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# The 2025 Palm Desert Food & Wine Event Will Feature Top Chefs, Premium Wines, and Culinary Experiences
March 18 2025
Written by CityWatch.
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FOOD & WINE - Calling all food and wine lovers. Join us in 2025 for a spectacular culinary experience with a roster of the nation’s top chefs.
We return on March 20–23, 2025 with a four-day experience that will feature a diverse selection of mouth-watering eats, premium wines, hands-on cooking demonstrations by celebrity chefs, and much more.
Produced by [Palm Springs Life magazine](https://www.palmspringslife.com/) and located in the stunning tree-lined El Paseo shopping district in Palm Desert, California, this annual gastronomic event is the most celebrated cuisine and beverage festival in Greater Palm Springs and will feature a roster of the nation’s top chefs, vintners, and brewmasters.
The fête begins with a James Beard Gourmet Four-Course Luncheon prepared by culinary virtuosos and will be followed by two days of grand tastings, where you can delight in delectable offerings from local and regional restaurants, sample more than 60 wines, enjoy unique craft brews, IPAs, and draught ciders, or taste and savor assorted spirit brands.
Enjoy some of the most delicious offerings in the Coachella Valley, a destination where talent, sophistication, and unbelievable views blend to create the ultimate culinary event.
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 – Dinner: A Preview of Palm Desert Food & Wine
Monday, February 17 – Saturday, March 1 – Taste of The Shops on El Paseo
Monday, March 17 – Louis Roederer Cristal Champagne and Caviar Dinner Tasting
Wednesday, March 19 – Viva La Wine Pairing With Master Sommelier Emmanuel Kemiji
Thursday, March 20 – Celebrity Chef Date Farm Tour & Lunch – SOLD OUT
Thursday, March 20 – Cheese Masterclass with Afrim Pristine
Friday, March 21 – James Beard Gourmet Four-Course Luncheon
Friday, March 21 – Celebrity Chef Reception
Saturday, March 22 – Saturday Grand Tastings
Saturday, March 22 – An Intimate Evening With Curtis Stone
Sunday, March 23 – The Flavors of Ixtapa, Mexico
Sunday, March 23 – Sunday Grand Tastings
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LOCAL AND CELEBRITY CHEFS
Food & Wine Tents
The Gardens on El Paseo
West side upper level parking deck
73-545 El Paseo, Palm Desert, CA 92260
(Note: The Gardens on El Paseo is located on El Paseo, between Larkspur and Lupine)
Parking is available in the parking lot behind El Paseo Village with complimentary shuttle service to/from The Gardens on El Paseo event space. There is very limited parking in the parking garage on San Pablo. Please do not park in front of the homes on San Pablo.
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