The Tampa Bay Wine & Food Festival will return to the city’s waterfront from April 8 to 12, 2025, with a packed schedule of culinary events and celebrity chef Robert Irvine as its host.
Honorary chef Sean Brasel of Meat Market and Executive Chef Fernando Desa of GOYA Foods will join Irvine in highlighting Tampa Bay’s food and beverage scene.
The five-day festival includes new events, such as “Experience St. Pete” and “Experience Tampa,” which showcase local restaurants through curated multi-course dinners. Returning favorites include the “Chef Showdown” competition, where 16 chefs compete in categories such as fried chicken, pasta and surf-and-turf. The festivities culminate with the “Grand Tasting,” at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, on April 12, featuring more than 40 dining establishments, wines and cocktails.
Tickets for weekend events are available now, and weekday dinner tickets will go on sale in January 2025.
