DON’T SLEEP ON IT… BOOK A ROOM NOW! New Orleans Wine & Food Experience Offers Hotel Packages
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 hotels are offering distinctive one, two and three night packages for guests who book their trip now. “These hotel packages are a great opportunity to see New Orleans in a way that fits your style, your tastes, and your budget,” states Joyce Godbold, NOWFE Executive Director. Hotel packages include accommodations for two, tickets to various events, gourmet meals at some of New Orleans’ favorite restaurants, and other special amenities.
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New Orleans Wine & Food Experience Announces 2010 Dates – CABS, CHARDS, AND CHEFS To Congregate in the Crescent City
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 festival,” as noted in Wine Enthusiast, features over 175 wineries and more than 75 celebrated restaurants. The 5-day event, which has raised nearly $1,000,000 for local charities, will take place May 25 – 29, 2010 in various locations throughout historic New Orleans.
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New Orleans Wine and Food Experience Board Announces 2010 Slate of Executive Officers and Two New Board Members
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 – Secretary (New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau)
Greg Reggio – 2009 President (Zea and Semolina Restaurants)
New Board Members Include:
Mary Grace Rome – (Community Leader)
Mark Wilson – (The Roosevelt Hotel)
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New Orleans Wine & Food Experience Announces 2009 Fleur de Lis Culinary Award Winners
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 the winners are….
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Grammy Award winning recording artist Anders Osborne will perform live in the Louisiana Superdome as an exciting addition to the 2009 New Orleans Wine & Food Experience Grand Tasting on Friday, May 22, 2009 and Local Favorite Bonerama will perform on Saturday, May 23, 2009.
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NOWFE ORCHESTRATES FEAST FOR ALL THE SENSES
Live music element added to several events
WHAT: Grammy Award winning recording artist Anders Osborne will perform live in the Louisiana Superdome as an exciting addition to the 2009 New Orleans Wine & Food Experience Grand Tasting on Friday, May 22, 2009 and Local Favorite Bonerama will perform on Saturday, May 23, 2009. There will also be a Mardi Gras Parade Featuring Six Bacchus Floats, New Orleans High School Marching Band and the Wild Magnolia Mardi Gras Indians kicking off both concerts.
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Seminars and special events to tempt all levels of wine and food lovers
The 18th annual New Orleans Wine & Food Experience (NOWFE) brings together the best in local food with over 1000 wines, May 19 – 23, 2009. Inspired by world-class, local ingredients and culinary talent, NOWFE will present wine dinners, food and wine seminars, and many special events during its five-day extravaganza.
“Wine is the heart of NOWFE, and food is the pulse,” states Joyce Godbold, NOWFE Executive Director. “Our ever-popular wine and food seminars are what NOWFE is all about- showcasing our acclaimed local chefs while creating exciting discussions about the latest trends in the wine world.” On Wednesday, May 20th over 30 chefs from some of New Orleans most celebrated restaurants will create 5 course dinners paired with many of the world’s best wines at wine dinners around the New Orleans area (for a full listing of participating restaurants and wineries please visit (www.nowfe.com) followed by the newest event, FEASTiVAL – featuring wine notables and celebrity chefs on Thursday, May 21st. The Grand Tastings (Friday, May 22nd & Saturday, May 23rd), featuring 75 New Orleans restaurants and over 1000 vintages, will bring the extravaganza to a close. Specialized and intimate wine and food seminars will take place throughout the week, as well.
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FORMER “TOP CHEFS” TO DISH IT OUT AT NOWFE – Bravo’s Top Chefs return to New Orleans in honor of 18th annual event
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – Four contestants made it to New Orleans for the finale of Bravo’s Emmy- and James Beard Award-winning Top Chef competition, but only one was ultimately given the title. The New Orleans Wine & Food Experience is excited to announce that Top Chef Season 5 winner Hosea Rosenberg will return to New Orleans as a featured guest chef at FEASTiVAL– NOWFE’s newest event- to take place on Thursday, May 21st from 7:30 pm until 10:00 pm at Harrah’s New Orleans Theatre. As part of the 18th annual NOWFE, FEASTiVAL will be hosted by Chef John Besh and will bring together some of America’s favorite celebrity chefs for a “feast” of signature dishes paired with select wineries. Rosenberg will join chefs Paul Kahan, Michel Richard, Marc Vetri, Neal Fraser and Rick Browne.
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FEAST YOUR PALATE ON THIS NOWFE introduces inaugural celebrity chef gala
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – The Board of Directors of the 18th annual New Orleans Wine & Food Experience (NOWFE) is excited to announce the addition of its newest premier event, an inaugural celebrity chef gala. FEASTiVAL, which will bring together some of America’s favorite celebrity chefs for a “feast” of signature dishes paired with select wineries, will take place on Thursday, May 21st from 7:30 pm until 10:00 pm at Harrah’s New Orleans Theatre hosted by New Orleans’ Chef John Besh.
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18th ANNUAL NEW ORLEANS WINE & FOOD EXPERIENCE POURS IT ON
Celebrity Chefs, Women on Wine, and Eating Like a Pig Top Program Plans
NEW ORLEANS, LOUSIANA — When the New Orleans Wine & Food Experience (NOWFE) was conceived 18 years ago founders had enlisted only 40 or so oenophiles and colleagues from the wine industry to showcase their wines at the debut Experience. Today, NOWFE is nationally recognized as one the most prestigious festivals of its kind and features over 175 wineries and 1000 wines over the 5-day event, which now continually raises over $125,000 Annually for local charities. Plans for the 2009 event, scheduled for May 19-23, are shaping up to be the epicurean extravaganza of the year.
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NEW ORLEANS WINE & FOOD EXPERIENCE BOARD ANNOUNCES 2009 SLATE OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — The Board of the New Orleans Wine and Food Experience announces the 2009 slate of officers and new board members:
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