The Chicago Wine and Food Festival is Ready to Open Its Doors for the Third Year

Chicago is the new hot bed of the culinary world. The Chicago Wine and Food Festival, October 21-23. Friday night awards dinner at The Peninsula Hotel in Chicago, Saturday a premium wine tasting at The Peninsula Hotel and Sunday a grand tasting of food and wine at Kendall College in Chicago.

(PRWEB) August 10, 2005 -- The Chicago Wine and Food Festival (CWFF) has put Chicago on the map as THE culinary town and a hot bed of emerging chef's and wine retail. For the third year running the CWFF has created a venue for 45 top tier restaurants, 400 wines and 26 experts to co exist in an open format that lets the consumer, five star chefs, winemakers and food and wine celebrities all mingle and learn together.

The three day event will take place at Chicago's Peninsula Hotel October 21 and 22 with food and wine events. The Bill Rice Awards Dinner, Friday Oct 21 will showcase Chef of the year and Up and Coming Chef. Oct 22 Premium wine tasting of Bordeaux, Burgundy, and other high end California wines with Chicago's best wine minds. The grand event will take place at Kendall College on Sunday Oct 23.

Tickets range in price from $80-$175 and are available at www.cwff.net

The Chicago Wine and Food Festival, a non for profit company, has been credited with bringing national attention to the Chicago food community. In three years the festival has grown to one of the largest in the country and gained national attention for spotlighting the Chicago food, wine and education movement.

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