NYC Wine & Food Festival (NYCWFF)

Tastings, classes, dinners, and FoodieCon

NYCWFF is a multi-day New York City food and drink festival built around tastings, seminars, demonstrations, parties, hands-on classes, late-night bites, chef dinners, and FoodieCon. The festival is held in October and includes individual events across multiple days.

Grand Tasting and named festival events

The program includes the signature Grand Tasting, where attendees can sample dishes and wines from hundreds of restaurants, alongside seminars and chef demonstrations. Named festival events include A Taste of the Tin Building, Asian Night Market, Blue Moon Burger Bash 2.0, and Grand Tasting.

Additional named events include Grand Tasting culinary demonstrations hosted by Ayesha Nurdjaja and Michael Symon, Steak & Whiskey hosted by Bryan and Michael Voltaggio, New York After Dark hosted by Kwame Onwuachi with a performance by D-Nice, Oyster Bash hosted by Andrew Zimmern, and Morning Buzz hosted by mgk of 27 Club Coffee.

Hosts, venues, and charitable work

The festival brings together Food Network personalities, chefs, winemakers, mixologists, and culinary stars. Named participants include Jean-Georges Vongerichten as Culinary Campus Host at Tin Building by Jean-Georges, Lee Brian Schrager as founder and director, Bobby Flay as a featured chef and host, Padma Lakshmi as host, Marcus Samuelsson as host, and Andrew Carmellini as host at Carne Mare.

Featured venues listed for the festival include Carne Mare at 89 South St and The Wall Street Hotel at 88 Wall St. Festival location information places the event in New York City, with events described across Manhattan and Brooklyn.

NYCWFF connects its food-and-drink program to charitable work. The festival description says proceeds benefit local hunger-relief organizations, and additional information says net proceeds benefit the Event Zero Foundation and the James Beard Foundation.