{Food Recap} 2015 Atlanta Food & Wine Festival Tuesday 02 June, 2015
This past weekend was my first attendace of the 2015 Atlanta Food and Wine Festival in the city. What a festival it was! This is it’s 5th year anniversary celebrating the best Midtown Atlanta has to offer in food and of course wine selections. When I say this was a festival…this went above my expectations! It was a feast of a festival with LOTS of food and drinks galore. I cant wait to tell you more about this recap of the event. The Atlanta Food & Wine Festival is the creation of the dynamic Atlanta entrepreneurial duo, Elizabeth Feichter (right) and Dominique Love (left). The pair first joined forces almost 10 years ago to run Corporate Community Outsourcing, a philanthropic consulting firm created by Love after leaving her post managing The Coca-Cola Company’s corporate giving. This event brought out people in the thousands to enjoy the festivities of Americans favorite pasttime of eating and drinking. Look eating + drinking are my favorite things to do so this was an epic event for me to be in attendance for.
My friend, Nikka Shae invited me to the event and we got to expiernce the VIP section from the AFWF sponsor by IHG Rewards Club. Drinking my first glass of red wine at the private affair.
IHG Rewards club made sure to have a fab activiation with Coca-Cola new campaign collaboration of #ShareForever program. This was brought on by brand’s new product Coca Cola Life, in which uses stevia and sugar as sweeteners for the drink to have less sugar and calories. Interesting!
At the Atlanta Food and Wine tents, Coke had their own tent party and I promise this DJ kept the party going (check out his photobomb)! They had the works at this tent, lots of Share a Coke bottles, photobooths and fun!
Me + Nikka Shae in the photobooth! Thanks for inviting me girl!!
What’s a great event without a photobooth? Not a great event, but of course this place had a photobooth and I took full advantage per usual. Check out my usual routine of photobooth crash imagery below! Great times!
Gold Peak had a photobooth too! Super cute I love the sitting bench as a prop! I’m a branding nerd sorry, I think this was adorable!
DRINKS & FOOD PHOTOS
I hope you are happy with the photos I share with you all. Trust me there were way more…an abundance more of food and drinks and the only thing that was really stopping me from showing you all of the items was because it rained (boo). Hard to take picture while it rained, but it definitely didn’t stop the festival show. Once again I was thouroughly impressed with this festival. I never been to anything like it and I just felt like it was one all you can eat and drink party with literally no limits. No worries, I did pace myself…this was an event with a plethora of wine/beer/spirits so things could of gotten a little cray cray. Next year I think I will take Uber (wink wink). It was definitely worth the experience! Thanks again Nikka Shae for inviting me! I can’t believe this was my first time attending, but AFWF will see me again next year for sure!
Have you ever attended an all you can eat + drink festival before? Any festival plans for the summer?
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Love your dress. I haven’t seen or heard about the cokes with stevia. I was like why does it have a green label. I have enevr been but would like to . Maybe sometime this summer. Thanks for sharing everything look yummy
The Atlanta Food and Wine Festival seems so fun! Looks like there was a lot of yummy food to eat. We have a Food and Wine festival here in Chicago but I’ve evener been. It’s on my list of things to check out though <3
Lovely photo! I miss going to festivals! Seems we get too busy these days! i used to go with my dad to the local art festival each year! Now we take our son to the carnival.
I’m such a foodie at heart, and food & wine fests are truly where it’s at for me. If I could attend one once a month, I’d be a happy camper. Looks like the Atlanta one was tons of fun – I’m jealous! I only live a few hours away, I would have loved to attend!! Looks like you ladies had a great time for me, though! 🙂
I have never attended a festival like this, but I really want to. I have to get a group of friends together & figure out when the next food & wine festival near us will be.
That looks great & you look like you had a great time. We go to our Windmill Festal every summer in our hometown which is tons of fun, and we go to the Toys for Tots Run & festival. My husband’s band is playing this year so it aught to be tons of fun!
It looks like an amazing event indeed and a lot of fun. I have never been to something like this but I would totally love to go to one. The foods and drinks look totally amazing. I love the photo booth. Thanks for sharing.
This looks like an awesome food and wine festival! We have never attended one, but I think it would be fun! The food and drinks and atmosphere looked fabulous!
The Atlanta Food & Wine Festival is the creation of the dynamic Atlanta entrepreneurial duo, Elizabeth Feichter (right) and Dominique Love (left). The pair first joined forces almost 10 years ago to run Corporate Community Outsourcing, a philanthropic consulting firm created by Love after leaving her post managing The Coca-Cola Company’s corporate giving. This event brought out people in the thousands to enjoy the festivities of Americans favorite pasttime of eating and drinking. Look eating + drinking are my favorite things to do so this was an epic event for me to be in attendance for.
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Wow seems like a festival that I would love to go! Looks like you had an awesome time. The food looks good too. Love to go to Atlanta someday.
Food and wine are two of my favorite things. It sounds like this was an awesome event!!
Love your dress. I haven’t seen or heard about the cokes with stevia. I was like why does it have a green label. I have enevr been but would like to . Maybe sometime this summer. Thanks for sharing everything look yummy
I just adore all of the yummy food at events! Everything looks delicious!
The Atlanta Food and Wine Festival seems so fun! Looks like there was a lot of yummy food to eat. We have a Food and Wine festival here in Chicago but I’ve evener been. It’s on my list of things to check out though <3
Wow, looks like it was a fun festival! BTW, I LOVE you dress!!
I love food & wine festivals! We have the South Beach one here in Miami in February and I go every year!
I haven’t done this kind of thing but it looks fun. What a great festival.
Now this is my kind of festival!
Wow this looks amazing. Why don’t I live in ATL? goodness me all that food looks incredible. Another fabulous time had by all I can see!
I LOVE food and wine festivals! The atlanta seems like a lot of fun
I just love your pics! You always look like your having a great time!
It always looks like you are having so much fun at your Events!I love Wine Tasting Events whether Food or otherwise. Great Photos
I am not really into wine but I love food. I hope someday I can attend events like this. I like eating very much. Don’t we all?! ^_^
All those food photos are making me hungry. Looks like you had a great time.
Lovely photo! I miss going to festivals! Seems we get too busy these days! i used to go with my dad to the local art festival each year! Now we take our son to the carnival.
I’m such a foodie at heart, and food & wine fests are truly where it’s at for me. If I could attend one once a month, I’d be a happy camper. Looks like the Atlanta one was tons of fun – I’m jealous! I only live a few hours away, I would have loved to attend!! Looks like you ladies had a great time for me, though! 🙂
I lived in Atlanta for 28 years and never attended the food and wine fest. I’m definitely going to have make it point to go when I’m visiting home.
I have never attended a festival like this, but I really want to. I have to get a group of friends together & figure out when the next food & wine festival near us will be.
This looks like you had a great time. Thanks for your good time with us.
That looks great & you look like you had a great time. We go to our Windmill Festal every summer in our hometown which is tons of fun, and we go to the Toys for Tots Run & festival. My husband’s band is playing this year so it aught to be tons of fun!
My best friend would be in heaven! I have never been to a wine festival before, but my best friend raves about them. Maybe someday!
Sounds like a fun and entertaining way to spend a day – and with a lot of delicious food. I love vanilla Coke btw 😉
That looks like a really fun festival. Good times times with good friends are so important. And if wine is involved, that is nice too!
It’s nice to see that coca cola has a variant with less calories and sugar. There are a lot of great foods here.
It looks like an amazing event indeed and a lot of fun. I have never been to something like this but I would totally love to go to one. The foods and drinks look totally amazing. I love the photo booth. Thanks for sharing.
This looks like an awesome food and wine festival! We have never attended one, but I think it would be fun! The food and drinks and atmosphere looked fabulous!
I would love to attend one of these! Being able to taste samples of amazing dishes all in one place is so fabulous!
A food and wine festival sounds so fun! The pictures look amazing and I would love to attend one of these!!
Green labeled Coke products look cool! What a fun event to go to! I love any sort of food and wine festival too!
My aunt is moving the the ATL this month I will have to tell her to check this out next year. Also you are stunning!
The food and drink looks amazing! I love food festivals. I love your photo booth photos too. 🙂
I miss joining at the festival event again, lots of creative things that u can see,like this.. i love this photo..looks presentable.
I didn’t even know about this event! I’m going to put it on my calendar so I can check it out next summer. Looks like a lot of fun.
That shrimp and iced tea looks really good. That is a great food event. I wish my town had something like this.
What a really awesome event! Never experienced this kind of thing, hopefully, I can real soon!
You look stunning as usual! As for the food and wine, I am sitting here drooling on my keyboard wishing I could have been there!
You do the BEST stuff! This looks like it was a total blast. Also, I need to try that Coca-Cola Life. I keep seeing it!