The Dandelion Chandelier Luxury Food and Drink Calendar highlights luxury food, wine, spirits and craft beer festivals around the world in November 2018. For the rest of the Luxury Calendar, click here.
For many of us, Thanksgiving Day is the Super Bowl of home cooking. And happily, there are plenty of food and wine events happening around the world this month to get us warmed up for the big event. Highlights include the return of the St. Barth Gourmet Fest, the World Food Championships in Alabama and Gastromasa in Turkey. Forks in the air, people – it’s almost go time.
Bitten: A Food Conversation at the SVA Theater in NYC is a food conference unlike any other, bringing together today’s innovators and thought-leaders — those who are disrupting the food space — to talk about all that’s fun, exciting and innovative about food – Nov 1
The Denver International Wine Festival draws in winemakers from across the globe, many of them underrepresented at similar festivals; the Chefs Fine Food and Wine Pairing Competition is a yearly favorite, where Colorado chefs compete to create dishes paired with two standout wines, with the audience tasting and determining the winner. Wine tours show off several of Colorado’s still little known wineries – Nov 1 – 3
After being cancelled last year, the St. Barth Gourmet Festival returns featuring Michelin starred chefs from France for cooking classes by day and multi-course dinners by night – Nov 1 – 4
The theme of this year’s cool-kid foodie event Fire, Flour & Fork, a gathering “for the food curious” in Richmond, Virginia is “Your Fork, Your Future.” The event features a mix of dining events, behind-the-scenes tours, demonstrations, talks from food and beverage producers, cookbook authors, chefs, bartenders and bakers. 2018’s theme will focus on “unlocking the power of the recipe box, looking at the stories recipes tell both within families and within social and political movements fueled by food.” – Nov 1-4
Fire, Flour and Fork in Richmond, Virginia
The Big Sur Wine and Food Festival returns to California – Nov 1 – 4
The Dijon International Gastronomy Fair (Foire gastronomique de Dijon) will be celebrated for the 88th year and is one of the largest food fairs in France – Nov 1 – 11
The James Beard Foundation’s Taste America stops in Boston and Philadelphia – Nov 2 – 3
Now in its third year, Food Loves Tech focuses on how technology and innovation shape the way we cultivate and consume food – Nov 2 – 3
The 9th annual Coral Gables Food Wine & Spirits Festival will feature of 300 wines, beers and spirits – Nov 3
Each winter, America’s most renowned chefs come together at The Majestic Yosemite Hotel to share their cuisine at the Taste of Yosemite – capturing the flavors of traditional American favorites infused with each chef’s unique twists – Nov 4 – 16
The Seed Food & Wine Festival in Miami is the self-proclaimed “first plant-based food and wine festival in the country;” highlights will include The Burger Battle, where America’s best veggie burger will be crowned – Nov 7 – 11
The 2018 World Food Championships in Alabama will highlight some of the most iconic cuisines around the globe. Categories include: Barbecue, Chili, Sandwich, Burger, Dessert, Bacon, Seafood, Steak and Chicken – Nov 7 – 11
The annual James Beard Foundation Gala will be held at the Pierre Hotel in Manhattan, featuring a once-in-a-lifetime collaborative dinner by legendary James Beard Award winners, and live and silent auctions of priceless experiences – Nov 9
Hawaii’s oldest food festival returns to celebrate coffee. The Kona Coffee Cultural Festival celebrates the island’s coffee harvest and offers a firsthand look at growing this world-famous crop, the coffee art scene fills with inspiration and music and dance enrich cultural exchanges – Nov 9 – 18
In its 13th year, the legendary Northwest Food and Wine Festival returns as the definitive wine festival in Portland with a targeted half-day wine and food celebration – Nov 10
Christies hosts a Fine and Rare Wines Auction at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues in Geneva – Nov 11
Sailboats and sandy beaches serve as the backdrop to the San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival – Nov 11 – 18
SommCon in San Diego is a leading conference and exposition for sommelier-level education and training of wine professionals and serious enthusiasts – Nov 14 – 16
Beaujolais Nouveau Day is marked in France on the third Thursday in November with fireworks, music and festivals – Nov 15
Reboule du Rhône is NYC’s premier event for wines of the Northern Rhône. 100% of proceeds benefit the No Kid Hungry Campaign – Nov 15 – 18
The James Beard Foundation’s Taste America is in Austin – Nov 16 – 17
Sotheby’s will host the charity sale of a limited edition Chivas Regal whisky. This 50th anniversary bottle, the only one in the world available for purchase, is being offered for auction with all proceeds from the sale will be donated to the Manchester United Foundation – Nov 16 – 30
Taking place on Cape Cod is the 15th annual Eastham Turnip Festival – a quirky, homespun harvest celebration – Nov 17
This year marks the fourth edition of Gastromasa, which packs an impressive range of talks into a single day of comprehensive food education. The conference aims to bring together the most up-and-coming Turkish talent with gastronomic geniuses from all over the world – Nov 17
Sotheby’s Wine will present their third sale of coveted wines from the cellar of Mr. James H. Clark, a leading technology entrepreneur and philanthropist. You will find great Domaines of Burgundy, namely Leroy (400+ bottles), Ponsot (250+ bottles), de Vogue (600+ bottles), Rousseau (150+ bottles) and Dujac (150+ bottles) – Nov 17
The winners of the 2018 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards will be announced at GrandWest in Cape Town – Nov 18
Coffee–From A to Z brings the entire coffee world together in one volume. The book is organized alphabetically as entries literally from A to Z–from lifestyle and travel to the terroir of coffee, and brewing tips, from coffee bean to perfect finished cup, even a recipe insert – Nov 20
Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the United States – Nov 22
The Zibelemärit is a traditional folk festival held on the fourth Monday of every November. Farmers from the surrounding areas head to the Swiss capital with more than 50 metric tons of onions and garlic in artistically woven braids – Nov 26
Joe Beef: Surviving the Apocalypse: Another Cookbook of Sorts ($45) is a darkly humored and deeply entertaining text that leads the reader back to a pre-Instagram era, when “we used to eat and drink with reckless abandon.” The book feature 158 recipes including one for Dutch babies rabbit à la moutarde and a slew dedicated to Quebec’s tradition of celebrating Christmas in July – Nov 27
New York City’s newly opened RH New York, the Gallery in the Meatpacking District serves up an immersive experience that is part culinary, part design, and part art. Located in a 19th-century building with a new steel-and-glass tower that rises above the original brick facade, the buzzy see-and-be-seen flagship retail destination includes showroom space, art installations, a landscaped wine terrace, a coffee bar, and RH Rooftop Restaurant, an indoor/outdoor dining spot helmed by Brendan Sodikoff.
RH Rooftop Restaurant Photo Courtesy the Robb Report
Michelin-starred chef Dominique Crenn and American Express have teamed up to bring international cuisine to an American audience with the Crenn World Chef Series. The dinner series (which will kick off on November 19, 2018 and end on May 15, 2019) is slated to bring nine international chefs to Crenn’s San Francisco–based French restaurant, Atelier Crenn, for an unforgettable dining collaboration.
Atelier Crenn, San Francisco
See other November 2018 Events:
— Travel
— The Arts
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