Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival tickets now on sale

The Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival – the largest food festival in Hawai‘i – is a three-weekend experience that spans the Big Island, Maui and O‘ahu each fall.

Co-founded by two of Hawai‘i’s own James Beard Award-winning chefs, Roy Yamaguchi and Alan Wong, the Festival showcases Hawai‘i’s agricultural diversity and culinary talent through world-class culinary experiences.

Events currently scheduled for the Big Island include “Indigenous World Cuisines” at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel on Oct. 20. The tasting event will celebrate the culinary heritage of indigenous communities from around the world.

The Indigenous Food Culture Panel scheduled for the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel on Oct. 21, will feature Chef Ed Kenney of Mud Hen Water, Maori chef Monique Fiso, Sean Sherman of the Oglala Lakota Nation and Crystal Wahpepah of the Kickapoo Nation, as well as a member of the Puyallup tribe in Tacoma, Washington.

Each year, more than 150 internationally renowned master chefs, culinary personalities, sommeliers, mixologists, and wine and spirit producers are invited to participate in roughly 20 events, from grand tastings and wine dinners to kids cooking classes, wine seminars and more.

Unlike other food festivals across the country, the Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival challenges participating chefs to use at least one locally grown, raised or caught ingredient in their dish. This connects Hawai‘i’s farmers, ranchers and fishermen to thousands of attendees each year.

As a program of the nonprofit, Hawaii Ag and Culinary Alliance, the Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival has donated more than $3.2 million to community and aina-based organizations that support sustainability, culinary and agricultural education, and cultural programs in Hawaii since 2011.

View tickets for sale online here.