Disneyland foodies can mark their calendars for the annual food and wine festival that will return in February with a lineup of California-centric food, beer and wine, celebrity chefs and Disney characters dressed in their best kitchen attire.

The Disney Food & Wine Festival will run from Feb. 28 through April 21 at Disney California Adventure with local, celebrity and Disney chefs offering cooking tips during culinary demonstrations, tasting seminars and signature events.

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Disney chefs always curate menus for about 10 festival marketplace booths offering small plates highlighting California-grown ingredients.

Three-dimensional sign at the new Once in a Melon booth during Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival in Anaheim, CA, on Feb. 28, 2020. The event runs through April 21, 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) dimensional

The marketplace lineup hasn’t been announced yet for 2025, but these eight booths have been featured during the past three festivals:

California Craft Brews
Cluck-A-Doodle-Moo
D-Lish
Garlic Kissed
LA Style
Nuts About Cheese
Peppers Cali-Ente
Uncork California

Expect a couple new booths to be added to the lineup once the menus are eventually announced closer to the festival kickoff.

Darell Lee takes a bite of a Mickey-shaped macaron made with SNICKERS; chocolate mickey-shaped macaron filled with caramel ganache, made with snickers bar pieces available at Nuts About Cheese during the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, March 1, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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A dozen or so DCA restaurants also offer festival menu items. The participating 2025 eateries haven’t been announced yet, but Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta, Cocina Cucamonga Mexican Grill, Lamplight Lounge, Paradise Garden Grill and Sonoma Terrace tend to always make the lineup.

Disneyland typically offers a Sip and Savor card good for individual items at food and beverage stands throughout the festival. The Sip and Savor cards cost $61 for eight items and $31 for four items in 2024.

Visitors take a selfie with Chef Goofy during the California Food & Wine Festival inside Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, March 4, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Pro tip: You don’t have to buy your food at the booth where it’s served. The best bet is to figure out everything you want to eat and order it all at once from the register stand with the shortest line. Then you can pick up your food whenever you want.

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Free culinary demonstrations have been offered on a first-come, first-served basis during past Disney Food & Wine fests.

Landry Doan decorates a cupcake with other kids during “Confection Purrfection with the SuperKitties” in Hollywood Land during the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, March 1, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Previous culinary demos have included Alice’s Wonderland Bakery Unbirthday Party cupcake decorating experience, step-by-step cooking lessons focusing on a single recipe and culinary demonstrations by local, celebrity and Disney chefs.

Prior festivals have featured celebrity chefs like Richard Blais and Fabio Viviani from “Top Chef” and Guy Fieri from “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives.”

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Serious foodies can sign up for a series of beer, wine and cocktail tasting seminars and signature events taking place throughout the festival run.

Past signature events have included the Trader Sam’s Tiki Mixology Seminar, Carthay Circle Winemaker Reception, Silverado Trail Wine Walk and Napa Rose Gastronomic Journey that typically cost between $150 and $350.

Madison Aguilera, left, and Sonny Brock, take a taste of their Frozen Mangonada Beer Slush; Brewery X Baja Boi, mango purée, rock melon syrup, grapefruit juice, and mango-chamoy glaze available at California Craft Brews during the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, March 1, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The more affordable 45-minute tasting seminars featuring a brewery, winemaker or mixologist typically cost about $25.

All of the upcharge special events tend to sell out quickly during advanced booking periods.

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Disneyland has not yet announced the lineup of free culinary demonstrations and paid signature events and tasting seminars for the 2025 Food & Wine Festival. Reservations will open in January for the 2025 Food & Wine Fest.

Fans of the classic Soarin’ Over California will get another chance to hang glide over Napa Valley, Monterey Bay and Redwood Creek when the classic version of the flight simulator ride returns during the food fest.

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