Another success

The Food Network Atlantic City Food and Wine Festival was once again a huge success. I attended numerous events over three days. The Guy Fieri Cheesesteak Battle made its return — this time outdoors in the scenic Dennis Courtyard. The heavy rains that hit the Jersey Shore on Sunday night couldn’t damper this party. I sampled the sandwiches from all of the different vendors and my favorite was the Pinky Special from Sack O’ Subs.
I also went back to school to attend a seminar about champagne hosted by Michael Green. It was more like a crash course as we tasted eight different selections from California to France during the 60-minute session. Green added some laughs and useful knowledge during his one-hour session. He knows his stuff.
The Grand Market – the festival’s marque event – added Robert Mondavi Discover Wines tasting room this year, which I found to be a great addition to the festivities. The only downside is I thought the convention space could have used more food vendors like previous years. I would’ve like to sample some of the menu items from all of the new restaurants opening in A.C. Once Saturday rolled around, people had trouble moving around because of the huge crowd.
I capped off Saturday night at Sunny Anderson’s Sunset Sliders held on the Rooftop Pool at Caesars.
Look forward to next year’s!

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