The TASTE Picnic in Hills

The TASTE Picnic in Hills

September 5, 2011

Los Angeles Times and Food & Wine's "The Taste" is a four-day wine and food festival that celebrates all things epicurean in Los Angeles. The festival will showcase L.A.'s burgeoning and dynamic culinary scene, and include everything from local restaurant tastings and cooking demonstrations from top celebrity chefs, to wine tastings/seminars from some of the most-admired vintners in the world, and a variety of signature events that will prove to be the talk of the town.

Bring your family and friends to one of the most elaborate Labor Day celebrations, hosted by Food Network star, Giada De Laurentiis. Los Angeles' most respected restaurants and chefs will express their interpretation of what 'picnic' means to them. As guests enjoy amazing chef creations, there will also be fun and creative, kid and family-focused events throughout the afternoon. And be sure not to miss cooking demonstrations from Melissa d'Arabian (Food Network's Ten Dollar Dinners), Aida Mollenkamp, (Cooking Channel's Foodcrafters), Debi Mazar and her husband Gabriele Corcos, (Cooking Channel's Extra Virgin), and Candace Nelson (Sprinkles Cupcakes).

Tickets required - $150, but children 14 and under are free. Your all-inclusive ticket offers:

  • Unlimited tastings from over 30 of L.A.'s best restaurants/chefs
  • Unlimited samples from over 30 of your favorite wineries, breweries and spirits
  • Wine seminars from some of the world's top vintners
  • Cooking demos where celebrity chefs reveal all
  • Engaging panel discussions on the art of cooking
  • 5-star family fun in the park with picnics, games and more