Pebble Beach Food & Wine
Cholera, smallpox, Covid – pandemics have a way of upsetting the ol’ ox cart. And so it was with Pebble Beach Food & Wine, without the actual ox cart, of course. Finally under stable management (Pebble Beach Company) for the 2020 edition, the event was forced to postpone. And it remained in stasis until 2024, when revived by Pebble Beach under its charitable arm, the Pebble Beach Company Foundation. There were lunches, dinners, demonstrations, tastings and more, featuring celebrity chefs and standouts from across the nation. What made its return so worthy, however, was the local focus. A number of chefs and winemakers from Monterey County were included in the lineup. Television’s Andrew Zimmern teamed with students from the Rancho Cielo culinary program to prepare a meal. There was a commitment to diversity that was evident in the faces and in charitable partners like The Roots Fund. After five years, PBF&W was back, both bigger and much better.
