World of Wine Event, LLC

Grand Tasting Event & Fine Wine / Luxury Lifestyle Auction

Date:          November 15, 2008
Time:        11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (VIP, TRADE & MEDIA ONLY)
Time:          12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.   (Open to public)

Price:          $100 (in advance)    $125 (at festival)
                     $150 VIP (early entry, VIP Gift Bags, and VIP tent access, not available onsite)
                     $60 Designated Driver (in advance) $100 (at Festival)

Location: Embarcadero Marina Park North -Behind Seaport Village

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The Grand Finale of the sizzling five-day festival is the star-studded Grand Tasting Event held November 15 on the Embarcadero Park North behind Seaport Village. Take in the beautiful San Diego Bay and enjoy the ocean breeze as you partake in the largest, most talked about wine and food festival in Southern California.

As we like to say, its glass clinking, celebrity watching, swishing, swirling, mouth watering kind of fun! This year you will enjoy:

160 Wine & Spirit Purveyors
With over 700 different wines being poured at this year’s Grand Tasting we challenge you to pick out just one favorite! Taste from a wide range of domestic and international wineries, discover new labels to add to your home collection, and visit old favorites.

60 of San Diego’s Top Chefs
Your inner foodie will be in heaven as you taste cuisine from over 60 of the city’s most talented chefs as they pull out all the stops to wow you for their chance to win over $50,000 in cash and prizes!

Gourmet Foods, Art & More!
As if 60 chefs weren’t enough we’ve also brought together just over 30 gourmet food companies for you to nosh your way through.

Olive Oil Tasting & Competition Tent: In this exciting tent hosted by the California Olive Oil Commission, attendees take part in a people's choice judging from gourmet olive oil producers and learn the fine art and nuances of tasting olive oil from the experts.

Chef of the Fest: The “Chef of the Fest” competition is an action-packed culinary showdown involving all chefs during the Grand Tasting event on November 15. If you are signed up for the Grand Tasting – you automatically will be judged in “Chef of the Fest”. There is nothing extra required of you, other than to let us know that you want the judges to come by your booth during the Grand Event and judge your cuisine that day. Chefs compete in one of five categories and are judged by a panel of local and national celebrity chefs, authors and members of the food and wine media. Through a tiered judging process, one chef is selected as the best representation of innovative, fresh, flavorful cuisine and crowned “Chef of the Fest” walking away with up to $50,000 in cash & prizes and some serious bragging rights. “Chef of the Fest” entries will be accepted until October 1, 2008 or until space runs out. Registration Form >> Rules and Regulations >>

Cookbook Author Signing: Celebrity chefs will be on hand in the Border's Bookstore book tent to autograph copies of their best selling cookbooks.

Live Entertainment: Live musical performances will take place on both ends of the Festival.

Charity: Proceeds from auctions at the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival benefit the American Institute of Wine & Food (AIWF) culinary arts scholarship programs. AIWF Scholarship