Food Network - Food & Wine Events

[FrozenSunshine]

Has anyone been to any of the Food Network - Food & Wine Events? Particularly NYC? Thoughts on them?

[mdgirl]

I poured wine as a volunteer at one they held in Cleveland several years ago. I got a free t-shirt and to pretend to be a sommelier for the afternoon, so it was a pretty good time.

[mam677]

I went to one in Austin last year. It was $250 for the basic package and only one of the famous chefs, Jonathan Waxman, let the attendees who paid that price taste his food. The big tent for all of the other tastings was fine, but IMO, was not worth the price of admission.

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Jul 25, 2013 17:16:41 GMT -5 mdgirl said:

I poured wine as a volunteer at one they held in Cleveland several years ago. I got a free t-shirt and to pretend to be a sommelier for the afternoon, so it was a pretty good time.

You can volunteer for those?   Do you get free admission/samples/something for volunteering?  I would consider that. 

[FrozenSunshine]

Right now the package I'm looking at is $795/pp for 3 days of events, that I'm interested in. We had tickets to Miami a few years ago, and it was way more detailed and said less people in attendance, but due to a family death we had to cancel that.

Really trying to figure out if doing this for 3 days in NYC is worth it, or if we should go on an off weekend. Food is a big deal to us.

[FrozenSunshine]

Jul 27, 2013 8:30:13 GMT -5 @mavjen said:

We're checking out the festival in Atlantic City this weekend. I've never been before, but food and wine are right up my alley.

What did you think? 

[mdgirl]

Jul 26, 2013 15:50:58 GMT -5 monsterz said:

Jul 25, 2013 17:16:41 GMT -5 mdgirl said:

I poured wine as a volunteer at one they held in Cleveland several years ago. I got a free t-shirt and to pretend to be a sommelier for the afternoon, so it was a pretty good time.

You can volunteer for those?   Do you get free admission/samples/something for volunteering?  I would consider that. 

I think they were a different sort of event back then, because it wasn't as expensive as they look now. And I didn't get to walk around at all. I just got to taste all the wine I poured.