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South Florida’s most star-studded food fête returns to the Magic City Written by CHRISTIE GALEANO-DEMOTT
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he Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Presented by Capital One (SOBEWFF®) returns to Miami’s sandy shores this month from Thursday, February 23 through Sunday, February 26. The legendary Goya Foods’ Grand Tasting Village is back alongside fan favorites like Tacos and Tequila hosted by Danny Trejo, Guy Fieri’s Diners, DriveIns and Dives LIVE, Wine Spectator’s Best of the Best and Chicken Coupe hosted by Michelle Bernstein. The annual Tribute Dinner will be hosted by Bobby Flay this year and honors chef and Food Network star Alex Guarnaschelli and Alexandre Ricard of wine and spirits conglomerate Pernod Ricard. Further north, the Hallandale Beach Event Series welcomes Food & Groove back to the Village at Gulfstream Park on Sunday for a compilation of local bites and live music. For loyal SOBEWFF patrons who have already savored the staple events, there are a few new happenings to anticipate. Those include Saturday’s Smorgasburg After Dark at the food market that’s hosted by Rev Run and Marcus Samuelsson’s Overtown EatUp! Samuelsson’s Sunday event, which is the sister festival to Harlem EatUp!, the African American-focused festival that celebrates the community’s culture, comes to Overtown to spotlight local talented chefs. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is opening the doors to its new Wynwood headquarters to host a series of pop-up events and dinners including the Michelin Guide Dinner Series, which will feature celebrated chefs like Jeremy Ford, Gabriel Kreuther and Boia De’s Luciana Giangrandi and Alex Meyer. It will also host a daiquiri-making master class with influencer Gio Gutierrez and Julio Cabrera, who oversees Café La Trova’s bar program, which recently made the World’s 50 Best Bars list. This year, the festival’s finale brunch, usually hosted by Trisha Yearwood, will welcome two-time James Beard Award winner Mashama Bailey and a roster of chefs to the Loews Miami Beach.
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