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Miami-South Florida Culinary EventsHungry? Need to fill your culinary calendar? Here is where you will find all the restaurant and culinary happenings in Miami-South Florida. We feature a calendar of special dinners, tasting menus, prix-fixe meals, food festivals and other culinary events, including regularly occurring food events as well as special one-time-only events featuring top chefs. Keep checking back so you can know all that's going on in the world of restaurant and food events in Miami-South Florida. << Back to Miami restaurant news
June 20
Taste of the Nation is a major food benefit catered by local chefs and mixologists at over 20 locations across the United States. Taste of the Nation Palm Beach will be held at the Kravis Center this year, from 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Event chairmen include chef Zach Bell of the Addison Reserve Country Club, chef Clay Conley of Buccan and chef Allen Susser of Burger Bar by Chef Allen. The event includes a VIP reception with gift bags, seating, wine and spirits and a silent and live auction. Tickets are $90 for General Admission and $150 for VIP (includes access at 6 p.m.). To buy tickets, go to strengthflorida.org. All proceeds go to Share our Strength, an organization working to end hunger. Kravis Center, Cohen Pavilion, 701 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach, FL 33401.
Sundays Wednesdays through Saturdays Fridays Saturdays
Ongoing
Daily from 5 p.m.-8 p.m., db bistro moderne offers happy hour featuring half-price beer, wine and specialty cocktails. There's also a menu of $7 small plates such as ratatouille and curried duck rillette with dried apricot, almonds and baguette toast. db bistro moderne, JW Marriott Marquis Miami, 255 Biscayne Blvd. Way, Miami, FL 33131, 305-421-8800.
Monday through Friday
Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill offers happy hour from 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Friday. Normally $12 drinks are $7 and bar bites run $2-5. Options might include the Eden (Herradura Silver tequila, Japanese cucumber juice, cilantro, and aromatic celery bitters). Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill, Midtown Miami, 3250 NE First Ave., Miami, FL 33137, 786-369-0353.
Saturdays
At the Mandarin Oriental, Miami's Azul, chef Joel Huff is now offering private cooking classes in the restaurant's open kitchen. Held on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the hands-on culinary experiences include a three-course lunch (planned between the chef and participants), plus paired wines by Azul sommelier Cynthia Bettancourt, recipe booklet and an Azil apron. Price: $575 for one or two people, with a supplement for larger groups. For reservations, call 305-913-8358. Azul, Mandarin Oriental, Miami, 500 Brickell Key Dr., Miami, FL 33131, 305-913-8254. |
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