Disneyland foodies can mark their calendars for the 2026 food and wine festival that will kick off in March with a line-up of California-centric food, beer and wine, celebrity chefs and Disney characters dressed in their best culinary attire.
The Disney Food & Wine Festival will run March 6 through April 27 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 eight festival marketplace booths offering small plates highlighting California-grown ingredients.
The marketplace lineup hasn’t been announced yet for 2026, but these six booths have been featured during the past four festivals:
California Craft Brews
Cluck-A-Doodle-Moo
Garlic Kissed
LA Style
Peppers Cali-Ente
Uncork California
Clarabelle Cow lead the chefs during “Cookin’ with the Jammin’ Chefs” during the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, March 1, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Expect a couple new booths to be added to the lineup once the menus are eventually announced closer to the festival kickoff.
A dozen or so DCA restaurants also offer festival menu items. The participating 2026 eateries haven’t been announced yet, but Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta, Cocina Cucamonga, Paradise Garden Grill, Smokejumpers Grill and Sonoma Terrace tend to always make the lineup.
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)
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 $63 for 8 items and $32 for 4 items in 2025.
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.
Madelyn Schwebk dances before decorating 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)
During past festivals, Disney has offered free culinary demonstrations on a first-come, first-served basis.
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.
Yazelle Lomeli takes a picture with a Frozen Old Fashioned, (non-alcoholic) bourbon-flavored ice cream, bitters crema, orange zest glaze, cherry spheres available at Golden Dreams during the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, March 1, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Prior festivals have featured celebrity chefs like Richard Blais and Fabio Viviani from “Top Chef” and Guy Fieri from “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives.”
Serious foodies can sign up for a series of beer, wine and cocktail tasting seminars and signature events taking place throughout the festival run.
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)
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 $495.
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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.
Noah Velic is all smiles as he and his mother, Elizabeth Velic, help on stage during the Family Time with Chef Daniella Malfitano cooking class during Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival in Anaheim, CA, on Feb. 28, 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Disneyland has not yet announced the line-up of free culinary demonstrations and paid signature events and tasting seminars for the 2026 Food & Wine Festival.
Another big question: Will Soarin’ Over California return again during the food fest before the debut of the new Soarin’ Across America?