ATTRACTIONS UPDATE
23rd Epcot International
Food & Wine Festival
Celebrates Global Flavors
75-day event serves up culinary
extravaganza, Aug. 30-Nov. 12, 2018
The aromas and flavors of more
than 30 global food and beverage
marketplaces, plus a full menu of
new offerings such as “Sunday Brunch
with the Chef ” series, will welcome
guests to Epcot during the 23rd Epcot
International Food & Wine Festival,
Aug. 30-Nov. 12, 2018. Throughout
the 75-day event, guests will have a
chance to meet their favorite celebrity
chefs, try a new Food & Beverage
Pairing in the Festival Cenåter each
Friday through Sunday, and get their
gourmet groove on at nightly Eat to
the Beat Concert Series shows. One of
America’s top food festivals since 1996,
the Epcot dine-around extravaganza
will surprise guests with new and
inspiring sips and bites throughout
World Showcase and on into several
Future World
venues.
Here’s the latest festival buzz:
The new Taste Track global
marketplace featuring specialty
croissant doughnuts (add gelato for
an extra-sweet treat) joins dozens of
popular returning marketplaces. For
a fourth year, global marketplaces
will extend into Future World to
offer brand-new taste sensations.
Disney chefs are in the kitchen
whipping up delicious new bites like
Butternut Squash Ravioli with brown
butter vinaigrette, Parmesan cheese
and pumpkin seeds at The Wine &
Dine Studio; Charred Chimichurri
Skirt Steak with smoked corn cake,
pickled vegetable slaw and cilantro
aïoli at Flavors from Fire; and New
Brunswick Slider, slow-braised beef
brisket “pot roast-style” on a potato
roll with horseradish cream, crispy
fried onions and pickled vegetables
on the side at the Hops & Barley.
The new “Sunday Brunch with
the Chef” series in World ShowPlace
will kick off Sept. 2 with Top Chef
All-Star Richard Blais and continue
on select Sundays through Nov. 11
with a lineup that includes Jamie
Deen, Tiffani Thiessen, Masaharu
Morimoto, Buddy Valastro, Art Smith,
Geoffrey Zakarian, Carla Hall and
Alex Guarnaschelli.
Eat to the Beat concerts – 225
shows in all – will rev up the America
Gardens Theatre stage three times each
night with new musical acts including
Vertical Horizon, Sheila E, 98 Degrees,
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