Food & Wine Classic in Aspen Unveils Its 2025 Programming Lineup with a Spotlight on New Culinary Trends, All-Star Talent, and Global Flavors

Event Headliners Include Padma Lakshmi, Ayesha Curry, Kristen Kish, Tyler Florence, Stephanie Izard, Kwame Onwuachi, Nancy Silverton, Maneet Chauhan, Tiffany Derry, Ayesha Nurdjaja, Claudette Zepeda, Martin Yan, Andrew Zimmern and Wylie Dufresne

NEW YORK, March 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, America's premier culinary festival for 42 years, announced today the schedule of events and seminars for the weekend of June 20-22. Seminar registration opens to all ticket holders on April 1st, and the most popular seminars are expected to fill up immediately. Tickets are available now at classic.foodandwine.com.

The three-day event will feature 80 cooking demonstrations, wine seminars, panel discussions and spirits tastings throughout the weekend, combined with five Grand Tastings where attendees can sample ingredients, dishes and drinks from 150+ winemakers, chefs, distillers, destinations, and lifestyle companies.

"The Food & Wine Classic in Aspen has long been the stage for what's next in food and drink. Whether it's a new presenter, dynamic new programming, or the latest beverage trend, the 2025 event is about discovery, inspiration, and unforgettable experiences. We've curated a list of exciting new moments and Game Changers that will bring fresh new ideas, bold flavors, and innovative techniques to our attendees," said Hunter Lewis, VP/Editor in Chief of Food & Wine.

The Schedule of Events include:

• First-time presenters at the 2025 Food & Wine Classic in Aspen: for cooking demonstrations, Martin Yan on The Joy of Noodles, Justin Pichetrungsi on No Rules, No Limits: Thai Cooking My Way, Aspen's own Mawa McQueen teams up with returning presenter Shota Nakajima for A Breakfast Sandwich Showdown, and on the beverage program Prairie Rose hosts a hands-on cocktail class.
• 20 cooking demonstrations including Superpowered Pantry: Secret Ingredients for Dynamo Dinners with Tiffany Derry, Rise & Shine: Recipes from a Diner Trailblazer with Stephanie Izard, Mex-Italian: Two Incredible World Cuisines Collide with Claudette Zepeda, and The Magic of Cooking with Turmeric with Maneet Chauhan.
• Food & Wine podcast, "Tinfoil Swans", hosted by Kat Kinsman, gets up-close and personal with Ayesha Curry, Kristen Kish, and Padma Lakshmi during their live-audience recordings.
• With over 50 different wine, cocktail, and beverage seminars, the expanding beverage programming will feature a mix of old and new world wines, beers, cocktails, sake, tequilas, investing and collecting advice. June Rodil will be hosting The Future of Wine is Female and Monica Samuels will be hosting Sake vs. Wine: The Ultimate Showdown.
• The Grand Tasting Pavilion will present two different Food & Wine areas to showcase rising talents, including the popular Food & Wine Best New Chefs area, featuring tastings from the 2024 Food & Wine Best New Chefs class, and Food & Wine: The Wine Bar a new pop up activation curated by Food & Wine editors that will highlight favorite products, drinks, chefs, and recipes from the magazine.

As part of the Food & Wine Gives philanthropic initiative, which supports outstanding charitable partners in the community and culinary industry, the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen will make a donation to Southern Smoke Foundation, a national emergency relief fund that supports workers in the food and beverage industry in crisis, and No Kid Hungry, the only national campaign committed to ending childhood hunger in the U.S.

Sponsors of the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen 2025 include American Express, Lexus, S.Pellegrino, and SKS.

For more on festival programming, participating talent, and travel information, please visit classic.foodandwine.com.

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