2012 CALIFORNIA NOVEMBER 2012 FOOD & WINE FESTIVALS, SHOWS, EVENTS (see also: 2011 - 2010 - 2009 - 2008)
November ?-?, 2012 5th Annual Los Angeles Int’l Tamale Festival - Los Angeles, CA Number of tamale vendors 30 professional and Amateur Prize Money $200 Best Tamale over-all 'People's Choice'. Competition Categories - Best Tamale: Chicken, Beef, Pork, Fish, Fruit, Vegetarian number of non-food vendors 175 professional. Attendance: 35,000.
November 3, 2012 Whinny & Wine - Redding, California Horse themed wine tasting--enjoy tasting wonderful wines, great food, friends, raffles and LIVE auction to please! All proceeds benefit the rescued horses at Safe Haven Horse Rescue! We are a non-profit, no kill, horse rescue that is run solely by hard working volunteers, donations and fundraisers.
November 3-4, 2012 14th Annual Wine & Food Affair - Sonoma County, California Join us for a weekend of wine and food pairing. All of the wineries participating will have a favorite winery recipe in the cookbook, which they will prepare both days for you to sample, along with the perfect wine.
2011 NOVEMBER 2011 Food Shows and Local Food, Beer and Wine Events events still waiting for new dates
November 1, 2011 Celebrity Chef Tour - San Diego, California Benefiting the James Beard Foundation, featuring Award-Winning Chefs.
November 3-5, 2011 The Big Sur Food and Wine Festival - Big Sur, California A weekend of culinary and wine events in Big Sur, combining Hiking with Stemware, wine maker dinners, a Grand Tasting with a local cookbook and wine book signings and the chance to meet some of California's best wine makers.
November 3-5, 2011 14th Worlds of Flavor Int’l Conference & Festival - Napa Valley, CA Culinary Institute of America (CIA) Worlds of Flavor International Conference & Festival, considered to be the premier professional event on global cuisines and flavor trends in the country. The theme is World Casual--The Future of American Menus.
Nov 4-13, 2011 Mendocino County Wine & Mushroom Fest - Mendocino County, CA Mendocino County is home to more than 3,000 mushroom varieties -- including the rare candy cap mushroom, with its intense maple-syrup flavor and sweet fragrance -- that grows only along the northern coast of California. The pinnacle of mushroom season is Mendocino County’s annual Mushroom Festival
November 5, 2011 Pistachio Festival - Newberry Springs, California Old fashion family oriented festival, one day event, free admission & parking, featuring live music, food, merchandise vendors, lots of food and of course pistachios! Annual event always held the first Saturday in November.
November 5, 2011 11th Annual City of Rocklin Toast of the Town - Rocklin, California Wine Tasting / Community Dinner and Art Show which benefits the Teen Program. Over 25 Wineries along with over 30 Chefs (Community Leaders like the Police and Fire Chiefs). 10 Restaurants will be providing desserts.
November 5-6, 2011 Harvest Wine Celebration - Temecula, California The two day event gives ticketed guests the opportunity to visit more than 20 participating wineries for a self- guided tour of the Temecula Valley. Food and wine samplings are offered at each stop as well as barrel and/or tank samples of finished and unfinished wines not available to the public.
November 5-6, 2011 Napa Wine-Tasting | Silver Pass Weekend - Napa Valley, California Napa Valley's beautiful "road less traveled" offers guests exclusive access to the 15 private wineries of the Silverado Trail Wineries Association on this special weekend. Sample current release tastings and enjoy gourmet food pairings, barrel tasting, special discounts and one-on-one conversations with vintners. Every guest receives a commemorative wine glass.
November 6, 2011 10th Annual Fall wine Classic - Yorba Linda, California The Fall Wine Classic brings together over 50 prestigious wineries from all over California and over 500 wine enthusiasts for a wine tasting event like no other. The East Room of the Richard Nixon Library is stunning and provides the perfect sophisticated & elegant venue for our annual event.
November 7-9, 2011 DiRoNA's Annual Conference & Gala - Napa, California Distinguished Restaurants of North America. We will gather to celebrate, remember our past, and build our future.
November 16, 2011 WineRave San Diego - Tasting Turned Up- San Diego, California This unique wine tasting event caters to the 21-35 year-old crowd, featuring cutting-edge wines and spirits paired with mouth-watering appetizers.
November 16-20, 2011 8th San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival - San Diego, California The 8th Annual San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival is an international showcase of the world's premier wine and spirits producers, chefs and culinary personalities, and gourmet foods. The event benefits the American Institute of Wine & Food culinary arts scholarship program. Over 800 wines, 40 of San Diego's top fine dining restaurants, gourmet food companies and exhibitors participated in the 2010 Festival.
November 17-20, 2011 Flavor! Napa Valley - Napa, California A Celebration of Food, Wine, Fun Benefiting the Culinary Institute of America, St. Helena Scholarship Fund. Flavor! Napa Valley is a four-day extravaganza of farm-to-table fine cuisine, world-class wines, and the fun that is had when these elements come together in America's premier wine region.
November 18-20, 2011 Mandarin Festival - Auburn, California Celebrates the new crop of locally grown Mandarin oranges, a Mandarin Recipe cooking contest, professional chef demonstrations, food, AGRO Art, local farmers selling freshly harvested Mandarin oranges, crafts and activities, free children’s area, live music and entertainment. Always held the weekend before Thanksgiving.
November 19, 2011 BevMo! Holiday Beerfest 2011 - San Francisco, California Experience 200+ of the greatest holiday, seasonal and special beers-ciders from 100+ of the best breweries in the world. Held at Fort Mason, Herbst Pavilion, just a snowball's throw from the Golden Gate Bridge.
2010 NOVEMBER 2010 CALIFORNIA Food Shows and Local Food, Beer and Wine Events events still waiting for new dates
November 2, 2010 Share Our Strength's 'A Tasteful Pursuit' Touring Dinner Series Napa Valley, California The food and company of the country's top chefs. The thrill of an auction of incredible items. All in one evening and all to help fight childhood hunger in America.
November 6, 2010 Stone Crab Jam - Crystal River, Florida The third annual family event runs from 4 to 10 p.m. and features stone crab claws, local cuisine, live music, dancing, and local artists.
November 6-7, 2010 Celebrity Food and Gift Show - Anaheim, California Join us as Celebrity Chefs from your favorite TV shows cook on stage all weekend - Meet and Greet Top TV Celebrities, Reality Show Celebrities and Famous Sports Icons all weekend - Family fun area for all ages. Proceeds from this event go to -Provide Help and Support to the Children of our Fallen Military.
November 7, 2010 Great Chefs of Los Angeles "Go Green, Go Organic" - Los Angeles, Cal The 24th Annual Great Chefs of Los Angeles brings together the city's most celebrated chefs, tastemakers and vintners for an afternoon of great food, wine, music and auctions to benefit the National Kidney Foundation of Southern California.
November 12, 2010 Celebrate Brevard Food Tasting Festival - Melbourne, Florida Brevard County's best attended annual food tasting event for five straight years! Samples from over 50 vendors spanning nine countries on three continents. Taste test wine and beer samples too! Key Lime Pie Eating Contest, Pizza Dough Throwing Contest, live entertainment, etc.
November 17-18, 2010 San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival: Tastemaker Dinner Series San Diego, California Take in one of five star-studded, wine-pairing dinners. The dinner series brings together nationally acclaimed chefs with trendsetting local chefs and legendary wineries to create the ultimate dinner pairing. The chefs collaborate and design an unforget...table multi-course menu that will send your tastebuds soaring. Each of the highly coveted dinners has limited seating, which perhaps is the biggest dilemma, as
2009 CALIFORNIA NOVEMBER 2009 FOOD & WINE FESTIVALS, SHOWS, EVENTS events still waiting for new dates
November 7-8, 2009 The Fabulous Food Festival San Francisco, California NEXT EVENT IN 2011. The only consumer specialty food show for the San Francisco Bay Area.
November 13-15, 2009 1st Annual Dia del Taco Los Angeles, California Best Taco Contest, Taco Eating Contest, Taco Making Demo.
2008 CALIFORNIA NOVEMBER 2008 Local Food, Beer and Wine Events waiting for new dates
November 6-9, 2008 Art of Food & Wine Palm Desert - Palm Desert, California Join us for four fabulous days of food and wine tastings, celebrity chef demonstrations, culinary seminars, art, music, shopping and golf - all nestled in Southern California's beautiful Coachella Valley.
November 13, 2008 Autumn Food Bazaar - Fresno, California California’s oldest Armenian congregation, The First Armenian Presbyterian Church of Fresno marks 15th anniversary of the publication of the church’s recipe collection, “A Hundred Years and Still Cooking”
