The 4th annual Newport Beach Wine & Food Festival

One of the highly anticipated local wine and food events, the 4^th annual Newport Beach Wine & Food Festival returns to the Newport Beach Civic Center on September 30^th and October 1^st.  Tickets are now on sale for the weekend of festivities, kicking off on Friday, September 29th, which will include tastings from 40 top Orange County restaurants and their executive chefs, 250 varieties of world-class wine, spirits, and brews, celebrity chef cooking demos and dinners, Master Sommelier tasting panels, VIP events, live music, and a new “Havana Nights” after party.

Weekend Schedule of Events:

Friday, September 29
Bravo’s Top Chef Women All-Stars dinner at Waterline Newport Beach, Balboa Bay Resort:  Winner, Brooke Williamson with All Stars, Shirley Chung, Casey Thomson and Rachel Haggstrom.
French Connection dinner at The Winery, Newport Beach: Master Chef Hubert Keller, Yvon Goetz, Jean-Pierre Dubray and Rainer Schwartz

Saturday, September 30: Official Host Celebrity Chef Hubert Keller
VIP Moet-Hennessy’s Champagne and Petrossian Caviar Tasting with Master Sommelier
VIP Bravo’s Top Chef Winner and All-Stars meet & greet with cooking demo: Brooke Williamson, Shirley Chung and Casey Thompson.
Bravo’s Top Chef Masters, Lorena Garcia and Art Smith cooking demo.
ABC’s “The Taste” winning mentor and Bravo’s Top Chef All Star, Brian Malarkey cooking demo.
“Havana Nights” after party with cuisine by Latin America’s #1 celebrity chef, Lorena Garcia and Top Chef Masters, Art Smith and Rick Moonen.

Sunday, October 1
VIP Riedel Glass education & tasting with Hundred Acre wine
VIP Chef Bravo’s Top Chef All-Stars winner, award winning cookbook author and tv personality, Richard Blais.
Bravo’s Top Chef Fan Favorite, Fabio Viviani cooking demo.
Bravo’s Top Chef All Star, Amar Santana cooking demo.
Nobu Newport Beach and Moët Hennessy dinner with Master Chef Nobu Matsuhisa.

We're also giving away of pair of tickets to the day of your choice. To enter, simply leave a comment on our Instagram @dailydoseoc and leave a comment. We'll randomly select a winner on Friday, Sept. 8.

To purchase tickets for the various events visit NewportWineandFood.com. The NBWF website is current with 2017 information and will continue to be updated. Check back for new information or call 888.511.FEST.

Participating restaurants include: Marche Moderne Newport Beach, Andrea, and Watertable.  For a complete current list of participating restaurants, click here.