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September 16-18, 2024 A Taste of the States: Miami Miami, Florida NASDA’s A Taste of the States: Miami provides prime access to the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. Through its partnership with the World Trade Center Miami, NASDA’s pavilion at the Americas Food & Beverage Show focuses on increasing U.S. food and beverage exports for small and medium-sized companies. 2023 FLORIDA - September 2023 FOOD & WINE FESTIVALS, SHOWS, EVENTS events waiting for new datesSeptember 1-30, 2023 - Flavor Palm Beach - Palm Beach, Florida The Restaurant Month for the Palm Beaches. Experience cuisine that defines the art of dining in South Florida. Now is your chance to discover new restaurants and enjoy all your favorites at a discounted price! September 18-20, 2023 A Taste of the States: Miami Miami Beach, Florida Miami Beach Convention Center. NASDA’s A Taste of the States: Miami provides prime access to the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. Through its partnership with the World Trade Center Miami, NASDA’s pavilion at the Americas Food & Beverage Show focuses on increasing U.S. food and beverage exports for small and medium-sized companies. Attendance: 10,500. September 18-20, 2023 Americas Food & Beverage Show & Conference Miami Beach, Florida The Americas Food & Beverage Show & Conference is the meeting point for decision makers from throughout the hemisphere and the world. 50% of the show attendees are decision makers ensuring that the AF&B Show & Conference the ideal forum for meeting customers, vendors/service providers, suppliers, distributors and industry experts. Attendance: 10,500.
September 29-October 1, 2023 Annual Pensacola Seafood Festival Pensacola, Florida Treat your taste buds to a variety of dishes from carefully selected food vendors bordering the park. Enjoy foods such as grilled conch, seafood gumbo, oyster croquettes, soft shell crab, coconut shrimp, Caribbean crab cakes, and more. With more than 130 arts and crafts vendors, the Pensacola Seafood Festival is also one of the largest arts and crafts fairs in Northwest Florida. Live music, cooking demonstrations, a 5K run/walk, a cost-friendly children’s area, and other activities located in Bartram Park. 2020 FLORIDA - September 2020 FOOD & WINE FESTIVALS, SHOWS, EVENTS events waiting for new datesSeptember 12-13, 2020 Wine & Cheese Festival - Clermont, Florida Nothing goes better with wine than cheese so we're celebrating this delicious pairing with our first annual Wine & Cheese Festival. This new event will feature all the Lakeridge festival standards including live music, Lakeridge wine by the glass, beer, soft drinks and a variety of food is available for purchase. You'll also enjoy a special complimentary wine tasting including samples of cheese paired with some of our best selling wines. September 22-23, 2020 Healthy Food Expo Florida - Orlando, Florida Discover the most wholesome meat, seafood and dairy products; delectable baked goods and desserts; tempting point-of-sale snacks -- even eco-friendly ware-wash, so you can make your back-of-house operations as natural as what's on your menu. We've got it all, for every type and size of food business and every day-part that you feature. Co-located with Florida Restaurant & Lodging Show and Cofee Fest Markeplace. September 24, 2020 Flavors of Miami - Miami, Florida EVENT POSTPONED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS. Flavors is a culinary experience that goes beyond the traditional gala and provides each table of attendees with a local chef who will prepare a multi-course dinner tableside. The meal that is delivered will showcase the signature dishes of our culinary experts and take you beyond the usual restaurant fare. Unleash your inner "foodie" and experience a distinct evening of dining while helping to fund the research, education and advocacy efforts of the American Liver Foundation. 2019 FLORIDA - September 2019 FOOD & WINE FESTIVALS, SHOWS, EVENTS events waiting for new datesSeptember 3-5, 2019 - 44th Annual Tomato Conference Naples, Florida Florida Tomato Committee and Florida Tomato Exchange. 2018 FLORIDA - September 2018 FOOD & WINE FESTIVALS, SHOWS, EVENTS events waiting for new datesSeptember 7, 2018 O-Town MacDown Kissimmee, Florida O-Town MacDown is a family-fun, mac-n-cheese cooking competition benefiting Give Kids The World Village! The event features talented chefs and caterers from all around Orlando and some of the best mac-n-cheese dishes on the planet. Join us for a variety of mac-n-cheese, live entertainment, a kids' zone, chef demonstrations and more — there isn’t a cheddar way to spend your Saturday! (also: https://secure2.convio.net/gktw/site/SPageNavigato r/macdown.html ) September 14-23, 2018 Annual Clearwater Beach Restaurant Week Clearwater Beach, Florida Clearwater Beach Restaurant Week, an event promoted by the Clearwater Beach Chamber of Commerce, is celebrating its 8th year. The 2 week-long culinary celebration offers ‘foodies’ an opportunity to experience top-notch dining or casual cuisine, at all your favorite hot spots. Don’t hesitate to try something new! The annual event is a great benefit for both diners and the restaurant community. An incredible array of different cuisines is a cornerstone of the beach vibrancy. During Restaurant Week, each participating restaurant will offer a delicious prix fixe menu priced from $15 to $35. Some restaurants offer a prix fixe menu for lunch at prices of $10 to $15. Restaurants will be competing for the “Best in Class” in a variety of categories. Diners will have an opportunity to vote on their experience at each restaurant. Each vote will be entered into a drawing for great prizes. September 23, 2018 - Annual Taste of the Beach St. Augustine, Florida Local restaurants will again compete to for bragging rights as a Taste of the Beach winner in the categories of entree, Appetizer and desert. Admission is free and food and beverages can be purchased throughout the day. Proceeds from this year's event will again go to the Betty Griffin House, a shelter for victims of domestic abuse. September 30, 2018 - Celebrity Chef Tour - Melbourne, Florida Benefiting the James Beard Foundation, featuring Award-Winning Chefs 2017 FLORIDA - September 2017 FOOD & WINE FESTIVALS, SHOWS, EVENTS events still waiting for new datesSeptember 8-10, 2017 - St. Augustine Spanish Wine Festival St. Augustine, Florida Spanish culture permeates the colonial city. Spanish wine distributors as well as local and regional restaurants will provide a celebration of heritage foods, wine, dance and culture.
September 15-16, 2017 - 9th Annual Smokin' Pig BBQ Fest Lake City, Florida EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO HURRICANE IRMA. September 15-Oct 15, 2017 - WineDine Key West - Key West, Florida Cuisine connoisseurs can enjoy multicourse prix fixe meals at as many as 30 Key West restaurants during WineDine KeyWest, billed as the island's first restaurant month. The culinary celebration was "cooked up" by the team behind the popular annual Key West Food & Wine Festival to promote fine dining and showcase the flavors of Key West. During WineDine KeyWest, Certonio said 30 participating restaurants are to offer three-course meals priced at approximately $20 per person for lunch and $35 per person for dinner. Restaurants include casual waterfront spots, trendy bistros, eateries specializing in fresh Florida Keys seafood and award-winning gourmet emporiums. Diners can register free at the website which details the featured restaurants and their menus, as well as other local businesses from spas to lodging properties and boutiques with enticing offers for event participants. An additional website section introduces diners to the Florida Keys chefs behind the selected restaurants' fare. 2016 FLORIDA - September 2016 Food & Wine Festivals, Shows, Events events still waiting for new datesSeptember 5, 2016 - South Florida Auto Food Fest - Miami, Florida Food Truck Exhibition – place where food truck enthusiast gather to sample products from some of the best food trucks, meet celebrity chefs & enjoy live entertainment. The South Florida Auto Food Fest “Food Truck Food Contest” is a food contest where specially selected chefs and the public chooses the best food truck in 10 separate categories. The categories include Best Appetizer, Sandwich, Soup, Salad, Entrée, Side Dish, Desert, Drink, Overall, & People’s Choice. Food Trucks / Vendors are not required to participate in the Food Truck Food Contest. September 28, 2016 Signature Chefs Auction - Bonita Springs, Florida An evening of food, drink, entertainment, and live and silent auctions with proceeds benefiting the March of Dimes. Guests will be sampling exquisite wines and spirits, sumptuous samplings from our 30 Signature Chefs, and auction dining packages that will surpass your expectations. |