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Tags:   Charity Fundraiser   Walk Around Tasting   Spirits   Food  

About the Festival

Organized and hosted by the Friends of Jupiter Beach, the 3rd Annual Food & Wine Festival brings gastronomic aficionados together to sample great food, wine, signature drinks and libations served by select area restaurants and caterers.  The 2011 festival was a Sold-Out event.   The festival is FJB’s major annual fundraising event.  Tickets are available in advance on the FJB website at www.friendsofjupiterbeach.com.  General Admission Ticket prices are $35 in advance, $40 at the door, and $15 for children 12 and under.  VIP Tickets are $100.  Ticket sales will be limited to 100 VIP and 650 general admission tickets.

When & Where

The 3rd Annual Food & Wine Festival will be held RAIN or SHINE on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at the Jupiter’s Riverwalk Events Plaza, a covered outdoor venue located along the intracoastal waterway at Indiantown Road & U.S. Highway #1 in Jupiter, Florida. 

A sampling of the restaurants that will be participating include Lindsay Autry, Top Chef Finalist, Buonasera Ristorante, Casa Mia Trattoria & Pizzeria, Cod & Capers Seafood Marketplace & Café, Coolinary Cafe - A Tim Lipman Restaurant, Cordon Bleu Catering, Inc., Guanabanas, Imoto, In The Kitchen, Ironwood Steak & Seafood @ PGA Resort & Spa, Joseph's Classic Market, Jupiter Island Grill, Kilwin's Chocolates & Ice Cream – Jupiter, La Scaletta Ristorante & Pizzeria, Little Moir’s Food Shack, Little Moir's Leftovers Café, Pelican Café “Where Nantucket Meets The Florida Keys,” Pita Grille & Wine Bar, Schooners, Sharkbite Grille, Spiro's Taverna, Tabica Grill, Talay Thai, The Bistro, The Wine Dive, Verdea Restaurant & Wine Bar and Whole Foods Market. If you are a restaurant wishing to participate in the event and promote your business while supporting FJB, please contact one of the event co-chairs. 

In addition to these amazing restaurants, attendees will enjoy wine, beer and spirits from Mariya Kovacheva - Café Boulud Chef Sommelier, Brown Distributing Company, Brown Distributing Company Specialty Division, Florida Wine Company, Frederick Wildman & Sons, Heirloom Wine Group of Treasury Wine Estates, Joseph’s Classic Market, Leblon Cachaça, Monk In The Trunk, Noble Wine Estates, Onli Beverages, Strategic Imports, Tequesta Brewing Company, Tito’s Vodka, Transatlantic, Vinecraft, Virginia Philip Wine Shop & Academy, WJ Deutsch & Sons and Whole Foods Market.

Friends of Jupiter Beach is very grateful to have the support of sponsors including Presenting Sponsor PNC Bank; Champagne Sponsors C3 Consulting, Kool 105.5 and Waste Management, Inc.; Bordeaux Sponsors Bill Porter Music, Cinderelle Marketing, the Colombel Family, Dade Paper, Dine Magazine, LocalDines, Miklos Air, Inc., Regency Party Rental and The Gardens Mall. Cabernet Sponsors the Town of Jupiter Riverwalk, Joan Ross & Eric Rydstrom, DialMyCalls.com, Carmen’s Fairway Haircutting, Jeck, Harris, Raynor & Jones, P.A. and Holistic Veterinary Center. Sponsorship opportunities are still available.  For more information, please contact one of the event co-chairs.

Other local organizations participating in this community event include the Blue Friends of the Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Lagoon Keepers, the Town of Jupiter Police Department and the Town of Jupiter Riverwalk.