Austin loves festivals where people of all ages and backgrounds can gather to share fun and experiences. Most of the time when we say "Fest" in Austin we are talking about music, but not always. In this case, we're turning our attention to a festival of epicurean delights, the Austin Food and Wine Festival.
Each spring the best and the brightest in Austin's culinary world come together with chefs, sommeliers, and winemakers from around the nation to treat festival goers to the latest ideas in foods, wines and cocktails. This year the festival took place on April 27 - 29. Once again most of the events for the festival took place on the shores of Lady Bird Lake in downtown Austin. Our beautiful Auditorium Shores is always the perfect location for a festival, and this one wasn't an exception.
Limelight Imaging was honored to be on hand on Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29 to capture the fun of the Austin Food and Wine Festival's daytime events including the Grand Taste tent, Fire Pit grilling, Chef cooking demos, and wine and spirits seminars, as well as sampling the goods from various vendors on hand for the festival.
Saturday
Chef Demos
 |
| Lidia Bastianich |
 |
| Lidia Bastianich |
 |
| Cassidee Dabney |
 |
| Cassidee Dabney |
 |
| Cassidee Dabney |
 |
| Jamie Bissonnette |
 |
| Jamie Bissonnette |
 |
| Jamie Bissonnette |
 |
| Stephanie Izard |
 |
| Stephanie Izard |
 |
| Stephanie Izard |
Sommeliers
 |
| Devon Brogue |
Spirits
 |
| Tequila Herraadura |
Book Signings and Festival Store
 |
| Lidia Bastianich |
 |
| Stephanie Izard |
 |
| Jamie Bissonnette |
Grand Taste
 |
| Ruffino |
 |
| Sonoma-Cutrer |
 |
| Hammer Stahl |
 |
| Valentino's Tex Mex BBQ |
 |
| Brian Moses/ Olive and June |
 |
| Celis Brewery - Austin |
 |
| Seersucker Southern Style Gin |
 |
| Garrison |
Fire Pit
Around The Park
 |
| Hendrick's Gin |
 |
| The Glenfiddich Experimental Dome |
Sunday
Cooking Demos
 |
| Nyesha Arrington |
 |
| Nyesha Arrington |
 |
| Paul Kahan |
 |
| Paul Kahan |
 |
| Amanda Freitag |
 |
| Amanda Freitag |
 |
| Amanda Freitag |
Sommeliers
 |
| Devon Brogue |
 |
| Devon Brogue |
 |
| Craig Collins |
 |
| Helen Johannesen |
Spirits
 |
| Don Julio Tequila |
Book Signings
 |
| Amanda Freitag |
Grand Taste
 |
| Ruffino |
 |
| Ruffino |
 |
| Bonterra Organic Vineyards |
 |
| Fetzer Vineyards |
 |
| 1000 Stories Wines |
 |
| Tree Hive |
 |
| Barbeque Wife Bloody Mary Mix |
 |
| Barbeque Wife Bloody Mary Mix |
 |
| Austin's own Celis Brewery |
Fire Pit
Around The Park
 |
| Gospel Brunch with Kings of Harmony |
 |
| Monkey Shoulder Scotch Malt Whiskey |
 |
| Hendrick's Gin |
 |
| Hendrick's Gin |
 |
| Hendrick's Gin |
 |
| Hendrick's Gin |
 |
| Hendrick's Gin |
 |
| Travel. Eat. Repeat. presented by Toyota |
 |
| Malene Wines Airstream |
 |
| Chateau D'Esclans Whispering Angel Wine |
 |
| Cooking Connection |
 |
| Maker's Mark |
 |
| Glenfiddich Malt Whiskey Experimental Dome |
 |
| DJ Mel brings a little music to the fest |
The 2018 Austin Food and Wine Fest was one again a rocking success. The weather was ideal. The food was amazing and the libations added just the right amount of spice to the already perfect weekend. This is one of our favorite fests in ATX and we look forward to checking it out again next year.
No comments:
Post a Comment