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FORKS & CORKS 2024: JANUARY 25-29

Presented by Audi Sarasota and Suncoast Porsche

FOODIES AND FUN-SEEKERS MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
The 17th Annual Forks & Corks Food and Wine Festival is scheduled for JANUARY 2024!

About Forks & Corks

It was 20 years ago that the Sarasota-Manatee Originals was founded: a collaborative of independently owned and operated restaurants and culinary innovators committed to celebrating the food and friendship that’s indigenous to our Gulfcoast lifestyle. Today The Originals are over 60 restaurants strong and provide diners with unique local flavor from the north shore of Anna Maria Island down to the southern beaches of Venice and every neighborhood in between.  We urge the community to support our local independent restaurants and to always “Eat Like A Local.”

In 2008, Forks & Corks was designed as a fun and engaging showcase of the enormous talents of our area’s locally-owned restaurants, highlighted by an esteemed cast of visiting winery owners and winemakers from literally all over the world. It is considered one of the area’s biggest social celebrations of the year.

Now in its 17th season, the multi-day Forks & Corks epicurean event is well established as the area’s premier food and wine festival and tickets will sell out fast. The celebration will include:

MONDAY, JAN 22 - SUNDAY JAN 28
Forks & Corks Online Food and Wine Auction

THURSDAY, JAN 25 - MONDAY, JAN 29 
Forks & Corks Wine Dinners and Events

THURSDAY, JAN 25 - SATURDAY, JAN 27 
Forks & Corks Retail Tastings

SATURDAY, JAN 27
University Master Classes

SUNDAY, JAN 28
The Grand Tasting

MONDAY, JAN 29
The Trade Tasting (private for hospitality industry personnel only)

Forks & Corks Food and Wine Festival is hosted by the Sarasota-Manatee Originals and is our organization’s primary annual fundraiser, bringing critical marketing dollars to promote dining in local, independently-owned restaurants and encouraging locals and visitors to our area to always “Eat Like A Local.”

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Frequently Asked Questions

When will Forks & Corks 2024 take place?

Events are scheduled for January 25-29, 2024.

Is Forks & Corks a fundraiser?

Forks & Corks is our organization’s largest annual fundraiser, bringing critical marketing dollars to the Sarasota-Manatee Originals to promote dining in local, independently owned restaurants. The pandemic has had a profound impact on the hospitality industry on a global scale. Our Member Restaurants have emerged as leaders, setting the standard for safety protocols, providing food and other resources to their community in need and pivoting continuously to best meet customer demand. Our regional independent restaurants are a strong community of professionals who work together, not just in times of need, but in the individual challenges that we all face daily. We ask that you join hands with us to shine a light on the challenges our industry is facing. 

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Sarasota, FL 34239
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