During EPCOT’s Food and Wine Festival, the Festival Welcome Center hosts daily Culinary Demonstrations by Disney chefs and chefs from around the world. Demonstrations last 45 minutes, food samples are provided, and the cost is $15 per guest (in addition to your chosen method of admission to Epcot).
I’ve gone through Disney’s schedule for the event and removed all the obviously non-vegetarian demonstrations to make for easier planning. There are several demonstrations labeled as “vegetarian” and several others (mainly desserts) that could possibly be vegetarian, but very likely not vegan. I don’t know if some of the vegetarian labeled demos will be coincidentally vegan. Most of the vegetarian dishes are actually vegan at a couple of the presenting chef’s restaurants (Sanaa, Tusker House), so we may get some bonus vegan demos.
Do not count on all the pastry demonstrations being vegetarian, and do not count on all the vegetarian demonstrations being vegan. There are also some “Mushroom Blend” demos, and I don’t know what the mushrooms are going to be cooked with–it’s possible it could end up veg, but I’m guessing it most likely won’t be.
There is only one demonstration labeled as vegan, and it is on Monday October 20th, at 3:00pm; by Chef Jason Stefanko, presented by Gardein.
Note: Chef TJ is doing a (non-veg) demo on Nov 10th–so on Monday, November 10th, it is very likely TJ will NOT be at Trail’s End for dinner, as he is presenting at the Food and Wine Fest at 5:00pm.
Culinary Demonstrations (only potentially veg demos included)
Sunday, September 21, 2014
5:00 PM Maira Isabel, presented by the Government of Puerto Rico (Pastry)
Monday, September 22, 2014
5:00 PM Bill Clark, Grand Floridian Bakery, Disney’s Grand Floridian® Resort &Spa, WDW presented by Ocean Spray® Craisins® Brand Dried Cranberries (Pastry)
Friday, September 26, 2014
3:00 PM Gale Gand, Spritzburger/ Tru, Chicago, IL (Pastry)
Thursday, October 2, 2014
3:00 PM Noah French, Sugarmill, Denver, CO (Pastry)
Saturday, October 4, 2014
3:00 PM John Hui, Pebble Beach Resorts, Pebble Beach, California (Pastry)
5:00 PM Matt Lewis, Baked, Brooklyn, NY (Pastry)
Sunday, October 5, 2014
1:00 PM Kevin Johnson, The Grocery, Charleston, SC (Vegetarian)
Monday, October 6, 2014
3:00 PM Erika Davis, Graycliff Chocolatier, Nassau Bahamas (Pastry)
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
1:00 PM Renee Cordoba, Tusker House Restaurant, Animal Kingdom® Theme Park (Vegetarian)
5:00 PM Richard Capizzi, Lincoln Ristorante, New York, NY (Pastry)
Friday, October 10, 2014
3:00 PM John Coletta, Quartino Ristorante & Wine Bar, Chicago, IL (Vegetarian)
Saturday, October 11, 2014
5:00 PM Maira Isabel, presented by the Government of Puerto Rico (Pastry)
Monday, October 13, 2014
5:00 PM Jehangir Mehta, Mushroom Council, Evanston, IL presented by The Mushroom Council (Mushroom Blend)
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
1:00 PM Bill Clark, Grand Floridian Bakery, Disney’s Grand Floridian® Resort & Spa, WDW presented by Ocean Spray® Craisins® Brand Dried Cranberries (Pastry)
5:00 PM Jamar Gilkey, The Liberty Tree Tavern, Magic Kingdom® Park (Vegetarian)
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
5:00 PM Vincenzo Vaccaro, Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria, Italy at Epcot® (Pastry)
Friday, October 17, 2014>
5:00 PM Maira Isabel, presented by the Government of Puerto Rico (Chocolate)
Sunday, October 19, 2014
1:00 PM RJ Cooper, Rogue 24/ Gypsy Soul, Washington, DC (Vegetarian)
3:00 PM Carl Bertka, Roy’s, Sarasota, FL (Pastry)
Monday, October 20, 2014
3:00 PM Jason Stefanko , presented by Gardein™ , Venice, CA (Vegan)
5:00 PM Edward Mitchell, Tony’s Town Square Restaurant, Magic Kingdom Park Presented by Mushroom Council (Mushroom Blend)
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
1:00 PM Trish Washuta, Sanaa, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Kidani Village (Vegetarian)
Saturday, October 25, 2014
3:00pm Paul Napoli, The Wave… of American Flavors, Disney’s Contemporary Resort (Vegetarian)
Sunday, October 26, 2014
1:00 PM Jorge Sotelo, Napa Rose and Carthay Circle Restaurant, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel® & Spa/Jean-Marc Viallet, Disneyland® Resort, Anaheim, CA (Pastry)
Monday, October 27, 2014
1:00 PM Pam Smith, Registered Dietician and Author of The Energy Edge presented by Mushroom Council (Mushroom Blend)
Saturday, November 1, 2014
5:00 PM Keegan Gerhard, d Bar Desserts San Diego, CA and Denver, CO (Pastry)
Thursday, November 6, 2014
1:00 PM Tony Mantuano, Portobello Country Italian Trattoria, Downtown Disney® Area (Vegetarian)
Sunday, November 9, 2014
1:00 PM Brent Ridge and Joshua Kilmer-Purcell, Beekman 1802, Sharon Springs, NY (Vegetarian)
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