The 12th annual culinary festival hosted a week of unique epicurean experiences and brought together 10,000 wine and food enthusiasts. Attendees enjoyed more than 50 special events, including tasting panels, cooking classes, celebrity chef luncheons and dinners, an international expedition to Baja, a fish taco competition, and live entertainment. The festival’s signature event, the Lexus Grand Tasting, drew crowds to the Embarcadero Marina Park on November 21, a day with unusually warm weather. Guests sampled food and beverages from more than 150 wine, beer, and spirit purveyors, 60 of San Diego’s top chefs, and 30 gourmet food companies.
Photography by Bradley Schweit