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Food Events in Vermont
Vermont Chocolate Show -- Essex
May 17, 2008 to May 18, 2008
The Vermont Chocolate Show at the Inn at Essex features chocolatiers, chefs, and other vendors from Vermont and throughout the Northeast. The show includes educational programs, a chocolate art exhibit, product sales and other culinary activities. It is an opportunity for chocolate lovers of all ages to buy chocolate products, learn from noted Vermont pastry chefs and food experts, and enjoy chocolate spa treatments. Location: Inn at Essex, 70 Essex Way. Cost: General admission, $10; children age 12 and younger, $6. Time: May 17, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; May 18, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Information: 802-244-8354 or visit www.vermontchocolateshow.com |
GNAT-TV Culinary Experience 2008 -- Manchester
May 22, 2008
Enjoy tastings from 25 top chefs, champagne, Vermont Vodka, and sample hors d’oeurvres all under a tent complete with chandeliers and music. Location: Wilburton Inn, River Road. Time: 6-9 p.m. Cost: $50. Information: 802-362-7070or visit www.gnat-tv.org. |
Vermont Culinary Classic -- Stowe
June 13, 2008 to June 22, 2008
Experience and learn more of the indigenous culinary bounty of Vermont. Enjoy cooking classes, seminars, wine tastings, meet local cheese producers, foragers, farmers and the restaurants that use local products. Locations: Various locations. Information: 802-253-7321 or visit www.gostowe.com. |
Vermont Cheese Dinner Saturday -- Dorset
June 22, 2008
Join Peter Dixon, master cheese maker, from Consider Bardwell Farm in Pawlet, Vermont, for an evening filled of specialty cheese discussions and great food. Location: The Dorset Inn, 8 Church Street and Route 30. Information: 802-867-5500. |
Green Mountain Chew Chew -- Burlington
June 27, 2008 to June 29, 2008
The 23rd Annual Green Mountain Chew Chew Food & Music Festival is Vermont's favorite, family-oriented feeding frenzy, showcasing 30 restaurants, caterers and Vermont food producers, each serving three of their most tantalizing taste treats. The festival is held in downtown Burlington's magnificent waterfront park, right on the shores of Lake Champlain. Location: Burlington Waterfront Park. Time: June 27 and 28, 11 a.m.- 9 p.m.; June 29, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Information: 802-864-6674 or visit www.greenmountainchewchew.com. |
Mediterranean Festival Weekend -- Manchester
July 25, 2008 to July 27, 2008
The Mediterranean Weekend is romantic and fun. Enjoy imported wines and a buffet of classic Mediterranean dishes while a Greek band plays music for romance and dancing around the tables. Location: Battenkill Terrace.
Information: 800-648-4900 or visit www.wilburton.com |
Garlic & Herb Festival -- Bennington
August 29, 2008 to August 31, 2008
Everything from garlic ice cream to garlic jelly, picked garlic, roasted garlic, and plain garlic bulbs of every variety will be available to purchase and sample. Area restaurants set up in a food tent with a huge variety of garlic-inspired goodies from their menus. Plain garlic bulbs of every variety will be available to purchase and sample. Children’s games, activities and live music too. Location: Colgate Park, Route 9 West. Time: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Information: 800-229-0252 or visit www.lovegarlic.com |
Plymouth Cheese & Harvest Festival – Plymouth Notch
September 20, 2008
Celebrate the bounties of the harvest and the award-winning world of Vermont-made cheese. The festival features cheese sampling by members of the Vermont Cheese Council, wagon rides, historic farm and craft demonstrations, old-time fiddling, guided tours of the Plymouth Cheese Factory, and activities for the entire family. Location: Plymouth Cheese Factory at the President Calvin Coolidge Historic Site, 106 Messer Road. Time: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Information: 802-672-3650 or visit www.HistoricVermont.org/Coolidge. |
Dummerston Apple Pie Festival -- Dummerston
October 12, 2008
For more than 40 years, the Dummerston Apple Pie Festival has been held each year on the Sunday of Columbus Day weekend, the peak of colorful autumn foliage in Southern Vermont. Fifteen hundred apple pies are made by many church members and friends. Folks from all over the United States travel by motorcycle and automobiles to take part in the festivities. In addition, the festival serves Vermont cheddar cheese, homemade ice cream, cider, coffee, donuts. Also, the Dummerston Volunteer Fire Department has a pancake breakfast the same morning starting about 7 a.m. and the Grange sponsors a flea market/tag sale during the day. Location: Congregational Church, at East-West and Middle Roads. Time: 9 a.m. until sold out. Information: Information: 802-254-9158. |
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