As plant-based eating goes more mainstream – just look at the popularity of the Impossible Whopper at Burger King and vegan dishes at Walt Disney World’s dining venues — so do chefs, says Alison Burgos, who co-founded the Seed Food and Wine Festival six years ago. This year’s event, Nov. 7-10, features a number of chefs whose restaurants satisfy avid carnivores. “What’s cool is that we’re trying to have conversations with mainstream chefs, really pushing them to try their hand at plant-based foods,” she says. “And some of these chefs have become plant-based in their own daily lives.”
Among this year’s competitors in the Burger Battle include PINCHO, winners of this year’s People’s Choice at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival Burger Bash. “Sergio’s is accepting our challenge,” says Burgos. For the new Taco Tailgate, Charly’s Vegan Tacos and Love Life Cafe, two plant-based restaurants, are participating, but so are Taquiza Tacos and Bodega Taqueria y Tequila.
Seed’s mission has always been about more than food, she notes. “It’s how to live consciously – mind, body, and spirit – and more sustainably.
One of the nation’s leading health authorities, Joy Bauer, MS, RDN, will be on the Culinary Stage at the Festival Day Tasting Village. A New York Times bestselling author,the nutrition and healthy lifestyle expert for NBC’s TODAY show and the host of NBC’s Health + Happiness, Bauer will also host the Blissful Brunch presented by La Croix Sparkling Water.
When: Nov. 7-10
Where: Various locations throughout Miami
Highlights:
Plant-based Burger Battle, Nov. 7 at Jungle Plaza, Design District
Seed Summit, Nov. 8, Sacred Space
Sit Stay Sip Yappy Hour, Nov. 8
Taco Tailgate Party, Nov. 8 at Jungle Plaza, Design District
Seed Festival Day Tasting Village, Nov. 9, Mana, Wynwood
Grown Dinner, Nov. 9, Sacred Space
Full schedule of events and tickets here
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