The 8th Annual Highlands Food and Wine Festival is happening on November 7 through 10.
Spilling across iconic locations in Highlands – the Bascom Center for the Visual Arts, Kelsey-Hutchinson Park and Main Street – beneath the mountain ridges that loom above, the festival is a multi-sensory experience, intertwining chefs, winemakers, artisans and musicians.
For four days acclaimed chefs from around the region and throughout the nation will click knives and share stoves with celebrated local chefs.
Below is a preview of who to look for and a taste of things to come, as Highlands Food and Wine raises a toast to the men and women shaping the food industry:
Chef Jake Stone, Salthouse Catering, Charleston; Chef Joe Schafer, Electric Hospitality, Atlanta; Chef/owner Masatomo (Masa) Hamaya, O-ku, multiple locations; Chef Dun “Junior” Vo, Noko, Nashville; Chef de Cuisine, Davis Taylor, Rhubarb, Asheville; Chef Ben Norton, Husk, Charleston; Chef Tyler Slade, Bargello & District 42, Asheville; Executive Chef and Food & Beverage Director, Chris Huerta, Old Edwards Hospitality Group, Highlands; Chef Jason Tardo, Half-Mile Farm at Old Edwards, Highlands; Chef Massimiliano Proietti, Paoletti’s, Highlands; Chef Jacky Cabler, Old Edwards Club Executive Chef, Highlands; Head Chef John Johnson, Four65 Woodfire Bistro + Bar, Highlands; Chef Markie McCullough Weinstein, Ugly Dog Pub, Highlands; Chef Joe Dimaio, Charleston Bay Gourmet, Charleston; Chef Trey McMillan, Low Country Oyster Co.; Chef Kyle James, Flour, Asheville; Chef Ashley Helms, Chestnut, Asheville; Chef Brian Crow, Corner Kitchen, Asheville
Many more local, regional and national chefs will be announced in the coming weeks.
Music has always been an important ingredient in the success and lure of the festival. And it has never been truer than this year when the weekend brings together an impressive roster of talent in a range of genres. Much like fine wine that complements a memorable meal, the festival’s curated music line up promises to the ideal accompaniment to four days of sensory extravaganza and revelry.
Thursday, November 7:
Grand Tasting: Love Canon
Friday, November 8:
Truckin’: Wilder Woods
Saturday, November 9:
Main Event: Greensky Bluegrass
Sunday, November 10:
A Shot at Redemption: Lee Fields
Visit highlandsfoodandwine.com.
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