Atlanta Food & Wine Festival | Slideshow presented by Infiniti

Atlanta Food & Wine Festival special guest and 1999 FOOD & WINE Best New Chef John Besh wows the crowd with a New Orleans themed culinary demonstration.

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Chef Tim Love tackles the pig at "Pig Out Texas Style" dinner held at JCT Kitchen.

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South Carolina's Lee Brothers take the stage for a culinary demonstration.

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Atlanta Food & Wine Festival Tasting Tents.

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Atlanta Food & Wine Festival's official automotive sponsor, Infiniti, provided guests with an Infiniti Inspiration Lounge where they could mingle with FOOD & WINE 2009 Best New Chef Bryan Caswell and enjoy his signature Southern seafood.

Guests explore the interior of the all-new Infiniti M Hybrid® in the Infiniti Inspiration Lounge.

FOOD & WINE 2002 Best New Chef Hugh Acheson of Atlanta's Five & Ten, The National, Gosford Wine, and Empire State South in the Tasting Tents.

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Special guest chef from Miami Michelle Bernstein performs a demo in the Connoisseur Lounge.

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Festival guests enjoyed a Street Cart Pavilion with 13 food trucks custom curated by Atlanta chefs Dan Latham and Eli Kirshtein.

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Best New Chef Michel Nischan, FOOD & WINE Publisher Christina Grdovic, and Atlanta Food & Wine Festival Headliner Tim Love at the Opening Reception.

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Attendees sipped and savored wines in Infiniti branded wine glasses.

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Keeping with the Festival's theme, Southern region wines and spirits were featured and poured.

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Guests had the opportunity to enter for a chance to win an escape to their favorite epicurean city in the "Road to Inspiration" sweepstakes promoted in the Infiniti Inspiration Lounge.

Guests enjoy the Infiniti Inspiration Lounge.

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Grilling seminars held on the terrace of the Loews Hotel in midtown Atlanta, the official host hotel of the festival.

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