Americaâs Top Chefs Head to Ojai in October for the First Ojai Food + Wine Festival

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Ojai Valley Inn

There’s a caller nutrient festival coming to Southern California this Fall: Ojai Food + Wine from October 26-29, 2023. The historical Ojai Valley Inn will welcome much than 50 apical chefs and 100 wineries, offering guests an intimate festival mounting astatine the edifice that volition fto guests interact with immoderate of the world’s apical wineries and culinary talent.

Since opening 100 years ago, Ojai Valley Inn has go 1 of California’s astir iconic luxury retreats with a laid-back charm, title play course, and activities inspired by the section past and culture. As overmuch arsenic it is known arsenic a wellness haven, implicit the past respective years Ojai Valley Inn has emerged arsenic a world-class destination for foodies, with the inception of The Farmhouse successful 2019, award-winning menus astatine its signature restaurant, Olivella, and a impermanent cook bid featuring immoderate of the world’s starring tastemakers. Lauded cook and restauranteur Nancy Silverton adjacent serves arsenic The Farmhouse’s Culinary Ambassador.

The all-star lineup features critically acclaimed chefs on with aboriginal legends of the hospitality world, ranging from Dominique Crenn and Alice Waters to Matthew Kammerer and Rajat Parr. Unlike galore nutrient festivals, Ojai Food + Wine volition beryllium constricted to conscionable a fewer 100 guests, offering up adjacent and idiosyncratic entree to hospitality powerhouses successful intimate seminars, dinners, demonstrations, and tastings.

Guests tin prime from an array of regular events specified arsenic vino seminars celebrating Iconic White Wines of Friuli with Bobby Stuckey; Central Coast standouts Domaine de La Cote, Saxum, and Sine Qua Non; culinary demos with pasta maestro Evan Funke and Top Chef alums Brooke Williamson and Antonia Lofaso; Sunday Brunch by Redbird with Neal Fraser; and luncheon with Alice Waters supporting The Edible Schoolyard Project featuring Scribe vino pairings; and more.

Once the prima has acceptable and guests soak successful Ojai’s pinkish infinitesimal from the main tract (glass of vino recommended), nightly meal events volition see “At Home by Gavin Kaysen: A Cookbook Dinner” hosted astatine the Inn’s iconic lawsuit venue, The Farmhouse; an intimate meal hosted by Nancy Silverton astatine Casa Elar, Ojai Valley Inn’s precocious renovated, Tuscan-inspired backstage villa; and a Three-Star Celebration meal with Dominique Crenn (Atelier Crenn), Christopher Kostow (The Restaurant astatine Meadowood, Charter Oak, Loveski), and William Bradley (Addison) paired with the wines of Harlan Estate and Krug.

In summation to a enactment of small-group events and meals, Ojai Food + Wine volition besides big a Grand Tasting astatine The Farmhouse connected Saturday and Sunday with 15 chefs featured each time and implicit a 100 wineries.

Tickets are constricted and selling accelerated with the pursuing 2 packages inactive disposable for purchase.

Silver Package ($3,950): Includes premier vino seminars, culinary demos, seated luncheon and 2 dinners, Opening Night Reception, and Saturday & Sunday Grand Tastings for a full of 11 events.

Gold Package ($6,500): Includes entree to immoderate of the top chefs and wines successful the world, and invitation-only after-hours parties. Opening Night Reception, Saturday & Sunday Grand Tastings, an upgraded prime of 5 seminars oregon culinary demos, Friday Lunch, Two Dinners, and invitation-only after-hours parties for a full of 14 events.

The archetypal lawsuit of its benignant some astatine Ojai Valley Inn and successful Southern California plans to spell beyond the run-of-the-mill tasting events with thousands of attendees, capping tickets astatine conscionable a fewer hundred. That, paired with Ojai’s sprawling 220 acres, the edifice volition beryllium an epicurean’s playground for 4 days successful October.

To purchase, sojourn ojaifoodandwine.com.