2014 SoBe Wine & Food Fest Coming Soon To Miami

While most of America may be facing a frigid winter, things are heating up in Miami as the city prepares to host the 2014 Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival presented by Food & Wine.

Sponsored in part by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna, the star-studded event will be held from February 20-23. The 13th edition of the festival will feature beloved personalities from the Food Network and the Cooking Channel like Giada De Laurentiis, Anne Burrell, Tyler Florence, Rachael Ray, Demi Mazar and Gabriele Corcos.

Big name celebrity chefs and restaurateurs attending the four-day event include Gaston Acurio, José Andrés, Daniel Boulud, Michelle Berstein, Marcus Samuelsson, Scott Conant, Anthony Bourdain, Wylie Dufresne, Ingrid Hoffman, Barbara Lynch and Spike Mendelsohn.

Foodies will have plenty of interesting activities to keep them busy, from brunches and lunches to wine tastings, food seminars, intimate dinners and late-night parties.  Here’s a list of the can't-miss events broken down by date: 

Thurday, Feb. 20th

Little Palm Island Dinner
hosted by Rocco DiSpirito

Jean-Georges Vongerichten Dinner
part of the NY Times Dinner Series

Taste of Tuscany: Il Pellicano Dinner

Friday, Feb. 21th

Life’s a Beach, Then You Eat! Dinner
hosted by Gaston Acurio, Jonathan Waxman, Aarón Sanchez, Marcus Samuelsson, Paul Kahan and Hedy Goldsmith

Mix it Up with Morimoto and Friends

Ocean Liner Dinner
hosted by Anthony Bourdain, Frederic Morin, David McMillan, Andrew Carmellini, Eric Ripert, Daniel Boulud and Francois Payard

Italian in Paradise Dinner
hosted by Giada De Laurentiis

Spice it Up at Four Seasons! Dinner
hosted by Aaron Brooks, Lior Lev Sercarz, Michelle Berstein and Michael Solomonov, part of the NY Times Dinner Series

Saturday, Feb. 22nd

Barilla Interactive Lunch
hosted by Katie Lee

Ceviche and Pisco
hosted by My Ceviche 

Vegetarian Dinner
hosted by Alfred Portale and Alex Guarnaschelli with Matthew Kenney

Ciao Chow! An Italian Dim Sum-Style Champagne Brunch
with Giada De Laurentiis

Intimate Asian Dinner
hosted by Anderw Zimmern and Jason Wang with Chef Pai, Sudarat Loasupho

Sunday, Feb. 23

Southern Kitchen Brunch
hosted by Trisha Yearwood part of the NY Times Series

The Art of Cake Decorating: A Master Class
with Sylvia Weinstock

Goya Foods’ Swine & Wine
hosted by Michelle Bernstein

Best of the Munchies: People’s Choice Food Awards
hosted by Andrew Zimmern