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This exciting culinary event on Florida’s Historic Coast is back and better than ever!
Discover why St. Augustine Food + Wine Festival was recently named “One of the Top 10 Food and Wine Festivals in Florida” by USA Today.
Fan of great food and chefs? Love tasting wine and hand-crafted spirits? Enjoy spending time outdoors in beautiful weather? This is the event you’ve been waiting for and hearing so much about. The St. Augustine Food + Wine Festival is an annual culinary celebration taking place in one of the country’s most beautiful and historic cities. The entire weekend is a showcase of culinary, beverage and culture that highlights celebrity guest chefs, celebrity winemakers/proprietors, local chefs, artisans and craft spirits/beers from locally crafted to global brand names. The festival offers a wide variety of events for all tastebuds, from wine dinners and tasting events, to master classes and more.
“One of Florida’s Top 10 Food and Wine Festivals” according to USA Today. The festival takes place May 8-12, 2024, with celebrity guest chefs, local chefs and beverage distillers. Enjoy over 400 varieties of unlimited wine, beer and spirits, live music, celebrity chef dinners, cooking master class demos and a variety of tasting events to please all kinds of tastes.
TV personality and celebrity chef, Tiffany Derry, will be participating in several festival events, including Smoke on the Walk, and hosting a cooking demonstration at the Saturday Grand Tasting’s Publix Cooking Demo Stage.
Celebrity Guest Chef/TV Personality, Tiffany Derry: Derry is a longtime TV cooking show favorite, stepping into the spotlight when she appeared on Bravo’s Top Chef Season 7, earning the title of “fan favorite” and finishing in the top four. Derry’s quiet confidence, warm southern charm, and culinary expertise made her a natural selection for Top Chef: All-Stars, where she was again a finalist. Her enthusiastic personality has led to many more television appearances on shows such as Chopped, Chopped Kids, Top Chef, The Great American Recipe, Beat Bobby Flay, Tournament of Champions, The Great American Soul Food Cook-off, Bar Rescue, Top Chef Junior, Top Chef Amateurs, and more. In 2016, Derry and her business partner Tom Foley, Esq. founded T2D Concepts, which operates her current restaurants in Texas: Roots Chicken Shak, Roots Southern Table and her spice and apparel line. A James Beard Award finalist for Best Chef Texas and Best New Restaurant.
Wednesday, May 8, “River Walk Tastings”, in the historic district at San Sebastian Winery and the Homewood Suites St. Augustine San Sebastian, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., with trolley shuttle, live music and food and drink tastings at both venues, with culinary tastings from Chef Norberto Jaramillo with La Cocina International Restaurant and Drake's Deli. The progressive tasting tours begin at San Sebastian Winery.
Thursday, May 9, "Harvest Awards & Tasting", Bozard Ford, 550 Outlet Mall Blvd., 6:30-8:30 p.m. The wine lover’s ultimate tasting event with premium wines and showcase wine pairings, along with the festival’s select official beverages. The historic Lightner Museum which is the centerpiece of St. Augustine’s historic district, provides the elegant backdrop to tasting wines from around the world and sampling some of Northeast Florida’s best restaurants.
Friday, May 10 – “Epicurean Master Classes” at Publix, 170 Village Commons Drive, St. Augustine, FL
12:00 – 1:00 pm, Foley Family Wines, Wine Pairing with Charcuterie & Cheese; 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Veterans United Craft Brewery Tasting & Pairing.
Friday, May 10, “Smoke on the Walk”, Walk of Champions, World Golf Village. This all-inclusive BBQ Extravaganza is a showcase of the southeast’s most celebrated Pitmasters and grill masters with wine, beer and spirits along the Walk of Champions with live music from Remedy Tree. Enjoy unlimited beverage tastings in a souvenir glass, along with delicious grilled, smoked and roasted gourmet BBQ bites – all included with ticket price. *FREE parking, 21 & older only event, no pets allowed.
Saturday, May 11, "St. Augustine Food + Wine Festival, Grand Tasting”, 1 World Golf Place, St. Augustine, FL
A fun afternoon of all-inclusive culinary and beverage tastings in the beautiful lakefront surroundings of the Walk of Champions, the centerpiece of World Golf Village. Tickets include a souvenir cup for unlimited beverage tastings from hundreds of wine, beer and spirit exhibitors. Enjoy live music on the Jacksonville Magazine Music Stage from the band Chillula, and the NEW “Taste of Tallahassee” and the Champions Brand Brews Alley. The cooking demonstrations on the Publix Cooking Demo Stage are 2:30 – 3:30 pm: Tiffany Derry and 4:00 – 4:30 pm: Christine Seely, St. Johns Food Service. Guests can vote for their favorite tasting bites and drinks in the People’s Choice Harvest Awards, presented by St. Johns Food Service and Jacksonville Magazine.
Sunday, May 12, “The Mother's Day Jazz Brunch” (Family-friendly event), St. Johns County Convention Center, 500 S. Legacy Trail. The Jazz Brunch is one like no other with an all-inclusive priced ticket featuring live music, brunch buffet with carving station, indulgent sides, made-to-order omelet station, seafood station and a variety of desserts (something for everybody!). Bloody Mary Bar, Champagne, Mimosas, and a host of unlimited beverage stations from the festival’s wonderful partners include wine, beer, spirits beverage tasting stations inside the brunch – coffee, iced tea and soft drinks beverages included. The entire family will enjoy being spoiled at The Jazz Brunch on this Sunday finale festival event! Two seatings available at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
The World Golf Village Renaissance Resort, Bozard Ford and the historic district of St. Augustine are the host location sites for the 2024 festival. Events in the historic district will take place at the San Sebastian Winery and Homewood Suites. World Golf Village is located 20 minutes north of historic downtown St. Augustine and the beaches. Florida’s largest city Jacksonville is located only 30 minutes away.
Early bird tickets for more than a dozen of the festivals events are now on sale.
