Inaugural Louisiana Food & Wine Festival to be Held in Lake Charles
Published September 27, 2022
Inaugural Louisiana Food & Wine Festival to be Held in Lake Charles
Lake Charles, Louisiana - The AdFish Group has announced that On September 14-17, 2023, Lake Charles, Louisiana will host the Louisiana Food & Wine Festival, a world-class culinary and beverage extravaganza. It will be a culinary, beverage, and music exhibition with famous guest chefs, local chefs, celebrity winemakers/proprietors, artisans, farmers, musicians, local craft spirits and beers, and renowned wine, spirits, and beer brands from across the world. The inaugural festival will feature a wide range of events to suit all tastes and budgets, including wine dinners and sampling events, master seminars, and more.
The current schedule of events include a Louisiana’s Celebrity Chef Wine Dinner, Master Classes, Lake Charles Creole Nature Trail Wine Excursion, Fire on the Bayou Cochon de Lait and a live fire cooking, Sunday Jazz & Zydeco Brunch, with other events to be announced.
Additional activities and details will be released when the festival finalizes its entire schedule of events, partners, and preparations for 2023, including some event host locations. Tickets for the Louisiana Food & Wine Festival will go on sale on the festival's website on Thursday, December 1, 2022. The United Way of Southwest Louisiana has been selected as the festival's Official Charity Partner, with a part of festival ticket proceeds, as well as 100% of earnings from a silent auction during the Main Event on Saturday, September 16, going directly to the United Way of Southwest Louisiana.
“The Louisiana Food & Wine Festival will become a premier culinary event for the destination and the entire state of Louisiana, providing an opportunity to feature the best of Louisiana from its varied culinary trails and history, to its unique outdoor amenities, said Kyle Edmiston, President/CEO of Visit Lake Charles, Lake Charles Convention & Visitors Bureau. We are branded as Louisiana’s Playground and are very fortunate to be the host location for the festival, as it will be an opportunity for many festival guests to experience Southwest Louisiana’s culture for the first time.”
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