BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4320450:Event:27536 DTSTAMP:20260425T175914Z SUMMARY:2012 TASTE Philadelphia Festival of Food, Wine and Spirits DESCRIPTION:Presented by Gourmet Shows, The 2012 TASTE Philadelphia Fe stival of Food, Wine and Spirits will undoubtedly quench your thirst a nd satisfy all your hunger cravings. The event is being held at the Gr eater Philadelphia Expo Center at the Oaks from October 12th-14th, 201 2. Don’t miss your chance to sample all of the best restaurant foods and wine vendors. There will be over 200 stations to choose from! Th is year, cooking demonstrations will be led by, Bravo’s “Real Hous ewives of New York City” and “Bethenny Ever After”, star Bethenn y Frankel on Sunday, October 14th. As the star of her new daytime talk show on Fox, “Bethenny,” creator of Skinnygirl Margarita and Skin nygirl Sangria, and author of bestselling books, Naturally Thin, The S kinny Dish, and A Place of Yes, Bethenny will exhibit all of her secre ts for mixing the most tasteful yet slimming cocktails and preparing t he most delicious, guilt-free foods.  In addition, the festival boast s an impressive lineup of celebrity chefs including Frank Benowitz, Ro cky Fino, Michael Giletto, Darryl Harmon, Geoff Johnson, Ralph Mazzoch i, Jennifer Mueller, Michael Scipione, and Barry Sexton. Emmy award-wi nning comedian and chef Mark DeCarlo will be giving a free cooking dem onstration and rewarding one lucky audience member with a $10,000 Gran d Prize for an all-inclusive vacation to the Caribbean!  The 2012 Gra nd Market Culinary Demonstrations are also a main attraction of this y ear’s festival. Chef Ron Duprat, best known as a competitor on seaso n six of Bravo’s “Top Chef,” along with retired NBA all-star vet eran Cliff Robinson and his wife, Heather Robinson will perform a spec ial cooking demo on behalf of their non-profit organization, the Robin son Network. The demo will include a tasting of Chef Ron’s masterpie ces and Cliff Robinson’s self-taught culinary skills. It will take p lace on Sunday, October 14th at 1:45PM and all of the proceeds will go to Haiti, the origin of Chef Ron’s culinary expertise.  The wine a nd beer seminars will also be informative and interesting. Emmy award- winning television host, author, regular on NBC’s “The Today Show with Kathie Lee & Hoda and founder of Thirsty Girl, Leslie Sbrocco, will lead Wine IQ Seminars throughout the weekend. Award-winning writ er Gary Monterosso, and regular of the History Channel, will present h is 100 episode-long webcast, “Still Crazy After All these Beers.” Several entertaining programs will follow suite, such as the Pinot Bou tique Wine Seminars, each event as exciting as the next.   The 2012 T aste Philadelphia Festival of Food, Wine and Spirits will take place f rom Friday, October 12th 2012 from 4:00PM – 8:00 PM, Saturday, Octob er 13th, 2012 from 11:00AM to 7:00PM to Sunday, October 15th, 2012 fro m 11:00AM to 3:00PM. Tickets for the festival are available starting a t $45. General admission tickets include all food, wine and spirits ta stings. For each Friday and Sunday event tickets purchased in advance, receive a $5 Gourmet Shows Token* at the door, good towards your Fest ival purchases from our exhibitors. Children 6-12 are $10.00 and child ren under six are free! Seminars, Chefs on Stage series and VIP Cockta il Party are additional. Tickets for all events can be purchased onlin e at www.gourmetshows.com/philly2012/index.html. The Greater Philadelp hia Expo Center is located at 100 Station Avenue, Oaks, PA 19456.\n\nF or more information visit http://phillytodo.com/events/2012-taste-phil adelphia-festival-of-food-wine-and-spirits DTSTART:20121012T200000Z DTEND:20121015T000000Z CATEGORIES:festival LOCATION:the greater philadelphia expo center WEBSITE: URL: CONTACT: ORGANIZER:Shannon Igoe ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg": ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Juliette V":http://phillytodo.com/profile/JulietteV END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR