Crave Charlotte Food & Wine Festival - Grand Culinary Celebration

Overview

The Grand Culinary Celebration of the Crave Charlotte Food & Wine Festival will offer a variety of high-quality experiences from top culinary professionals from across the city. Participants will experience wine pairings, exceptional bites, cocktails and craft brews. 

General Admission tickets: Ticket includes boundless food, cocktail, wine and & craft beer tastings. (Tickets are all inclusive of all food & all beverage offerings)

 

Early Admission Tickets: Tickets include one hour early entry into the festival and boundless food, cocktail, wine and craft brew tastings.  (tickets are all inclusive of all food and all beverage offerings) 

 

VIP Admission Tickets: VIP tables are for groups of ten and include a reserved table with umbrella one hour early entry, 4 bottles of wine served at your VIP table and boundless food, cocktail, wine and craft brew tastings (tickets are all inclusive of all food and all beverage offerings)

 

Designated Driver ticket:  includes access to 25 plus chef tastings and a souvenir Crave Charlotte Food & Wine Festival water bottle upon entry 

Participating chefs include: 

● Sam Allen–Wentworth & Fenn 

● Amari Arrington–Chunk’s Chicken 

● Kevin Atkinson–Angeline’s 

● Craig Barbour–Roots Café 

● Geoff Bragg– The Common Market 

● Amanda Britton–Lincoln Street Kitchen & Cocktails 

● Chris Coleman–The Goodyear House 

● Amanda Cranford–Paper Plane Deli & The Hangar 

● William Dissen–Haymaker 

● Hau Doan–Banh Mi Brothers 

● Kyle Duncan Gaddas– The Wine Loft

● “Chef T” Torrece Gregoire - Former Hell’s Kitchen Contestant 

● James Jeffries–Grinning Mule 

● Andarrio Johnson–Cuzzo's Cuisine 

● Taylor Kastl–Tayste Catering 

● Duke Kroger–Cinder 

● Erik Lujan–Nuvole 

● Olajuwon Mason–Fine and Fettle 

● Tiore McFarland–Ready Prep Eat Catering 

● Mariana Ramos–Sweet Mary Gourmet 

● Sylvain Rivet–Renaissance Pâtisserie 

● Brooke Rush–Food Director of Not Just Coffee, Night Swim Coffee and Undercurrent Coffee 

● Andres Prussing - Golden Owl Tavern 

● Drew Ward–Brewers at 4001 Yancey 

● Julia Simon–Plant Joy CLT 

● Reyana Radcliff–Your Braisen Chef, LLC

 

Participating Mixologists include

● Ashley Sarkis–Mixologist 

● David Schmidt–Fine & Fettle 

● Henry Schmulling – Nuvole 

● Amanda Britton - Lincoln Street Kitchen and Cocktails

 

Find more delicious details at CraveCLT.org