2008 Schedule of Events
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2008 Dates: Daily April 11 - May 5

Disney's California Food and Wine Festival will be held April 11-May 5 at Disney's California Adventure park. Festival events include cooking schools, winemaker dinners, cooking demonstrations, wine, beer, and spirit seminars, and a Marketplace where appetizers and beer and wine are available. New this year, there are Festival events occuring daily at the Pacific Wharf and Golden Vine Winery areas, and on weekends the Festival expands into venues in the Bountiful Farm area as well. The Festival Welcome Center will be located in Sunshine Plaza where daily event schedules are available and guests may make same day reservations for Festival events, pending availability.

Some of the events are "ticketed" - e.g. there is a charge and reservations are required in advance - such as the winemaker dinners and wine tasting classes, but most of the cooking demonstrations and seminars take place in the park and are included with park admission.

Register on-line for any of the ticketed events at: http://www.disneyland.com/foodandwine

2008 Schedule of Events

Complimentary Events

Event Schedule - List of all currently scheduled seminars as described below.

Seminars

There are multiple complimentary wine, beer, or spirit seminars each day which are conducted by a noted winemaker, Master Brewer, or Disneyland Resort Sommelier. Seminars will be held at the Pacific Wharf and Golden Vine Winery areas.

Culinary Demonstrations

These 30-minute presentations feature demonstrations by chefs from all over the Disneyland Resort, as well as visiting chefs respresenting some of California's favorite food festivals, such as the Gilroy Garlic Festival and the California Strawberry Festival. Chefs will demonstrate cooking techniques while preparing dishes associated with the session's theme, and at the end of the presentation guests receive their own samples to taste. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Demonstration kitchens will be located at the Pacific Wharf and Bountiful Farm venues.

Celebrity Chef Culinary Demonstrations

A series of noted Celebrity Chefs will be on hand on weekends during the Festival where they will present culinary demonstrations and participate in book and photo signing sessions.

Jamie Gwen April 11, 19, 20, 25, 27, May 2
Cat Cora - April 12-13
Bret Thompson - April 19-20
Guy Fieri - April 26
Nancy Silverton - April 26

Jr. Chef Program

Designed for younger guests, these 30-minute sessions on Saturdays and Sundays at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. will be held in the Bountiful Farm area.

Taste of California Marketplace

An array of tempting appetizer-sized food selections will be available for sale at the Marketplace located at the the Lucky Fortune Cookery. Beer and wine selections which have been specially selected to pair with the food items will also be available.

New this year, special Festival menu items will be available at restaurants around the park, such as Award Wieners, Pizza Oom Mow Mow, Corn Dog Castle, Cocina Cucamonga, Pacific Wharf Cafe, and Farmer's Market.

Sparkling Bar

Located on the Upper Terrace of the Golden Vine Winery, the Sparkling Bar offers champagne and sparkling wines by the glass, as well as a selection of wine country tapas. Open Friday-Sunday during the festival.