, and festival keepsakes including exclusive festival pins and an official festival cookbook. Some 250 chefs, including Disney chefs and guest chefs from across the country, conduct culinary demonstrations and host dinners and tasting events. Joining chef Cat Cora are guest chefs Jeff Henderson, Warren Brown, Jamie and Bobby Deen, Alan Wong, Art Smith, Robert Irvine, Keegan Gerhard, Jacques Torres, Andrew Zimmern and many other culinary stars.
New culinary programs feature Culinary Adventures in Signature Dining and the aforementioned Celebrating Family and Friends in the Kitchen. Popular returning events include French Regional Lunches at Bistro de Paris in the France pavilion, Epcot Wine Schools, Food and Wine Pairings and Sweet Sundays. The weekly Party for the Senses grand tasting event offers experiences with other eminent chefs, more than 50 wines and beers and live entertainment.
Included with Epcot admission are Samuel Adams beer seminars, Authentic Taste seminars and Authors without Borders programs with special book signings at the Festival Center, Eat to the Beat! concerts, culinary and cultural adventures, and all attractions and park entertainment. For more information,
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