2014 Greenwich Wine+Food Festival Announces Culinary Village Participants CTbites Team September 23, 2014 The 2014 GREENWICH WINE+FOOD FESTIVAL, presented bySerendipity, has just announced the participants for its one-day Culinary Village event, taking place on Saturday, September 27 from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. The center of the entire weekend, the Culinary Village, will offer grand, savory tastings and demonstrations from food, wine and spirit vendors. For people who love food, the Culinary Village is a free for all of flavors and a whole lot of fun. You can spend the entire day there meeting chefs, sipping wine and enjoying the amazing array of cuisine available to guests. Have fun! This year’s participants have been announced & will include: Food Vendors 121 Restaurant North Salem New York Barcelona Greenwich Connecticut Baro New World Cantina Fairfield Connecticut Mezon Danbury Connecticut Bar Sugo Norwalk Connecticut Bare Burger Coming to Stamford Connecticut Bobby Q’s Westport Connecticut Benjamin Steakhouse Westchester New York Cathy’s Biscotti White Plains New York Cayman Islands Dept. of Tourism N/A Char Greenwich Connecticut Connecticut Cookie Co. Bridgeport Connecticut Cook & Craft Old Greenwich Connecticut Cos Cobber Cos Cob Connecticut Da Giorgio New Rochelle New York Dan Rooney’s Yonkers New York Dinosaur BBQ Stamford Connecticut Emmi Roth USA New York Fairfield Cheese Company Fairfield and Greenwich Connecticut Fire Engine Food Truck Bridgeport Connecticut Fjord Fish Market Cos Cob Connecticut Gabrieles Greenwich Connecticut Good Karma Crunch, LLC N/A Green & Tonic Greenwich Connecticut Harvest Wine Bar & Restaurant Greenwich Connecticut Cava Wine Bar & Restaurant New Canaan Connecticut Scena Wine Bar & Restaurant Darien Connecticut 55 Wine Bar Wine Bar & Restaurant Fairfield Connecticut Hudson Grille Stamford Connecticut Johnson Food Truck Mamaroneck New York Kelly’s Four Plus Granola New Canaan Connecticut Little Pub Cos Cob Connecticut Mike’s Organic Delivery Fairfield/Westchester Counties Morello Bistro Greenwich Connecticut NoMa Social New Rochelle New York Parallel Post Trumbull Connecticut Pinch American Grill Yonkers New York Plan B Burger Stamford Connecticut Preppy Pig BBQ Rhode Island New York River House Bar & Grill Port Chester New York Roger Sherman Inn New Canaan Connecticut Ruth Chris Steakhouse Tarrytown New York Schweid & Sons Carlstadt New Jersey Simply Delicious Catering Norwalk Connecticut Sonora Port Chester New York Tea-rrific Ice Cream Norwalk Connecticut The Dessertist Croton-on-Hudson New York The Flavored Olive Meriden Connecticut The Gingerman Greenwich Connecticut The Granola Bar Westport Connecticut The Mumbai Times Indian Cuisine Cos Cob Connecticut The Purple Pear by Tina Willington Connecticut The Restaurant at Rowayton Seafood Rowayton Connecticut The Spread South Norwalk Connecticut Tomatillo Greenwich Connecticut Versailles Bistro Greenwich Connecticut Villa Italia Stamford Connecticut Whipped Up LLC Weston Connecticut Wendy's Weenies Greenwich Connecticut Beer + Wine + Spirit Vendors American Harvest Basil Hayden Bloody Good Products Blue Point Brewery Buon Cello Captain Lawrence Brewery Casamigos Tequila Cockspur Rum Czechvar Premium Czech Lager Daura Estrella Damm Daura Estrella Damm Inedit GIFFT Wines Goose Island Half Full Brewery Ice Wine Exclusives Iceburg Vodka Jim Beam Ketel One Knob Creek Rye Leaf Vodka Leinenkugels Orange Shandy Long Trail - Otter Brewery Makers 46 Martin Millers Gin Miami Beverages Murphy's Stout New Planet Ninety+ Cellars Old Greenwich Fine Wines Pinto's Pino Quintessential Wines Shaw Vineyard Shock Top SpikedSeltzer The Wine Press Tiger Beer Total Wine & More Val's Winam Wines WineWise Yonkers Brewing Company Other Vendors MWCoastal Goods N/A Soundview Millworks Darien Connecticut Rhineland Cutlery N/A Balducci's Riverside Connecticut In addition to these tastings, demonstration tents will house cooking presentations by celebrity chefs including Geoffrey Zakarian, Jean-Georges, Aaron Sanchez, Anne Burrell, Adam Richman and more. Other features include demonstrations in the sommelier and mixologist tent as well as the BBQ Pitmaster’s stage, celebrity chef book signings, the third annual Burger Battle and the first annual Top Bartender Showdown. The Ian Murray Band, The Bacon Brothers and Alabama will be performing beginning at 6:30pm, with food served during the musical performances by various local food trucks. Tickets for Saturday’s Festival are available beginning at $135 per person, with VIP tickets available for $375 (this includes access to the Festival VIP Tent, which is equipped with a private lounge and restrooms, full bar, elite wines and food from award winning local chefs, as well as VIP parking and a private viewing to the musical acts). A new ticketing option this year includes access for a select number of attendees to “Tequila & Tostadas! With Aaron Sanchez,” an intimate gathering featuring food and beverage. Also new this year are Front Stage Box Seats to the evening’s musical performances with a private dinner served by Red Rooster Harlem. For all ticketing options, visit the Festival’s website:http://greenwichwineandfood.com/tickets/. Tickets can be purchased online, or by calling 203.588.1363. For more information, visit www.greenwichwineandfood.com and the event’s Facebook page,www.facebook.com/GreenwichFoodWineFestival. GREENWICH 2014 WINE+FOOD FESTIVAL The GREENWICH 2014 WINE+FOOD FESTIVAL is a three-day event that benefits The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a nationwide organization dedicated to providing healing to children and their families coping with cancer, sickle cell anemia and other serious illnesses. The festival is hosted by Serendipitymagazine in conjunction with other event sponsors.
