Palm Springs Food and Wine Festival returns Nov. 11 and 12

This year’s Palm Springs Food and Wine Festival will take place Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 11 and 12, at the Palm Springs Stadium Pavilion and will feature 40 acclaimed restaurants, 80 boutique wineries, tastings, sippings, pairings, live music and celebrity chef demonstrations.

The event will raise money for the Fellows Program of the Culinary Institute of America, Les Dames D’Escoffier and DAP Health.

The weekend’s special guest emcee will be Emmy Award-winner Liam Mayclem, known to Bay Area fans as “The Foodie Chap,” along with locals Patrick Evans, Bianca Rae, Peter Daut, Sandie Newton, Nona Watson and Steven Henke, who will guide the demonstrations.

Attendees will engage with celebrity chef demonstrations while expert panels will be led by Shelley Lindgren, founder of San Francisco’s acclaimed restaurant A16, award winning sommelier Katie Finn of the Desert Wine Shop, and astronaut-turned-vintner José M. Hernández.

Celebrity chefs will include Martin Yan, Susan Feniger, Tanya Holland, Michael Chung, Andre Carthen and Joe Sasto.

“Participating in the Palm Springs Food & Wine Festival is an honor,” says Sasto. “I look forward to sharing my passion for food with festivalgoers.”

Event sponsors include The City of Palm Springs, Sotheby’s International Realty, Ketel One and Tanqueray Gin, Prime Time Produce, Basil Hayden, Stolzle Lausitz, Chill Bar & Reforma, Kevin Crockett Law Group, Town Real Estate & Stars Travel, Sun Community Federal Credit Union, AAA, Costco Wholesale, Palm Springs Disposal, Team McTavish, Gravitas Wine Company, Kerry Hendrix & Capstone Realty, Hotel Zoso, 420 Bank Dispensary & Lounge, Jägermeister, Bright Event Rental, Mike Thompson RV Super Stores and Phyllis Eisenberg.

Media partners include Los Angeles Magazine, KCBS Radio, KESQ News Channel 3, GED Magazine and Metrosource, Spectrum News, Grape Encounters, MeTV Radio 103.1 FM, KGAY 106.5 FM, David Perry & Associates, Inc, Kathleen Bennett - Resort Marketing, Desert Charities News, CV Independent, The Desert Sun, Marker Broadcasting, Alpha Media, The Standard Magazine, the Desert Business Association and the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce.

“Palm Springs has become an incredible culinary destination,” said Jeff Hocker, the event's executive producer. “Palm Springs chef-owned restaurants bring a hip, innovative and mid-century bohemian taste sensation to the destination. And, unlike so many festivals, the Palm Springs Food and Fine Festival promises unlimited free parking, no fees on tickets and an easy going, casual vibe typical of this desert oasis.”

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit palmspringsfoodandwine.org.

This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Palm Springs Food and Wine Festival returns Nov. 11 and 12