Atlantic City Food and Wine Festival

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From this summer's Food Network Food and Wine Festival in Atlantic City, a recap in case you couldn't make it.

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Thousands of foodies flocked to The FOOD NETWORKATLANTIC CITY FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL on July 28th- July31st, 2011. Headlining chefs Guy Fieri, SunnyAnderson, Robert Irvine, Pat and Gina Neely all returned toshowcase their culinary talents in a four-day fête ofparties, tastings, wine seminars, and demonstrations. Thefestival was hosted by Caesars Entertainment’s four resorts(Harrah’s, Caesars, Bally’s and Showboat), which donated aportion of the proceeds to the Susan G. Komen for the CureFoundation.

Celebrated sponsors – Belvedere, GrandMarnier, Chandon, and Lapostolle wines were featuredthroughout the festival in a series of highly anticipatedevents, including Guy Fieri’sCheesesteak Battle, Fire & Icewith Robert Irvine, Sweet & Stylish hosted by SunnyAnderson, and Sun, Sand & Organic.

The

Chef’s

Party

Harrah’s

Pool

Featured

Cocktail

Bloody

Margarita

800 consumers

at event

Consumer Comment

“The combination of

Grand Marnier and

Blood Orange juice

is wonderful.”

Robert Irvine

The

Grand

Market

Bally’s Featured Cocktails

Belvedere Bloody Mary

Bloody Margarita

French Kiss

2,000 consumers

over 3 day event

Consumer Comments

“You ladies look

wonderful and are

serving the best

cocktails.”

“Wow the French Kiss is

so delicious.”

Fire and Ice

Bally’s Courtyard Featured Cocktail

Bloody Margarita

Featured Spirit

Belvedere UF 80

Featured Wines

Lapostolle Chardonnay & Merlot

300 Consumers at event

Consumer Comments

"This UF80 has a great

smoothness about it"

"The GM girls are so much fun to

be around and so educated on their

cocktails!"

Guy

FieriCheesesteak

Battle

Bally’s Courtyard

Featured Cocktails

Bloody Margarita

Featured Spirit

Belvedere UF 80 neat

400 consumers at event

Guy Fieri; Nicole DiZio, owner of Wit or Witout

and winner of Guy Fieri’sCheesesteak Battle with her trophy; and her husband Dan DiZio.

.. . And the winner is . . .

Consumer Comments

“Bloody Margarita –

Frightening, yet delicious”

“Belvedere UF 80 will go great

with cheesesteaks!”

Sweet and Stylish

with Sunny Anderson

Caesar’s

BallroomFeatured Cocktail

Grand Cosmo

Featured Champagnes

Chandon Riche

Moet &Chandon Nectar Imperial Blanc

VeuveClicquotDemi Sec

350 consumers at event

Sunny AndersonPat & Gina Neely

Consumer Comments

“ChandonRiche is exactly

what I was looking for!”

"The Grand Cosmo goes

so well with these

sweets"

Sun Sand Organic

Bally’s Beach FrontFeatured Wines

Lapostolle

Chardonnay

& Merlot

100 consumers

at event

Robert Irvine

Guy Fieri and Allied Beverage Group

Consumer Comment

“Throughout the

events your setup

always looks so cool.

Your tables always

stand out. You can

tell how much effort is

put into them.”

Spiked Lunch at

Phillips Seafood,

Caesars Palace

DrewToonz comic. "Fat Guy” Courtesy of Atlantic City Weekly