2012 FLORIDA - APRIL 2012
FOOD & WINE FESTIVALS, SHOWS, EVENTS
(see also: 2011 - 2010 - 2009)
March 30-April 1, 2012 DeSoto Heritage Seafood Festival - Bradenton, Florida
March 31-April 1, 2012 Downtown Food & Wine Fest - Orlando, Florida
April 6-7, 2012 St. John's River Catfish Festival - Crescent City, Florida
The 34th annual event will have arts & crafts, a parade, and live music. The menu includes fried catfish dinners, strawberry shortcake and even swamp cabbage and frog legs. Benefits scholarships for local students. Attendance: 20,000.
April 7, 2012 Planes, Trains & BBQ - Tavares, Florida
Held in Wooten Park, the annual event includes People's Choice BBQ Tasting, air shows, model train displays, and the Concert Under the Stars.
April 12-14, 2012 Clewiston Sugar Festival - Clewiston, Florida
The 26th annual festival will celebrate the area's primary industry, the growing of sugarcane. Events include Seminole Heritage Day, arts & crafts, Miss Sugar pageant, Raising Cane Rodeo, Sweet Taste of Sugar baking contest, entertainment, and 5K run/walk.
April 13-22, 2012 Flavors of Florida: 21st Annual Florida Film Festival - Various, Florida
A 10-day international film event that includes a spectacular food and wine celebration. Featuring a stellar lineup of casual brunches, elegant dinners, food and film pairings, and parties, previous special guests include Anthony Bourdain, Iron Chef Cat Cora, Chef John Currance, Chefs Matt and Ted Lee, and many more.
April 14, 2012 18th Annual Taste of Oviedo - Oviedo, Florida
Enjoy top-notch entertainment, over 200 vendors, the beloved Kids' Taste area, and the Citrus & Celery Cook-off.
April 14-15, 2012 The Great Taste of the Grove - Coconut Grove, Florida
The 22nd annual food and wine festival will offer a diverse mix of culinary delights provided by various restaurants, with two fun-filled days of music, outstanding food and fun.
April 18-21, 2012 United Way Miami Wine & Food Festival - Miami, Florida
The 17th annual Festival invites all beer, spirits, wine & food lovers for a four-day showcase of fine beverage and culinary delights, opening with Best in Glass Month and featuring top sommeliers, notable chefs, prestigious wineries and winemakers, breweries and impressive auction lots, all to benefit the South Florida community.
April 19, 2012 5th Annual American Fine Wine Competition & Gala - Boca Raton, Florida
The AFWC is the world's largest and most prestigious invitational devoted solely to fine wines produced in the United States. The Gala is where the public comes to enjoy them.
April 20, 2012 Las Olas Wine & Food Festival - Fort Lauderdale, Florida
You will sample an array of culinary delights from over 60 of the area's finest restaurants & taste fantastic wine selections from around the world. Live music.
April 20-22, 2012 28th Annual Pompano Beach Seafood Festival - Pompano Beach, Fla
On the Beach. Every kind of seafood imaginable, huge art & crafts display area and fabulous music.
April 21, 2012 Suncoast BBQ Bash - Venice, Florida
A Jack Daniel's World Championship qualifier barbeque cook-off. Includes "Chili for Charity", live music, cooking demonstrations, family activities. Proceeds benefit the Suncoast Foundation for Handicapped Children.
April 21, 2012 Acreage Music & Chili Cook-Off - Loxahatchee, Florida
South Florida's hottest family fun, food, and music event and fastest growing chili cookoff.
April 21-22, 2012 17th Annual Flower & Garden Expo - St. Augustine, Florida
A weekend of food, fun and flowers offering gourmet dining, a food festival and a garden show.
April 21-22, 2012 14th Annual Bradford County Strawberry Festival - Starke, Florida
Held in historic downtown Starke, the festival includes a car show, crafts, fresh strawberries and lots of homemade strawberry goodies.
April 22-25, 2012 WFF Annual Leadership Development Conference - Orlando, Florida
Women's Foodservice Forum Annual Leadership Development Conference
April 22-25, 2012 Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference & Expo - Fort Myers, Fla
The event brings food and beverage processors and suppliers together to gain valuable information on the latest trends and technologies in manufacturing, automation, sustainability and food safety.
April 23, 2012 17th Annual Taste of Key West - Key West, Florida
More than fifty Key West restaurants offer delicious tapas-sized portions along the Truman waterfront. Always well attended, this lively event will have you bouncing from cuisine to cuisine, all the while enjoying the generous selection of fine wines available in a commerative wine glass. Proceeds benefit AIDS Help.
April 26, 2012 2012 Pie Industry Seminar - Orlando, Florida
This seminar provides the professional and commercial baker with key information on making the best pies in America and serves as an invaluable networking opportunity for all members of the pie industry.
April 26-29, 2012 26th Annual Sandestin Wine Festival - Sandestin, Florida
Take part in Sandestin wine tastings showcasing more than 600 domestic and international wines. Wine novices are able to learn more about wines and sample from a comprehensive selection including the finest appellations from all major producing countries in all varieties, styles and price ranges. Wine aficionados enjoy meeting winemakers, asking detailed questions and acquiring hard-to-get selections.
April 27-28, 2012 2nd Annual Deerfield Beach Wine & Food Festival - Deerfield Beach, FL
A Blue Wave Affair takes place inside Quiet Waters Park in Deerfield Beach. 2 Days of Culinary Excitement with Live Cooking Demonstrations, 50 South Florida Chefs and Wine, Beer and Spirits from around the world.
April 27-29, 2012 The Festival of Chocolate 2012 - Orlando, Florida
Florida's Largest All-Chocolate Event features tastes from the best local and regional chocolatiers and confection companies; demonstrations by world renown pastry chefs, chocolate and wine pairings; hands-on classes; a one-of-a-kind chocolate museum; Kids-4-Chocolate workshop; crazy chocolate contests for children and adults, chocolate game show stage and live professional chocolate showpiece and cake decorating competitions. And, don't miss Brownie Bingo!
April 27-29, 2012 Rhythm and Ribs Festival - St. Augustine, Florida
The annual festival features award-winning barbecue, great live music and children's activities. Sponsored by the St. Augustine Sunrise Rotary, the event benefits local and international charities. Attendance: 20,000.
April 27-29, 2012 3rd Annual Martin County Nautical Flea Market & Seafood Festival - Stuart, Florida
Nautical and Marine Vendors, Boats, Boat Auction, Seafood, Antique Boat Show and Competition. Workshops and Demonstrations. Original Nautical and Marine Art and Arts and Crafts.
April 28, 2012 16th Annual Taste of St. Augustine - St. Augustine, Florida
Pairs great food with great music. St. Augustine's finest restaurants offer samples of their signature dishes as they compete for the coveted T.O.St.A. and People's Choice Awards.
April 28-29, 2012 The Great American Pie Festival - Celebration, Florida
Presented by the American Pie Council (APC) - an organization dedicated to preserving America's pie heritage. Free admission. Kids Creation Station will give aspiring young bakers an opportunity to create their own pies or enjoy some fun with pie decorating, pie-scaping, Piecasso tin art and many more activities! The Pietopia Demonstration Stage will feature entertainment and baking demonstrations with chefs from across the country; Pie Eating Contest; Prestigious Baking Competition and Family Fun 83,000-Slice Never Ending Pie Buffet. (Also see Recipe Contests [deadline 3/30/12])
April 29, 2012 Sweet Corn Fiesta - West Palm Beach, Florida
A celebration of Palm Beach County sweet corn spring growing season and those who make it happen. Live music, kids rides, lots of family fun, and of course...the sweetest corn in the world!
April 29-May 2, 2012 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology & Bioprocessing
Orlando, Florida
Linking biotechnology, chemistry & agriculture to create new value chains.
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