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Ottawa’s newest premiere food and wine festival is Crave! Crave’s goal is to bring together the culinary arts enthusiasts and local cuisine for a great week of master classes and activities at participating breweries, restaurants and distilleries. That week will be followed by a two day food and wine festival at the Shaw Centre in downtown Ottawa. This festival will be happening on November 10 and 11, 2023.
Satisfy your craving for Ottawa’s best food, drinks and company at the Crave Food & Wine Festival. Your ticket will give you access to the show floor. Attendees will walk through a series of themed sections that will have food and beverage exhibitors serving food, wine, beer, cocktails or other beverages.
There will be a multitude of exhibitors from some of Ottawa’s best restaurants, distilleries and breweries. Provincial wineries and international brands will also be represented in this immersive food and wine festival.
Exhibitors will include
- Dunrobin Distillers
- Whiprsnapr Brewery
- Lailey Winery
- Ginger Goat
- Broadhead Brewing Company
- Datsun
- Gustotv
- El Camino
- Off The Hook Catering
- Curry Curry
- Raphael Peruvian Cuisine
- Sandbagger Hard Seltzer
There will be two stages on the show floor. Celebrity guests will be giving talks and demonstrations on subjects like
- Cake decorating
- Creating a jerk marinade
- How to make a perfect seafood chowder
- Pepper knife sharpening techniques
- Creating a signature cocktail
- Food and beverage pairings
- Plant-based food recipes
and so much more.
Celebrity chefs include
- Darryl Masih
- Rommel Betancourt
- Matthew Kamura
- Pat Cameron
- Chris Cook
- Stephen Flood
Your ticket does not include samplings. Sampling tickets will be sold at the festival. Sampling tickets must be used to sample food and beverages. If you’ve never been to a food and beverage festival before, it is recommended that you start with 20 sample coupons.
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I’ve seen tickets to this festival from online ticket brokers going for as much as $78 for one ticket. Book your ticket here and you can save $32 on each ticket. The savings will be automatic and you won’t even need to enter a discount code or promo code.