The Food & Wine Classic in Charleston, presented by Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure and Southern Living, is a spinoff of the long-running Food & Wine Classic in Aspen and made its Charleston debut in 2024. Now in its third year, the festival returns November 13 through 15, with more than 40 events packed into three days that pair national culinary names with the people who define Charleston’s food and drink scene.
The talent lineup includes Carla Hall, Eric Ripert, Katie Button and Tyler Florence headlining this year’s festival, joined by television personalities Andrew Zimmern and Maneet Chauhan and James Beard Award winner Nancy Silverton. Kwame Onwuachi is also on the roster, among more than 60 chefs and drinks experts spread across downtown Charleston. Local chefs including Mike Lata, James London, Bethany Heinze, Shuai Wang, Jason Stanhope, Tia Clark and John Lewis are representing the city’s dining scene, along with Yoanna Tang of Chubby Fish and Seahorse, and Miles White and Femi Oyediran of Graft and Tutti Pizza.
The festival’s daytime programming includes live sessions with cooking demonstrations, talks, wine and cocktail seminars and workshops which place at the Gaillard Ce...