Food & Wine Events
The Palm Beaches’ calendar is ripe with the flavor of the culinary arts. Season your stay and awaken the chef within. From four course dinners to events in the park, we feature sensory feasts for the entire family. Our food festivals and wine tastings will enliven your taste buds and make your imagination crave more.
Metropolitan Entertaining and Cooking Show
Spring 2011
West Palm Beach
The Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show is the premiere consumer event in the nation for cooking and entertaining enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels. The show this spring is guaranteed to be as exciting and star-studded as the last. Last year’s event held at the Americraft Expo Center in West Palm Beach.featured nearly 100 exhibitors, live cooking demonstrations by South Florida's hottest chefs, tasting and entertaining workshops, plus presentations from Food Network celebrities Paula Deen, Bobby Flay, and the Neelys.
Palm Beach Restaurant Month
Summer 2010
Palm Beach
It started in 2008 as a weeklong celebration of first-class and star-rated, Palm Beach restaurants presenting a prix fixed, 3-course lunch or dinner menu at a sensational price. It grew in popularity to a month in 2009, and now an entire summer season promotion. Available at some of the finest culinary destinations on the island, all lunch and dinner options include an appetizer, entree, and dessert.
Flavor Palm Beach
September 2010
Throughout the Palm Beaches & Boca Raton
561.315.8803
Throughout the county, 3-course dinners will define the flavors of South Florida. Whether you visit a café in the north or a Ristorante in the south, you can find the tastes you seek at a price you like. Save room for on your plate for September 2010.
Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival
December 9, 2010
Palm Beach
561.832.2424
The Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival is the premier tasting event in Palm Beach. The event is held on beautiful Worth Avenue which provides a perfect setting for guests to enjoy food and wine from the most exclusive restaurants in and around Palm Beach.
Annual Garlic Fest
Feburary 2011
Delray Beach
561.243.7922
People come from all over come to feast on unique garlic inspired dishes including fest favorite - flaming shrimp scampi - in addition to garlic crab cakes, garlic bruschetta, garlic pizza, garlic Argentine BBQ with garlic black beans and rice, garlic Portobello sandwich and many other delicious and delectable dishes. And don't forget to try the garlic ice cream!
Boca Bacchanal
March 2011
Boca Raton
561.395.6766 x101
Benefiting the Boca Raton Historical Society, the Boca Bacchanal is a three-day festival beginning with a reception and silent auction. A four-course dinner and a live auction follows. Enjoy local chefs and wine from around the world at this not to be missed event.
Art and Jazz on the Avenue
Select Thursdays
Delray Beach along Atlantic Avenue
561.279.1380
Art and Jazz on the Avenue features live entertainment, open house specials and gallery exhibitions on select Thursdays. Check their website calendar for upcoming nights.
Clematis by Night
Every Thursday Evening
Downtown West Palm Beach
561.822.1515
Looking for the area's Hot Spot to Chill? Clematis by Night is it! Chill out South Florida style every Thursday night in downtown West Palm Beach from 6:00 - 9:30 p.m. in Centennial Square at the top of Clematis Street.
