Food & Wine Festival Returns to the Dallas Arboretum with Top Dallas Chefs

The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens hosts its eighth annual Food and Wine Festival with a dazzling lineup of chefs on March 27.

Chef Sharon Van Meter returns to chair the event for another year, alongside On Brand Hospitality’s Adrian Verdin.

From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., guests in the botanical garden will indulge in a selection of over 125 wine varieties along with tastings from over three dozen gourmet small plates. Attendees can also revel in over 500,000 spring-blooming bulbs inside the arboretum.

VIP tickets have sold out, but general admission tickets are still available for purchase on the Dallas Arboretum website. General admission tickets are $139 for members and $159 for non-members. The ticket includes event entry, access to all food and wine samples from various wineries and top Dallas chefs and a small glass logo wine goblet.

Among the VIP ticket restaurants and chefs is the James Beard-nominated semifinalist for the best chef in Texas, Koji Yoshida from Plano’s EBESU Robata & Sushi. James Beard-nominated, Michelin star-awarded and two-time Bravo Top Chef contestant John Tesar will represent Knife Steakhouse.  RJ Yoakum from Georgie’s in Dallas was named a semifinalist for “Best Emerging Chef” at the 2025 James Beard Awards. Georgie’s was also recognized with a Michelin Guide recommendation.

Other restaurants and chefs on the VIP list include; Dude, Sweet Chocolate, Katherine Clapner; Fond, Jennie Kelley and Brandon Moore; Nick & Sam’s, Samir Dhurandhur; Quarter Acre, Toby Archibald; Salum, Abraham Salum; Sushi Rock, Mark Tungcmittrong. Foods from these restaurants will be available from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. exclusively for VIP ticket holders.

Here’s the full lineup of the restaurants and chefs featured in the general admission ticket available from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

• 55 Seventy Private Club, Josh Sutcliff
• Amor Y Queso, Sarah Carlock
• Asian Mint, Nikky Phinyawatana
• AT Bistro, Bobby Pollette
• Bbbop Seoul Kitchen, Sandra & Greg Bussey
• Café Momentum. Aaron Collins
• Catbird at Thompson, Jeramie Robison
• Catch, Xu
• Chef Mollie G: Custom Catering, Mollie Guerra
• CocoaVina, Sanne Bogart
• Curio Kitchen & Market, Chris Patrick
• Empire Baking Company, Meaders Ozarow
• Encina, Matt Balke
• Fearing’s Restaurant, Mike Matis
• Garden Café, Justin Wern
• Gelato La Boca, Manuel Torterola
• Humble: Simply Good Pies, Sean Jett
• La Duni Baking Studio, Dunia Terselich-Borga
• Las Almas Rotas, Taylor Samuels
• Loro Asian Smokehouse and Bar, Tristan Sookram
• Malai Kitchen, Braden Wages
• Meridian at The Village Dallas, Eduardo Osorio
• Molino OlÅyÅ, Olivia Lopez
• Monarch, Jason Rohan
• Mozzarella Co/Empire Baking Co, Paula Lambert & Meaders Ozarow
• Nena Postreria, Diana Zamora
• Nikki’s Greek Bistro, Ryan Carbery
• Nuri Steakhouse, Mario Hernandez
• Parigi, Janice Provost & Joel Orsini
• Profound Foods, TBD
• Fairmont Dallas Aaron Reson
• Rye, Taylor Rause
• Saint Rocco’s New York Italian, Jay Valley
• Slow Bone BBQ, Jeffery Hobbs
• Starship Bagel, Oren Salomon
• Sugar & Sage Bakery, Jill Bates
• Taco y Vino, Jimmy Contreras
• The Finch, Rodman Shields
• The Jelly Queens, Donna Collins-Yamini
• The Saint, Jacob Williamson
• Eataly – Terra, Stefano Addari
• Goodwins, Jeff Bekavac
• Harvest at The Masonic, Andrea Shackelford
• Ocean Prime, Jake Fowler
• SER Steaks + Spirits, Aubrey Murphy
• Shinsei, Roman Murphy

The event will be at the Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Garden, 8525 Garland Road.