I don’t really feel like we’ve spent an excessive amount of time patting ourselves on the again right here at Bites about how properly the primary 12 months of the reconstituted Music Metropolis Meals & Wine Competition got here collectively in April — but it surely actually did come off with out a hitch! I’m positive I’m most likely jinxing us, however the climate was just about supreme for the outside occasions after the Friday evening dinner was moved indoors, and the organizers of the pageant did a improbable job showcasing native culinary expertise at all the occasions.
I can formally announce that Music Metropolis Meals & Wine Competition is coming again in 2026 — from April 24 by 26 in Centennial Park. To assist get everybody enthusiastic about subsequent 12 months’s pageant, the Scene‘s occasions division is planning a fall sequence known as Intimate Dinners, which is able to happen throughout town from Nov. 10 by 16.
A few of your favourite cooks shall be taking part, from a particular Rabbit Gap collaboration between Kristin Beringson of Henley and David Andrews from D’Andrews Bakery & Cafe on Nov. 12 to cooks Julio Hernandez of Maiz de la Vida and Marcio Florez of Limo Peruvian Eatery coming collectively on Nov. 16 for a dinner they’re calling Ode to Mom Earth.
Different dinners will happen at Lockeland Desk, 1 Kitchen and Nelson’s Inexperienced Brier Distillery, with a culinary tour of Halls Catch and Halls Chophouse. These dinners will characteristic particular menus, distinctive drink pairings and one-of-a-kind collaborations.
A few of the dinners are already accepting reservations, and others are open so that you can register to be notified when the tickets go stay. Regardless, you gained’t need to miss out on the enjoyable, so go to the Music Metropolis Meals & Wine Competition’s Intimate Dinners web page to seek out out all the small print!
