LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (May 03, 2017) – The popularity keep growing for the annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival at Walt Disney World. So much so, that it keeps expanding.
This year, the 22nd edition of the wildly-popular event will expand to 75 days, opening Aug. 31 and running through Nov. 13 – that’s 13 more than last year. Additionally, and to celebrate the Epcot’s opening 35 years ago in 1982, there will be a record number of Marketplaces – 35 in all – stretching around World Showcase and into Future World.
The Marketplaces play the starring role for sure, but there are also a host of special programs like demos by celebrity chefs, hands-on culinary workshops and demonstrations at the Festival Center, the very special Party for the Senses, or your favorite musical artists at one of the nightly Eat to the Beat concerts. We’ll let you know when schedules are in place and bookings for specialty festival events open this summer.
WDW Chefs are already busy at work on new dishes for the Marketplaces, paired with wines, beers and ciders. Accordng to the Disney Park Blog, among the new tastes and flavors this year will be:
- Crispy chicken with griddled cornbread and red-eye gravy for the Farm Fresh Marketplace
- Spicy Korma Chicken with cucumber-tomato salad, almonds, cashews and warm naan bread from the India Marketplace
- The charcuterie in a cone from the Spain Marketplace, perfect for strolling and tasting.
- Pistachio cardamom cake with a dollop of chocolate coconut mousse in India
This year there are more family favorites, too, with the Ratatouille-inspired scavenger hunt back for another year as well as culinary demos and dishes geared toward kids’ palates.
Along with Party for the Senses, the festival includes specialty dining and pairing events at World Showcase restaurants and events at the resort hotels such as Brunch with a Twist at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa.
Keep an eye out for details this summer at epcotfoodfestival.com.
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