Travelscore Magazine: Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2017

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Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2017

22nd Epcot International Food & Wine Festival Celebrates 35 years of Epcot

75-Day Festival Runs Aug. 31-Nov. 13, 2017

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida– A record number of global food and wine marketplaces – 35 in all –will sizzle with new edible delights to celebrate 35 years of Epcot during the 22nd Epcot International Food & Wine Festival Aug. 31-Nov. 13, 2017. The annual Walt Disney World Resort culinary tour of flavors will expand in 2017 for a longer-than-ever 75-day run. Growing in scope as one of America’s top food festivals each year since 1996, the Epcot event will run for 13 additional days of inspired sips and bites throughout the park’s World Showcase and Future World. Park guests can mix and mingle with celebrity chefs, experience hands-on culinary workshops and demonstrations and get their gourmet groove on at nightly Eat to the Beat concerts. They also can book special tasting experiences at Epcot and at Disney resort restaurants. Family fun will be in the mix with kid- friendly dishes geared toward young palates and a Ratatouille-inspired culinary scavenger hunt.

Travelscore Magazine sent its team, for the very first time, to test and review this International Festival and we assigned a rank score for all the 21 represented countries. There wasn't an absolute winner but several ex-aequo in the first three final positions. This is due to the multiple examiners involved in the judgment. The scores are the result of an average calculation made with single votes on a predetermined index. The parameters are also based on the traditions of those countries. Indeed we avoided to test all those not original recipes, oriented just to satisfy the local American palate and we rather rewarded the effort to be authentic. So here we are with the final verdict.

First Position Ex-Aequo:

Ireland 28 points with “Warm Irish Cheddar Cheese and Stout Dip with Irish Brown Bread"

Greece 28 points with “Bougatsa"

Japan 28 points with “Wasabi Shumai Steamed Pork Dumplings"

Thailand 28 points with “Red Hot Spicy Thai Curry Beef with Steamed Rice”

Ireland (Warm Irish Cheddar Cheese and Stout Dip with Irish Brown Bread)

Japan (Wasabi Shumai Steamed Pork Dumplings)

Thailand (Red Hot Spicy Thai Curry Beef with Steamed Rice)

Second Position Ex-Aequo:

Australia 26 points with “Grilled Lamb T-Bone with Mint Pesto and Potato Crunches”

Spain 26 points with “Charcuterie in a Cone”

Belgium 26 points with “Belgian Waffle and Warm Chocolate Ganache and Whipped Cream”

Morocco 26 points with “Chocolate Baklava”