What’s New at SOBEWFF 2023?
Pierogi-making classes with Martha Stewart! A Make It Miami-flavored Tapas and Cocktail Party! Food events all over Miami-Dade and South Broward! This year's South Beach Wine & Food Festival is back with special dinners, cocktails, cooking classes, the Burger Bash and, of course, the Grand Tasting on the Beach. Tickets are on sale now for the annual festival Feb. 23-26, which benefits the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Florida International University (FIU). Ths represents just a few of noteworth SOBEWFF events:
Local Love
SOBEWFF headliners include some of the nation’s top chefs and food personalities. But you can find local chefs at many of the events, including:
• Michelle Bernstein, Zak Stern of Zak the Baker and Diogo Porto of The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach’s Fuego Y Mar and Zach Engel of Galt in Chicago meet up Feb. 23 for a Middle Eastern special dinner
• Luciana Giangrandi and Alex Meyer of Boia De and Sebastian Vargas of Los Felix headline a special dinner Feb. 24 at SGWS Wynwood
• Timon Balloo of Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill and The Katherine and chef and television personality Tiffany Derry host a special dinner Feb. 24 at The Bath Club
• Farmers Market Brunch on Feb. 26 hosted by chef Michael Schwartz at the Miami Design District
• Overtown EatUp! hosted by Marcus Samuelsson Feb. 26 at Red Rooster Backyard
• Antonio Bachour of Bachour Miami joins Charlie Palmer, Harold Moore and Josh Becker at a special dinner at Fisher Island Feb. 23
• Lost Boy & Co.’s Randy Alonso and Chris Hudnall and chefs Kurtis Jantz and Sean Bernal host a meal with Gabriela Cámara of Mexico City’s Contramar and San Francisco’s Cala in a dinner Feb. 23 at Mayfair House Hotel & Garden
• Miami’s Juan-Manuel Barrientos of Elcielo and Ryan Ratino of Jônt and Bresca in Washington, D.C., will collaborate on a culinary adventure Feb. 23 at Elcielo
• Richard Sandoval of Toro Toro and TV personality and chef Andrew Zimmern commemorate the first-ever FIU Embrace Dinner Feb. 23, with proceeds funding a scholarship program that helps differently abled students at FIU’s hospitality track
Festival Faves
• Burger Bash presented by Schweid & Sons hosted by Emeril Lagasse Feb. 23 beachside at Delano showcases the best burgers, with lots of local participants, including Hate Mondays Tavern, Caja Caliente, Motek, MEAT Eatery and Taproom, La Traila, PINCHO, Babe’s Meat and Eatery, Chefs on the Run, Cheeseburger Baby, Ted’s Burger, El Primo Tacos, Whitmans Miami, La Birra Bar, Shadow Wagyu, Fat Ronnie’s Burger Bar, Momosan Wynwood, Airport Cafe, North South Grill, Vice Burger, R Catering and Events (former Burger Bob’s) and BFF Burgers
• Hallandale Beach Food & Groove: A Wine, Food and Art Experience Feb. 24 at The Village of Gulfstream Park
• Make It Miami: A Tapas & Craft Cocktail Party hosted by Gio Gutierrez and Alessandra Garcia-Lorido Feb. 25 at the National Hotel, featuring an array of Miami-fave dishes like croquetas, cachapas, pastelitos, mofongo, Jamaican patties with a little help from Sef Gonzalez aka Burger Beast
Just Fun
• Hands-on Pierogi-Making Master Class hosted by Martha Stewart Feb. 24
• Art of Tiki Cocktail Showdown Feb. 24 at the Kimpton Surfcomber Hotel
• Lunch hosted Feb. 25 by Giorgio Rapicavoli of Luca Osteria and Tommaso De Simone, executive chef of Lo Scoglio on the Amalfi Coast
• Lunch hosted by Hattie B’s, the Nashville hot chicken hotspot on Feb. 25
• Pasta-Making Master Class and Lunch Feb. 25 hosted by Michael Pirolo of Macchialina
• Family Ice Cream Social presented by Florida Dairy Farmers Feb. 25
• Smorgasburg After Dark hosted by Rev Run with a special performance at Smorgasburg Miami Feb. 25
Lots of Venues
SOBEWFF’s footprint goes way beyond South Beach. You can find events in Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, Kendall, Miami, Overtown, Allapattah, Key Biscayne, Wynwood, Design District, Miami Beach, Bal Harbour, Opa Locka, Aventura and Hallandale Beach.
Tickets are now on sale at sobewff.org
