Pebble Beach Food & Wine
Pebble Beach Food & Wine 2026 pulled top culinary names — Jonathan Waxman and Alpana Singh among them — reaffirming Northern California’s pull for destination food events (ediblemontereybay.com). Coverage frames the festival as a place to catch big‑name chefs and experimental collaborations outside the city this spring (ediblemontereybay.com).
Pebble Beach Food & Wine runs April 9–12, 2026, marking its 15th anniversary and staging 50 events across the Monterey coastline. (prnewswire.com) Opening Night Served by HexClad is scheduled for April 9, 6:00–9:00 PM at The Inn at Spanish Bay and is hosted by Jonathan Waxman with more than 20 chefs and pours from 90+ wineries plus a Napa Valley “Cultivating Excellence” hall. (pebblebeachfoodandwine.com) General-admission tickets for Opening Night are listed at $429 while VIP early-entry passes are $525 on the festival ticketing page. (events.pebblebeachfoodandwine.com) “From the Cellar,” billed for April 11, will honor Alpana Singh and is hosted by Top Chef winner Danny Garcia alongside pastry chef Sumaiya Bangee, featuring vintage magnums and jeroboams paired with chef-driven courses. (pebblebeachfoodandwine.com) Promotional materials and the festival press release list more than 300 award-winning chefs and a program mix that includes chef-driven dinners and walk-around tastings such as High Tide hosted by Nyesha Arrington and Sauced: An Italian Walk‑Around hosted by Gabe Bertaccini and Rocco DiSpirito. (prnewswire.com) Pebble Beach Food & Wine is produced by the Pebble Beach Company Foundation, which says the festival supports local youth programs, reaches over 10,000 Monterey County youth annually, and that the foundation has contributed more than $20 million since 1975. (pebblebeachfoodandwine.com)
