Cape May Food & Wine Festival

Pictured: Chefs from some of the finest restaurants race against the clock during the Gourmet Market Place’s Chefs Cook-off at the Cape May Winery, part of Cape May’s 13th annual Food and Wine Festival. With winery tours and tastings, gourmet luncheons, Chef’s Dine-Arounds, a beer tasting dinner, and many other edible activities, the festival has earned its American Bus Association designation as a “top 100 event in North America.” The 13th annual Cape May Food & Wine Festival runs Sept. 19-24, 2008 and is presented by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC), in conjunction with Cape May’s restaurant community. The Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Cape May’s heritage. MAC also fosters the performing arts. MAC membership is open to all. For information about MAC’s year-round schedule of tours, festivals, and special events, call 609-884-5404 or 800-275-4278, or visit MAC’s Web site at www.capemaymac.org.

Pictured Here: Local chefs feel the heat as they face each other in a test of talent, skill and speed during the Chefs Cook-off at the Gourmet Marketplace, part of Cape May’s 13th annual Food & Wine Festival, sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC). Discover what the New York Times has named “the restaurant capital of New Jersey” with over a week of delectable events and activities during the Cape May Food & Wine Festival, Sept. 19-27. Eat, drink and be merry with events like the new Cape Wine Trail, Cape May Harvest Food & Wine Tasting, the Gourmet Marketplace, People’s Choice Chowder Contest, Chefs’ Dine-Arounds, Gourmet Luncheons, Winery Cellar Tours & Tastings at the Cape May Winery, a Beer-Tasting Dinner, Cape May Wine Weekend, a Cape May Wine School, Fisherman’s Wharf Tours, a Gourmet Brunch Walk, and classes, demonstrations and seminars. The 13th annual Cape May Food & Wine Festival is presented in conjunction with Cape May’s restaurant community. The Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Cape May’s heritage. MAC also fosters the performing arts. MAC membership is open to all. For information about MAC’s year-round schedule of tours, festivals, and special events, call 609-884-5404 or 800-275-4278, or visit MAC’s Web site at www.capemaymac.org. For information about restaurants, accommodations and shopping, call the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cape May at 609-884-5508.