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2012 TASTE Philadelphia Festival of Food, Wine and Spirits

Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks, GPS Address - 1601 Egypt Road, Phoenixville, PA 19460 (100 Station Avenue Oaks, PA 19456)
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Full Price:
$10.00 - $70.00
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$5.00 - $35.00*
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Taste is what it's all about at the 2012 TASTE Philadelphia Festival of Food, Wine and Spirits, presented by Gourmet Shows at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks. This event showcases the finest in wine, spirits and gourmet foods, as well as showing off the talents of local chefs and culinary personalities. The center stage presenter for the festival is Skinnygirl cocktail creator, Bethenny Frankel of Bravo's Bethenny Ever After..., who will demonstrate her health and body conscious food and drink recipes. Culinary demonstrations by Frankel and the featured celebrity chefs will tantalize your taste buds and provide you with a myriad of ways to enhance your own dining experiences. Purchase simple General Admission tickets or bundled tickets that include General Admission plus celebrity appearances or wine seminars.

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The last date listed for 2012 TASTE Philadelphia Festival of Food, Wine and Spirits was Sunday October 14, 2012 / 11:00am - 3:00pm.

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GPS Address - 1601 Egypt Road, Phoenixville, PA 19460,
100 Station Avenue
Oaks, PA 19456
484-754-EXPO
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5 Goldstar Member Reviews

Missing_member_pic_grid_2_1 Goldstar Member
3.0

My daughter and I went to the event on Sunday from 11 -3 and we were disappointed that the door didn’t even open up until well after 11 am. We waited 45 minutes to get in despite purchasing our tickets well in advance. I found the event disorganized, with long lines, small samples. Some vendors were a no show. The wine tasting area didn’t flow well. We thought that the main event at 1pm, Bethany Frankel would make up for it but we were disappointed, even though we are both big fans. We love you Bethany, but come on, you were a ½ late, and showed us how to make a smoothie, scrambeled eggs and French toast? She didn’t seem engaged with the audience. I would have been pissed off if I paid extra and upgraded to the first 2 rows for the food sampling! By then it was after 2:15 and we only had 45 minutes left and vendors were either out of food and packed up or the lines were too long. We were starving so we left and went to King of Prussia and had a nice late lunch at Maggiano’s.

Written on Oct 15 2012
Missing_member_pic_grid_2_1 Goldstar Member
4.0

The set up in the expo center was little mis- matched and traffic inside was very congested. I wish all of vendors had shown up to the event, and the vendors had enough products to taste. Several vendors closed and the half way point or were down to one or two offerings to taste. The wine seminar with Thirsty girl was great but people were able to crash it for free. They need a better set up for the extra seminars. They moved us into a cooking demo area because the wine seminar location didn't have a tables or excluded from the general area.

Written on Oct 15 2012
Missing_member_pic_grid_2_1 Goldstar Member
2.0

The event was packed. It was uncomfortable just moving from one table to the next. It was almost impossible to even sample anything from the wine/liquor section. There should have been a limit for the event. It was disorganized, claustrophobic, and uncomfortable. There should have been people helping to direct the paying customers!

Written on Oct 15 2012
Missing_member_pic_grid_2_1 Goldstar Member
4.0

The Wine and Food Festival was fun, especially going with my 3 daughters. I feel the layout did not do it justice. When you came in there were food samples which were nice and then it seemed to change to just vendors. It wasn't until the back that all the wine vendors were grouped together. I would have liked to see food and wine grouped closer. So you either sampled food or you sampled wine. With no wash out of the glass, the wine was poured into the glass with a little of the last wine in there. Things could always be improved and I believe these things should be considered for next year. Beautiful display of where you could buy your wines and all vendors were extremely nice and helpful!

Written on Oct 15 2012
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More Information About 2012 TASTE Philadelphia Festival of Food, Wine and Spirits

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http://www.gourmetshows.com/philly2012/index.html

Description

In 2012, Gourmet Shows welcomes to the center stage Bethenny Frankel of Bravo's Bethenny Ever After…, creator of Skinnygirl Margarita and Skinnygirl Sangria, and best-selling author of Naturally Thin, The Skinny Dish, and A Place of Yes.

Celebrity feature chefs include: Frank Benowitz, Mark DeCarlo, Rocky Fino, Michael Giletto, Darryl Harmon, Geoff Johnson, Ralph Mazzocchi, Jennifer Mueller, Michael Scipione, and Barry Sexton.

Also on the agenda for the 2012 TASTE Philadelphia Festival of Food, Wine and Spirits will be educational and entertaining wine and beer seminars. Attendees won't want to miss a presentation by beer enthusiast Gary Monterosso, or Thirsty Girl's Leslie Sbrocco.