The Del Mar Wine + Food Festival is San Diego’s premier culinary celebration, founded by locals to celebrate the good life with the ultimate cookout.

 We unite celebrity chefs, local legends, craft brewers, and top winemakers for a one-of-a-kind tasting experience by the coast. From bold Baja bites to world-class sips, DMWFF brings the best of SoCal food, wine, and culture to one unforgettable weekend.

 Come curious. Come hungry. Because satisfaction is the vibe.

This celebration was created by longtime locals who really, really, really know and love San Diego. They sat around one day and said, “Let’s do an outdoor cookout with some of the city’s top chefs for a few thousand of our friends. We’ll have phenomenal wines and great cocktails and show people what this city can do. It will smell like birria and Barolo. We should do it on grass so green it makes your eyes hurt, close enough to smell the surf, and definitely do it in fall, with lukewarm breezes and sunsets so psychedelic they almost look fake.

The Del Mar Wine + Food Festival is Southern California’s newest food and drink attraction, and we can’t wait to show you what we’ve created for our unique region.

We might be partial but this is going to be pretty great. You should join us.

Food writer and person-on-TV Troy Johnson is a San Diego native who’s been on Food Network for 12 years or 87 years, we’re not quite sure—most notably as a lead judge on Guy’s Grocery Games, but also Iron Chef, Best Thing I Ever Ate, Alex vs. America, and Superchef Grudge Match. He and his wife Claire took over San Diego Magazine in 2021 because they wanted to create good things in the place they live. The Del Mar Wine + Food Festival is one of those things. He’ll be your host for the weekend, pointing you toward great food and commenting on the festivities.

The Del Mar Wine + Food Festival is incredibly honored that some of the most beloved San Diegans and our friends have agreed to join us: San Diego Wave and US women’s All-World Soccer Star Alex Morgan, former NFL Superstar Drew Brees, and the most mellow surf legend of all, Rob Machado. They’re official ambassadors and will be hosting events and roaming about with the rest of us.

We’ve chosen Feeding San Diego as our partner for Del Mar Wine + Food Festival. Feeding San Diego is.. amazing. They rescue perfectly good food that would otherwise be tossed, and help get it to San Diegans who are facing hunger. A portion of proceeds from Del Mar Wine + Food Festival will be donated to help their efforts. We invite you to join the cause by donating directly to FSD, contributing to our North Country Feeding San Diego Food Drive, or just googling them and helping them however you are able.