Category: Events

Monday – The James Beard Awards Gala is taking place in Chicago tonight. Portland Food Map is onsite to cheer on Maine Outstanding Baker nominee Alison Pray from Standard Baking. Arcadia is hosting the Salu-Salo Filipina dinner.

Wednesday – the Monument Square Winter Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Saturday – Allagash is holding their Eight Great Plates event with Big Tree Hospitality, Noble BBQ, Little Bee Ice Cream, Sur Lie, Fore Street, The Clam Shack, Woodhull Public House, and Chaval as a benefit for Cultivating Community, there will be a wine tasting at LeRoux Kitchen, and the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Sunday – Foley’s is teaching a baking class.

For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.

If you are holding a food event this week that’s not listed above, publicize it by adding it as a comment to this post.

Tuesday – Sur Lie is serving an Austin Street beer dinner, the East Deering Other Side Deli is holding a wine tasting (5-7pm).

Tuesday – after weeks of renovation and expansion, Little Bigs is scheduled to re-open.

Wednesday – North 43 is holding a wine dinner, Black Tie is teaching a cooking class, and the Monument Square Winter Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Thursday – The Great Lost Bear will be featuring beer from Banded Horn.

Friday –the Harraseeket Inn will be serving a Maine Harvest Spring Wine Dinner, and the West End Rosemont is holding a wine tasting.

Saturday – there will be a Slab pop-up and rose tasting at A&C Grocery, and the Deering Oaks Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Sunday – Chef Rob Evans will be serving a dinner at Oxbow to benefit Full Plates Full Potential.

For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.

If you are holding a food event this week that’s not listed above, publicize it by adding it as a comment to this post.

Tuesday – American Sommelier is holding a wine tasting at Cloudport.

Wednesday – there will be a wine tasting at Old Port Wine Merchants.

Thursday – the 5th Annual GMRI Gulf of Maine Seafood Celebration is taking place.

Friday –there will be a ine tasting at Rosemont on Brighton, Petite Jacqueline is celebrating the life of the restaurant’s namesake (who passed away in 2017) with a “toast and happy hour” in her honor serving “Champagne toast, foie gras, shrimp cocktail, oysters, cheese and charcuterie, sweet treats”.

Saturday – Joe Appel will be leading a tasting and giving a lecture on wine in the 18th century at the Tate House, and the Winter Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Sunday – Vignola is holding their annual beer and cheese tasting, and Foley’s is teaching a baking class.

For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.

If you are holding a food event this week that’s not listed above, publicize it by adding it as a comment to this post.

Tuesday – Austin Miller, the chef from Mami, will be competing in an upcoming episode of the Food TV Network show Chopped, and Central Provisions will be have 9 glass pours from the Selections de la Vina portfolio.

Thursday – there will be a wine tasting at Bow Street Beverage.

Saturday – Maine Craft Distilling is launching their new line of canned cocktails, Novare Res is holding Farmhouse Funkadelic – their annual Oxbow tap takeover, Liquid Riot is releasing the 2018 edition of their beer Blushing Star, and the Winter Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Sunday – the Fabulous Femmes dinner is taking place at Chaval.

For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.

If you are holding a food event this week that’s not listed above, publicize it by adding it as a comment to this post.

Tickets for this year’s Fabulous Femmes dinner are now on sale.

The dinner for the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital is a collaboration of among an all female line-up of many of Maine’s most outstanding culinary talents:

• Ilma Lopez, chef and co-owner of Chaval and Piccolo, and 2018 James Beard semifinalist for Outstanding Pastry Chef
• James Beard award winner Melissa Kelly from Primo Restaurant
• James Beard nominated chef Cara Stadler from Tao Yuan​, Bao Bao​, and Lio
• James Beard nominated chef Krista Kern Desjarlais from The Purple House and Bresca And The Honey Bee​
• Kim Rodgers, head pastry chef atEventide, The Honey Paw, Hugo’s, and Little Spruce Baking Co.
• Erica Archer, sommelier and founder of Wine Wise
• ​Briana Holt, head baker at Tandem Coffee
• Alysia Zoidis, founder of East End Cup Cakes

The dinner is scheduled to take place April 22nd at Chaval.

Wednesday – there will be a wine tasting at Old Port Wine Merchants, Black Tie is teaching a cooking class and Andrew Volk from the Portland Hunt and Alpine Club is kicking off a 2-day pop-up at Bar Boulud in Boston.

Saturday – The Cumberland Club is hosting a “Last Dinner on the Titanic” dinner, there will be a wine tasting at LeRoux Kitchen, and the Winter Farmers’ Market is taking place.

Saturday – Foley’s/Scattoloni is teaching a baking class.

For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.

If you are holding a food event this week that’s not listed above, publicize it by adding it as a comment to this post.

The 32nd Annual Chocolate Lovers’ Fling is taking place this Sunday at the Sable Oaks Marriott in South Portland.

Tickets are on sale online.