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Giveaway: Two Tickets to this Friday’s Wildwood Wine and Food Festival

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Manager Greg Robinson and Executive Chef James Hale from Acadia at the Wildwood Wine and Food Festival in 2010. Acadia will be among the participating restaurants again this year.

Note: The contest is over! Congrats to Sam L. See you at the event on Friday!

This Friday is one of my favorite foodie events of the year, the Wildwood Wine and Food Festival held at the Wildwood Park for the Arts in Little Rock.

I first experienced the event two years ago as a culinary student, as Pulaski Technical College Arkansas Culinary School had a table to present tasty wares created by students. This was one of the first times I was able to directly have a hand in creating good food, then handing it directly to the people who were going to (hopefully) enjoy it. It was extremely gratifying and was probably a defining moment in my passion to make people happy through food.

The event consists of several stations featuring an astounding selection of wines, reportedly at least 150 varieties, as well as food from several of the area’s very best chefs. This year’s choices will include Acadia, Arthur’s Prime Steakhouse, Ashley’s, The Blue Cake Company, Boscos, Bravo! Cucina Italia, Cantina Laredo, Chenal Country Club, Cinco Entrees, Cupcakes on Kavanaugh, Lulav Eatery and Scallions.

A dance band, live auction, grape stompers and roaming musicians will round out the experience, which is limited to “600 of some of Little Rock’s most interesting people,” according to the event web page.

Wanna go? Of course you do. Just leave a comment below citing why you should get to go, and you’re in. (The drawing, that is.) But it’s a random contest, so pleading won’t get you any extra play. Just saying.

(Meanwhile, it won’t help your cause any, but could ya like us over on Facebook? I’ll be doing some other fun stuff there, so just do it!)

The winner will be chosen at 10 a.m. Thursday.

Don’t think you’re gonna win? Hedge your bets and buy tickets here, or call Wildwood at (501) 821-7275.

Event Deets:

Wildwood Wine and Food Festival
Wildwood Park for the Arts
20919 Denny Road, Little Rock
Friday, September 14
6:30 – 9 p.m.
Tickets: $75/ea, $200 for combined ticket to Wine Reserve Dinner at Governor’s Mansion on Sept. 28

Comments

  2. I should win because I want to go, I love food, I love wine, I love food, I love wine, and I want to go - realllllly want to go! And for FREE!!!

    • Glad you came by, Mandy! Win or not, I hope you'll comment more. Now that you're in the system, I won't have to approve you each time.

  3. I really wanna go and enjoy some amazing food and drink. Also, this would give me a chance to reconnect with some of my culinary peeps from PTC!

  4. I love food, love wine, and love events at Wildwood! Plus hunting season starts this weekend, so it would be a great event for a girl's night with my bestie! And, aside from the giveaway, I love your blog! I am still trying to make a respectable risotto!:)

  8. This sounds like a lot of fun, I would enjoy the opportunity to attend. Thank you for hosting this giveaway!

    • Yesh. Yesh indeed. And I'm going to ignore the fact that your wife has already entered for the two of you. ;)

    • Yeah, it's pretty much a foodie nirvana. Also a great opportunity to learn from the "greats" who work in food in Arkansas.

    • You totally deserve it for that. I'll tell the random entry generator to give you an extra look. ;)

  18. Ooooooo I want ,want ,want this . Celebrating 2 years cancer free and a brand new grand daughter .

  19. Love wine and of course food. My husband would love to go food has been his life his mother a caterer her whole life and he now a restaurant manager that sacrifice so much for his wife and family. As he works two jobs with three boys at home so I can go to nursing school. So really he derserves to go.

    • Wow, Sonja, I didn't know all that! Who is your awesome hubby...I have probably covered the restaurant at some point!

  20. Oh I would LOVE this! As a fellow foodie blogger this would be an awesome once in a lifetime experience!

  23. I will leave a comment because I love free things. Especially free things that involve food being stuffed into my face. Also, I will say lovely things about the evening ;)

    • Hear hear. But since you've become the shizzah food blogger in town while I was schlepping through culinary school, I'm not sure if you can win. Just kidding. Sorta. ;)