Tickets on Sale for 2011

Tickets are now on sale for the 2011 Seattle Food and Wine Experience. The 2011 event will take place on February 27, 2011 from 1pm - 5pm at Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. As with the previous two years, the Experience will feature over a thousand wines to sample from around the globe, gourmet tastes prepared by top Northwest chefs, artisan breweries, coffee, live music and more. Ticket cost is $49 each which includes entry and all sampling. Tickets can be purchased from Brown Paper Tickets. A portion of each ticket sold will benefit The Giving Grapes Foundation, a 501c3 charity that provides financial aid to service industry professionals in times of crisis.

The Seattle Food and Wine Experience is still accepting vendors and sponsors. Current sponsors include Taste of Tulalip, Washington State Beef Commission, Chateau Ste. Michelle, QFC, Seattle Magazine and KWJZ. Visit the show website for more information. http://seattlefoodandwineexperience.com/

Dishing With Kathy Casey!

Plan to arrive when the doors open at 1pm and stop by the Columbia Winery Booth to meet Diva Kathy Casey. She'll be chatting all things wine and food and giving away free autographed copies of her books for the first 300 people!

Parade of Nations

Has the Olympics sparked your international curiousity? We invite you to travel the "World of Wine" and you don't even need a passport! At the 2010 Seattle Food and Wine Experience you can sample wines from 11 different countries all in one place.
Here's where you'll be visiting:

Argentina
Australia
Chile
France
Germany
Italy
New Zealand
Portugal
South Africa
Spain
USA


For a complete list of participants including those in the local Washington and Oregon pavilions, visit our "Who's Pouring" page.

Taste of Tulalip Culinary Exhibition Stage

All the chefs from Tulalip Resort Casino will be featured on the Taste of Tulalip Culinary Exhibition Stage with tastes of what they are preparing. Plan to grab your favorite sample of wine, beer, cider, Starbucks or non-alcoholic beverage and have a seat while you learn a little from the experts.

Here's what they'll be creating:
*Crostini w/fig jam topped w/duck breast and madiera reduction*Wine lollipops*Geoduck fritters
You can also stop by their Blackfish and Tulalip Bay booths for more fabulous fare.

Check out our restaurants page for a complete listing of restaurants and what their chefs will be serving.

The Importance of Beecher's Flagship Foundation

*In the United States, the percentage of overweight or obese children has doubled over the past 30 years to 25 per cent of the under-19 population.

*Kids today drink twice as much soda as they do milk.

*French fries are the most common type of vegetable children eat. Fries account for about one-quarter of children's vegetable intake.

*Unhealthy weight gain due to poor diet and lack of exercise is responsible for over 300,000 deaths each year.

*The annual cost to society for obesity is estimated at nearly $100 billion.

*Overweight children are much more likely to become overweight adults unless they adopt and maintain healthier patterns of eating and exercise.

Seattle Food and Wine Experience is proud to contribute proceeds from their ticket sales to Beecher's Flagship Foundation and their Pure Food Kids Workshop.

The Pure Food Kids Workshop, funded through the Flagship Foundation, is aimed at educating fourth through sixth grade students about the prevalence of food additives and their possible health risks.

To date, over 14,500 students in the greater Puget Sound and Portland metro regions have taken the Workshop. The students learned to understand: how they we being marketed to on packaging, how to read the nutrition facts statement and ingredient list, how to read a recipe and make a vegetarian chili right in the classroom and how to understand some common food additives. They learned first hand to make healthier food choices and an appreciation of pure, all-natural foods.

Tempt Your Taste Buds!

Fresh Dungeness Crab Spring Rolls.

Porcini Chicken with Wild Mushrooms and Black Truffle Vinaigrette.

Alaskan King Salmon Gravad Lax with Pummelo and Rye Toast.

Roasted Lamb Flatbread With Spicy Yogurt.

Mini Doughnuts in flavors like Southern Red Velvet, Pink Lady, Wedding Cake, Aztec Chocolate, Salted Caramel, Bourbon Caramel Pecan, Chocolate Caramel Turtle, German Chocolate, Smokey Bacon Maple Bar.

These are just a few of the offerings from some of Seattle's most celebrated chefs and restaurants!

Our restaurants page is being updated daily! Check back frequently so you can plan to save room for all of your favorites

Ticket Giveaway!

Eligibility to win one pair of tickets to the Seattle Food and Wine Experience...

1) Become our fan on facebook.

2)Follow us on twitter

Eligibility to win a second pair of tickets to the Seattle Food and Wine Experience...

1) Visit the Seattle Food and Wine Experience website and browse all the fabulous food and drink available for the $49 ticket price. Then come on back and tell us in a comment which exhibitor/offering you are most excited about.

2) For a second chance to win, write up this giveaway on your blog, and come back and post the link in a comment.

3) For a third chance to win, tweet about this giveaway on Twitter, then come back and leave the link in a comment.

4) For a fourth chance to win, link to this giveaway on Facebook, then come back and copy the link in a comment.

Giveaway ends Sunday January 31st at 8 p.m. PST. Winners will be chosen by Random.org. Good Luck!