LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The party is bigger and better
than ever before as the Epcot International Food and Wine
Festival celebrates 11 years of first-rate wine and cuisine
Sept. 29-Nov. 12 at Walt Disney World Resort. The
six-week-long outdoor festival serves up the authentic
cuisine, wine, entertainment and cultures of more than 25
international regions. Exotic new Thailand and Argentina
marketplaces offer exciting new tastes, and a new Turkey
cultural experience showcases Turkish coffee, cuisine and
crafts. The festival is the largest food and wine event of its
kind in the world, beginning at the Festival Welcome Center in
Future World and fanning around the promenade encircling World
Showcase Lagoon.
Here are a few of the remarkable facts about the 11th
annual event:
- More than 300 national and international wines
- More than 76 kinds of international foods, each
appetizer-sized portion priced $1.50-$4.50
- More than 160 of America's most celebrated chefs and
Walt Disney World chefs
- 1,200 wine and beer seminars featuring more than 100
topics
- More than 1,200 fireworks rockets exploding each night
over World Showcase Lagoon in "IllumiNations:
Reflections of Earth" grand finale to the festival
- 135 Eat to the Beat! concerts performed
- 33,000 bottles of wine and champagne
- 1,200,000 hors d'oeuvre plates
- 750,000 beer cups
- 690,000 sumptuous samplings including spicy tuna rolls
and vegetable curry with jasmine rice and lemongrass
- 600,000 forks
- 337,500 wine glasses
- 100,000 miniature desserts including traditional apple
strudel, baklava, Bailey's trifle and kiwi custard roll
- 32,000 quesadillas
- 28,500 pieces of sushi
- 17,000 shrimp on the barbie
- 16,500 escargot
- 13,000 Spanikopitta
- 10,500 servings of maple glazed salmon
- 9,750 servings of lamb chops
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