The popular Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival by Capital One (SOBEWFF®) is a four-day culinary experience rescheduled from February and taking over Miami, May 20 through May 23, 2021. While SOBEWFF® will look a little different this year because of COVID protocols, hungry fans can still expect star-studded private dinners, alfresco grand tastings, and outdoor cooking demos hosted by their favorite chefs. This year marks the festival’s 20th anniversary, with plenty to celebrate at the over 68 events spread throughout multiple venues.

SOBEWFF Founder, Lee Brian Schrager, has worked very hard to provide both the unique culinary experiences from past years and to keep attendees safe and comfortable at all of the events, many which are hosted in outdoor venues.

Exciting for attendees is the highlighting of local chefs and restaurants who make up 80 percent of the event’s lineup. Of course, festival-goers will also spot celebrity chefs such as Bobby Flay, Giada De Laurentiis, Guy Fieri, Scott Conant, Marcus Samuelsson, Masaharu Morimoto, and many more.

The packed 4 day schedule includes a number of very special intimate dinners that pair nationally known chefs with local chefs hosted at some of the newest and most buzzed about local top restaurants and venues. Seating is limited and many are held outdoors and may be sold in packages to insure social distancing but these dinners promise to offer a more initmate and chef driven experience.

These include :

Thursday 5/20- Chef Cesare Casella and James Beard winning chef, Fabio Traboucchi host a contemporary Italian dinner at Fiola

Thursday 5/20- Chefs Laetitia Rouabah and Mikel Goikolea host a dinner inspired by Spain’s Côte Basque region at the outdoor Allapatah restaurant, Leku in the newly located Rubell Art Collection

Friday 5/21- Local celeb chef. Cindy Hutson hosts specially curated Beer Dinner with Chef Aaron Sanchez outdoors at Cerveceria La Tropical

Friday 5/21- Chef Justin Smilie joins Chef Julio Cesar Ramos on the new Miami Beach Osteria Morini along the Collins Canal

Saturday 5/22-Nose to Tail dinner with Chef Aaron Brooks and Chris Cosentino at Edge at Four Seasons

Saturday 5/22-James Beard winner, Chef Michael Schwartz and Executive Chef Michael Paley, host Chef Andrew Zimmern, at their gorgeous waterfront Biscayne Bay spot, Amara, for a dinner celebrating the diverse cultures and bold flavors.

Saturday 5/22- Mexican Under the Stars with Rick Bayless and Scott Linquist at the brand new Serena at Moxy Miami Beach

Saturday 5/22- Chef Paul Qui opens his kitchen to James Beard winning chef Tom Cunanan for an evening outdoors at the Faena featuring unique Asian and Filipino cuisines

Here is a MIAbites snapshot of some of the other top culinary events to help you plan your “stretchie pants” weekend.

Thursday May 20th:

1. Carbone Fine Food’s Italian Bites on the Beach , helmed by Giada De Laurentiis. Carbone is one of the hottest reservations in town, so make a beeline to their tent if you haven’t tried their amazing spicy rigatoni or meatballs.

2. SOBEWFF® 20th Anniversary Celebration hosted by culinary-entertaining queen, Martha Stewart, and Miami’s nightlife guru, David Grutman outdoors at Fontainebleau. Special Grammy-winning guest to perform.

3. Locals Only Dinner at Lot 6 Miami features local stars Zak Stern of Zak the Baker, Alex Meyer and Luciana Giangrandi of Boia De, and Cary Hynes of Jaguar Sun who team up in the kitchen for a standout meal.

Friday May 21st:

1. Heineken Burger Bash at the newly refreshed Ritz-Carlton, South Beach where superstar chef Bobby Flay will help celebrate 15 years of the popular event.

2. Wine Spectator’s Best of the Best, is moving to the sprawling poolside lawn of the oceanfront Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel with sessions on both Friday and Saturday nights (May 21 and 22). Sample dishes from 30 of Greater Miami’s best chefs (as well as others from around the U.S.) along with heralded wines rated at 90 points and higher.

3. Oyster Bash outdoors on the sand at Nikki Beach, a dazzling array of oysters await attendees from raw oysters, to grilled, fried and more.

Saturday May 22nd:

1. Rockin’ Sushi event at the Ritz-Carlton, South Beach on Saturday, May 22, boasts an incredible local lineup including Azabu, Pubbelly Sushi , and Tanuki

2. Goya Foods Grand Tasting Village will offer timed daily sessions on both Saturday, May 22, and Sunday, May 23, which means better social distancing and no lines in the tents on the beach that run the length of four football fields.

Sunday May 23rd:

1. Goya Foods Grand Tasting Village will offer timed daily sessions on both Saturday, May 22, and Sunday, May 23, which means better social distancing, no lines in the tents that run the length of four football fields.

Tickets are on sale for all events at https://sobewff.org/

Cheers to 20 Years!