Mark your books for Dec. 10-13, because that’s when the 2015 Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival holds court throughout Palm Beach, with new events this year at The Gardens Mall (3103 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens.)
The chef lineup is impressive and promises culinary delights: Returning chefs Robert Irvine, Marc Murphy, Christina Tosi, Johnny Iuzzini, Elizabeth Falkner, Anita Lo, Jeff Mauro and Ken Oringer will be joined by new additions Hugh Acheson, Gavin Kaysen, George Mendes, Dena Marino, Michael Ruhlman, Brad Kilgore and Beau MacMillan, alongside Palm Beach County favorites Clay Conley, Tim Lipman, Sean Brasel, Tory Martindale, Lindsay Autry and Aaron Black.
There are dinners, wine and cocktail tastings, cooking demos, book signings and seminars. There’s a kick-off party at The Breakers, simultaneous dinners at Buccan and PB Catch (latter is sold out already), an annual Chillin’ N’ Grillin’, a Street Food competition, children’s cooking demonstrations and more. Ticket prices range from $45 (children’s demo) to $75 (9th Annual Grand Tasting, The Gardens Mall) to $95 (Miami Takeover cook-off at Meat Market Palm Beach, among others) and up. Festival folks have combined events in festival packages that save some bucks, too.
Click here to buy tickets or the festival packages.
A la carte: Chef Lindsay Autry was just announced as partnering with local restaurateur Thierry Beaud (PB Catch, Pistache, Paneterie) to open The Regional Kitchen & Public House at CityPlace in early 2016. Autry says the focus will be on “real, conscious and approachable food.” The restaurant will occupy what was formerly Pampas Grille, facing Okeechobee Boulevard. With the upcoming completion of the hotel at the convention center, we can expect to see a few more eateries spring up in that area.ouHous
About the Author
Lynn Kalber wasn’t born in Boca Raton, but she attended elementary through high school there, so she might as well have been. She’s a graduate of the University of Florida and has been in journalism most of her life, including 26 years at The Palm Beach Post. She’s written feature and food stories, and edited food copy among other jobs, including blogging about wine (The Swirl Girls). Her husband is writer and author Scott Eyman. They live in West Palm Beach with an assortment of cats and dogs.
