New Orleans, Louisiana – The New Orleans Wine & Food Experience (NOWFE) announces the results of a study of the economic impact of the recent 2010 event.  These results, compiled by the Hospitality Research Center at the University of New Orleans (UNO), illustrate the total economic impact produced by the 19th annual event was $6.5 [...]

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – The New Orleans Wine & Food Experience announces the 2010 Fleur de Lis Culinary Award Winners. This year, the NOWFE Fleur de Lis Culinary Awards Competition took place prior to NOWFE in a week long, city-wide judging / food photography event. A distinguished panel of judges descended on each restaurant by [...]

New Orleans, Louisiana – The New Orleans Wine & Food Experience (NOWFE) is responding in earnest to the situation Louisiana fishermen are facing in the Gulf waters by dedicating the Saturday Grand Tasting to a “Celebration of Louisiana Seafood” and offering a special fundraising dinner at Restaurant August later that evening. Proceeds from these events [...]

Three culinary festivals sure to satisfy every taste bud in summer 2010
New Orleans, Louisiana – As New Orleans continues to celebrate its newfound superstar status as Super Bowl Champions there are three more reasons to visit one of Travel + Leisure’s “America’s Favorite Cities” this summer.  The 19th annual New Orleans Wine & Food [...]

New Orleans, Louisiana – There are millions of reasons to visit New Orleans, and in May 2010 there is something special for everyone who visits. The New Orleans Wine & Food Experience (NOWFE) will present its 19th Annual event filled with new, exciting wine and food seminars and festivities. For new and returning oenophiles, several [...]

New Orleans, Louisiana – Plans are underway for the 2010 New Orleans Wine & Food Experience (NOWFE), in the city that ranks number one in ten categories in Travel + Leisure’s “America’s Favorite Cities” survey. NOWFE, which also garners its own high rankings as a “perennial ‘Top Ten” Wine and Food [...]

New Orleans, Louisiana – The Board of the New Orleans Wine and Food Experience announces the
2010 slate of officers and new board members:
New Orleans Wine and Food Experience 2010 Executive Committee:
Octavio Mantilla – President (Besh Restaurant Group)
Kevin Kimball – Vice President (Camelot Club)
Kavin Sherwood – Treasurer (Glazer Companies of Louisiana)
Mary Beth Romig – [...]

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – The New Orleans Wine & Food Experience announces the 2009 Fleur de Lis Culinary Award Winners. Over 75 restaurants participated in this year’s Grand Tastings held on Friday, May 22, 2009 and Saturday May 23, 2009 in the Louisiana Superdome. A distinguished panel of culinary journalists judged each dish. And [...]

A 20% increase equals $6.8 million returned to the local economy
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — The New Orleans Wine & Food Experience (NOWFE) announces the results of a study of the economic impact of the recent 2008 event. These results, compiled by the Hospitality Research Center at the University of New Orleans (UNO), illustrate the [...]