Orlando, being a center of attraction for the state of Florida, is a place for food festival, which gets organized throughout the year. The Orlando food festival is one of the main events for the tourists to attend when they visit the city to enjoy various fun filled events and entertainments. The following list will come handy to you, if you are a food addict and visiting Orlando in near future.

Important Food Festivals in Orlando

The Festival of Chocolate

This food festival of Orlando is quite famous to chocoholics. This year, it was held on 5^th and 6^th of March. Some of the interesting features of the festival are buying and tasting of authentic and gourmet chocolate and chocolate products, creative workshops for kids on chocolate crafts, demonstration by experts, chocolate making competition and so on. The festival also organizes a museum displaying various interesting facts on chocolate.

Rajuncajun Crawfish Festival

This favorite festival completed its 22^nd year in last April, 2011. It is one of the most renowned festivals of the state, particularly for the crawfish lover crowd. Other than crawfish, visitors can enjoy mouthwatering preparations of shrimp, chicken, and other side dishes, including an array of beverages. The entry fee of festival normally includes all the food and beverages one can consume. The festival also offers live band and other interesting entertainment facilities.

Great American Pie Festival

Being conducted by American Pie Council, this festival has been celebrated in Orlando for the tenth year in a row. The festival is organized to congregate hundreds and thousands of pie lovers across the nation, to share their views and to provide them the opportunity taste some of the best pies baked in this world. For enthusiasts, there is a pie eating competition, to satisfy their appetite of pie and to win great prizes.

Florida Cracker Oyster Festival

The 7^th Florida Cracker Oyster festival is going to be held on October 15, for this year. This year the organizers are planning to offer a record number of oysters to the visitors in comparison to last year. By paying only the entry fee, one can consume as much oyster and other foods, as he/she wants. The food is served along with non-alcoholic beverages. So, for the oyster lovers this is a great opportunity to enjoy fresh and delicious oysters.

Epcot International Food and Wine Festival

This premier food festival is one of most famous festivals organized in Orlando. It is an additional extravaganza of Epcot Theme Park, which gets celebrated during the season of autumn – September 30 to November 13, 2011. This month-long festival offers some of the specialty cuisines and alcoholic beverages, along with live musical performance. Being a part of this festival, one can enjoy most authentic culinary adventure including wines and beers from various parts of world.

Orlando Food & Wine Fest

Although this festival is comparatively young by age, still it is the place to experience some of the greatest cuisines and finest wines. By joining the festival one can enjoy unlimited quantity of food, wine, and fun. Last year, the festival was held in 13^th and 14^th of November. Other than great food, the festival also offers seminars and discussions by expert local and national chefs. Live music is performed as an entertainment in this festival.

Orlando Beer Festival    

Being a part of the famous Florida Beer Festival, it is generally held in March. The festival is perfect place for the beer aficionadas, as they can sip unlimited choices of beers across the world. However, beer is not the only thing to be served in this festival. You will also get to taste sumptuous foods at completely free of cost. The festival also presents live entertainment to the guests. However, no kids are allowed to join the festival.

With all these useful information on the food festival of Orlando, you can definitely enjoy your trip more than your expectation.

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