Posted on Wednesday, 10th February 2010 by Nancy Johnson

With the coming of Disney’s California Food and Wine Festival, it seemed only natural to help people decide what special courses or events they would like to attend.   That being said, one of the more expensive and, not surprisingly, the course that fills the most quickly, is the Napa Rose Cooking School.  Hosted by Executive [...]

Tags: Andrew Sutton, California Adventure, Cooking School, Dining, disney, Disney's California Adventure, Disney's California Food and Wine Festival, Disneyland, Executive Chef Andrew Sutton, Food, food and wine festival, Grand Californian Hotel, Napa Rose, Napa Rose Cooking School, pairing wines, testing meat, Wine
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Posted on Thursday, 5th November 2009 by Dave Parfitt

The EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival not only has country kiosks with their wide samplings of dishes, but the festival also brings in dozens of visiting chefs and speakers including many celebrity chefs and television personalities.  October 30th and 31st, Travel Channel Personality Andrew Zimmern attended the festival, and he sat down with myself [...]

Tags: Andrew Zimmern, Bizarre Food, Bizarre Truth, Bizarre World, Epcot, food and wine festival
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Posted on Thursday, 15th October 2009 by Dave Parfitt

It was a hot and steamy morn for 4,000+ competitors in the final Race For The Taste 10K.  Runners started arriving around 5:00 am at Disney’s Wide World of Sports for the 7:00 am race start.  It was already 75° with 97% humidity, and sure to get hotter as the sun rose.  Jose Henriquez of [...]

Tags: Disney Endurance Series, Epcot, food and wine festival, Hollywood Studios, race, running, Wide World of Sports
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Posted on Monday, 28th September 2009 by Dave Parfitt

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Dan Cockerell, 40, Vice President of EPCOT, has worked with the Disney Company for over 18 years.  He started right out of college parking cars in the EPCOT parking lot, worked his way up to a front-line food and beverage manager at the Disneyland Resort Paris, and, as of February 2009, [...]

Tags: Celebrating Family and Friends in the Kitchen, Chef Jens Dahlman, Dan Cockerell, Epcot, event, food and wine festival, Party for the Senses, World Showcase
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Posted on Monday, 24th August 2009 by Dave Parfitt

The team at Disney’s Endurance Series recently announced 2009 is the final year for two of their three Fall races: the Race for the Taste 10k and the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror 13k.  The creative medals for these events are heading into the race medal vault.  The Race for the Taste has been part [...]

Tags: Epcot, food and wine festival, Hollywood Studios, running, Tower of Terror
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Posted on Monday, 27th April 2009 by Tony Spittell

This weekend marked the opening of Disney’s California Food and Wine Festival at Disney’s California Adventure in the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.  There are many tantalizing and tasty events to choose from this year.  The free events include culinary demonstrations featuring well-known chefs, educational sessions, a junior chef program for kids, and wine and [...]

Tags: California Adventure, food and wine festival
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