Tickets
Advance purchase event-only tickets are available for $80 including taxes and include unlimited food and beverage samples on the causeway. Seminars are $45 per person, per class including taxes. Get tickets online.
What to Expect
The event consists of seven beverage seminars, live entertainment and more than 30 food and beverage stations featuring appetizing selections from restaurants, including Shula’s Steak House, Il Mulino New York Trattoria and Todd English’s bluezoo as well as wines, beers, and cocktails from around the world. Highlighting the event will be the appearances of celebrity chefs Todd English and Michael Mina.
- Food and wine tastings from the hotel's 17 restaurants and lounges like free-form lasagna, delicately presented by Il Mulino New York Trattoria and shrimp cocktail steam rollers from Todd English’s bluezoo
- Educational experiencesOutdoor festival featuring culinary selections from the Walt Disney World hotel’s award-winning restaurants and lounges
- Series of beverage seminars taught by the hotel’s certified experts
- Meet with celebrity chef Todd English: English is a world-renowned restaurateur who has gained national acclaim through his line of restaurants and cookbooks, and his countless other food-related enterprises. His concept, Todd English’s bluezoo, is a AAA four-diamond restaurant and one of the signature restaurants of the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel.
- Meet with celebrity chef Michael: Mina is an award-winning chef and author of Michael Mina: The Cookbook. He is the executive chef at his two namesake restaurants in San Francisco and Las Vegas; has been featured in multiple national print magazines and cooked for celebrities and notables including three U.S. presidents.
- Laurent Branlard, the hotel’s executive pastry chef, will prepare a selection of desserts. He is the only two-time World Pastry Champion, so there.
- Live music
Drink Learnin'
Beverage stations will offer mini-learning experiences and feature offerings such as wine, sake and beer. Hour-long beverage seminars taught by certified wine sommeliers and beer and cocktail specialists from the hotel’s team will also be offered. Attendees will learn drink origins, pairing tips and enjoy an informative tasting experience. Seminars will be offered both evenings and include
When
Beverage stations will offer mini-learning experiences and feature offerings such as wine, sake and beer. Hour-long beverage seminars taught by certified wine sommeliers and beer and cocktail specialists from the hotel’s team will also be offered. Attendees will learn drink origins, pairing tips and enjoy an informative tasting experience. Seminars will be offered both evenings and include
- Wine Blending
- Modern Mixology
- Riesling Rendezvous
- Base to Bubbles
- Beer, Please!
- All Things Sake
- Spanish Wines
- Cocktail 101
When
- Friday, Oct. 12 and Saturday, Oct. 13
- 4:30pm – 5:30pm – Beverage Seminars
- 5:30pm – 9:00pm – Tasting Stations Open on Causeway