The New York City Wine & Food Festival is scheduled for Thursday, October 13 to Sunday, October 16.

The tickets for the New York City Wine & Food Festival, aka NYCWFF, for 2016 are available now. In the past many of the events have sold out prior to the October festival. So if you are interested in attending any of the scheduled events, get your tickets soon.

The NYCWFF is a big wine and food festival where 100% of the net proceeds goes to the Food Bank for New York City and No Kid Hungry charities.

Many wine and food events are available to choose for each day of the festival. Each event is priced separately.  The events include grand tastings and demonstrations, rooftop events, intimate dinners,  walk-around tastings, brunches and much more.There are almost 100 different events to choose from. A short selection of these varied activities includes:

• Giada De Laurentiis’ Italian Feast
• A Kosher Dinner with Elior Balbul, Eden Grinshpan, AmitzurMor and Yehuda Sichel
• Tacos and Tequila hosted by Aarón Sánchez
• Best of Brooklyn presented by MUNCHIES
• Blue Moon Burger Bash
• Haute Dogs & Champagne
• Greenmarket Brunch
• Bagel Making with Black Seed Bagels
• Grand Tasting presented by ShopRite
• Indian Cooking 101 with Jessi Singh of Babu Ji
• Midnight Jazz Breakfast
• Culinary Demonstrations Only

To find everything you can enjoy during this four-day festival, browse the events page for NYCWFF.

In addition to attending one or more of the NYCWFF events, volunteer to help. A large number of volunteers are needed. Currently the event organizers are looking for volunteers to help with setup, checkin, passing out materials, providing directions and ticketing. Each shift is for four hours; volunteers can signup for more than one shift. For more information visit the online volunteer page.

The NYCWFF event is your opportunity to enjoy food and wine while helping two worthwhile charities. Check it out and order your tickets soon.

Cheers!
Kathy