{"id":359207,"date":"2026-09-28T21:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/359207\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T21:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:34:07","slug":"manhattan-beach-food-wine-festival-celebrates-third-year-daily-breeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/359207\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan Beach Food & Wine Festival celebrates third year \u2013 Daily Breeze"},"content":{"rendered":"

The third annual Manhattan Beach Food & Wine Festival took place on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 25-26, at the Westdrift Manhattan Beach hotel.<\/p>\n

Nearly 50 top chefs took part in the two-day event, with about 10 chefs coming from the South Bay.<\/p>\n

The sold-out event had 3,000 attendees over both evenings, public relations firm Lawrence Moore & Associates said in a Monday, Sept. 28, email.<\/p>\n

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Chef Jayro Martinez and one of his team members (pictured) from Viv Hotel in Anaheim took part in the Manhattan Beach Food & Wine Festival at the Westdrift Manhattan Beach on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

\"Jose<\/p>\n

Jose Baca, executive chef at Westdrift Manhattan Beach, pictured at the Manhattan Beach Food & Wine Festival at the Westdrift on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

\"Chef<\/p>\n

Chef Anthony Greco from Porto\u2019s Bakery serves up Havana Banana at the Manhattan Beach Food & Wine Festival at the Westdrift Manhattan Beach on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

\"Executive<\/p>\n

Executive Chef Chris Park from The Strand House in Manhattan Beach is pictured at the Manhattan Beach Food & Wine Festival at the Westdrift Manhattan Beach on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

\"Sherry<\/p>\n

Sherry Yard from Manhattan Beach\u2019s Bakery by the Yard shows off some of her delicacies at the Manhattan Beach Food & Wine Festival at the Westdrift Manhattan Beach on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

\"Guests<\/p>\n

Guests at the Manhattan Beach Food & Wine Festival had the opportunity to hit the links for the Glow Golf Chipping Challenge at Westdrift Manhattan Beach on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

\"Chef<\/p>\n

Chef Ray Garcia from Broken Spanish Comedor in Los Angeles serves up his carrot miso tostada at the Manhattan Beach Food & Wine Festival at the Westdrift Manhattan Beach on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

\"Dahi<\/p>\n

Dahi kebab yogurt croquettes from Fitoor in Santa Monica were served at the Manhattan Beach Food & Wine Festival at the Westdrift Manhattan Beach on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The Manhattan Beach Food & Wine Festival took place at the Westdrift Manhattan Beach on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Chef Jayro Martinez and one of his team members (pictured) from Viv Hotel in Anaheim took part in the Manhattan Beach Food & Wine Festival at the Westdrift Manhattan Beach on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The event, founded by Shelby Russell, has a mission<\/a> to support the nonprofit Careers Through Culinary Arts Program \u2014 also known as C-Cap \u2014 which helps underprivileged students who want to pursue the culinary arts by providing mentorships and scholarships.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit manhattanbeachfoodandwine.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The third annual Manhattan Beach Food & Wine Festival took place on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 25-26, at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[9965,2136,1882,1070,267,9966,75,9967,84,83,9,24,63,9216],"class_list":["post-359207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-beach-cities","tag-california","tag-community","tag-food","tag-local-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-beach","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-south-bay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}