National Harbor Food and Wine Festival

National Harbor celebrates its grand opening with a waterfront food and wine festival emphasizing food and wine pairing, artisanal and organic products, and boutique wines. The event includes tastings, cooking demonstrations and educational seminars on culinary and wine trends, sustainability issues, and supporting local farmers and resources. The Food and Wine Festival at National Harbor will present more than 70 exhibitors representing the Chesapeake region’s diverse restaurants, food crafters, wineries, breweries and wine and beer retailers. A bazaar-style emporium will feature gourmet foods, specialty wines, cutlery, glassware, handcrafted accessories, high-end kitchen equipment, cookware, and more.

Celebrity Chefs Demonstrations

• Michel Richard of Washington, DC’s Michel Richard Citronelle
  
  
• Suvir Saran from New York City’s Dévi
  
  
• Aulie Bunyarataphan of DC’s Bangkok Joe’s
  
  
• DC pastry chef David Guas of Damgoodsweet Consulting Group
  
  
• Wilo Benet of Puerto Rico’s Pikayo restaurant
  
  
• Matthew Weingarten of Inside Park at St. Bart’s in NYC

Featured Speakers

• Chipotle Mexican Grill founder and CEO, Steve Ells: Changing Fast Food in America
  
  
• DC’s Robert Wiedmaier of Marcel’s and Brasserie Beck and Jeff Tunks of DC Coast, Acadiana, TenPenh and Ceiba, among other chefs profiled in the award-winning PBS series, Chef ’s A’ Field, fielding questions from the audience about their approaches to cooking creatively and with a conscience.
  
  
• Will Cook for Sex author Rocky Fino: How to Cook Gourmet Meals That Will Win Anyone Over
  
  
• Laurie Forster, The Wine Coach: Interactive, Blind Wine Tasting
  
  
• Mary Ann Jung, actor: portraying Julia Child in a one-woman comedy-with-respect performance.

Dates and Times

May 17-18, 2008
Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Location

National Harbor is located in Prince George's County, Maryland on the Potomac River, just minutes from Washington, DC. The site is accessible from I-95/I-495, I-295, the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge, and by water taxi from Washington, DC, Old Town Alexandria, Mount Vernon, and Georgetown. See a map and directions to National Harbor

Tickets

General Admission - $65, includes 10 food and 10 alcoholic beverage vouchers, redeemable in the tasting tents, and entry to all events. Additional vouchers may be purchased for $1 each.

Designated-driver Admission - $50, includes 20 food and non-alcoholic beverage vouchers and entry to all events.

Two-day General Admission - $100.

Trade admission - $35, with valid business card or credentials.

Purchase tickets online.

Official Website

www.foodandwinenh.com

About National Harbor

National Harbor is a new 300-acre waterfront destination in the Washington, DC area opening in the spring of 2008. Set along a prime spot along the Potomac River, National Harbor, a $2.1 billion mixed-use community built by the Peterson Companies, includes hotels, restaurants, retail stores, condominiums, a full-service marina, a convention center, and commercial office space. Read more about National Harbor