Pebble Beach Food & Wine 2025: Your Essential Preview of This Year’s Festival

California’s Monterey Peninsula is one of the prettiest places in the United States, and Pebble Beach is home to the world-famous 17-Mile Drive, some of the best golf courses in the country, and an absolutely killer food festival–Pebble Beach Food & Wine.

Taking place from April 10 to 13, 2025, this hedonistic long weekend combines golf, food, wine, and spirits in a truly idyllic coastal California setting. More than 135 chefs and 40 sommeliers will take part in 35 guest events (plus a few extra invite-only parties) and organizers expect to welcome around 8,500 guests. This year also marks the 50th anniversary of the Pebble Beach Company Foundation, which has awarded more than $19 million in grants and scholarships to Monterey County youth. Alice Waters and Jonathan Waxman are hosting a tax deductible benefit dinner in honor of the milestone.

On the food festival circuit, Pebble Beach is known for being the top festival in the country for serious wine and spirit connoisseurs, featuring not just California partners and producers but a truly global perspective. This year delivers again in spades with a $1,250 French dinner fit for a king, where a bottle of Louis XIII Rare Cask will be poured, along with seminars for whisky and champagne that feature truly rare bottles. All seminar pages list the featured bottles, so you know exactly what you're signing up for.

Along with the seminars, there are a dozen different lunches and dinners featuring top chefs across all different genres, including Indian food, vegetarian cuisine and flavors of the Philippines. But the biggest draw and most raucous fun are the 10 different walk-around tastings across four days.

“I can't wait to be back at the Pebble Beach Food & Wine Festival,” says Aquavit's executive chef Emma Bengtsson. “The energy is electric, the setting is breathtaking, and the lineup of incredible chefs makes it a dream event. Plus, after freezing in New York, soaking up that California sunshine is going to feel extra amazing!”

There are several different packages available, including a walk-around package called The Explorer’s Pass (new this year) that offers general admission to walk-around events throughout the weekend. It's best to be on time rather than fashionably late to the walkaround tastings too. There are often surprise magnums and jeroboams being poured, but the good stuff can run out quickly.

“When I was growing up, I never thought that Indian food would be represented at prestigious food events across the country,” says Vijay Kumar, chef and partner at Semma in New York. “It’s invigorating to be showcasing my heritage at Pebble Beach Food & Wine, and it’s beyond exciting to be collaborating with the other Indian chefs participating in the dinner. I’m deeply honored to be part of this celebration of food and community, and cannot wait to soak up some of that sunshine.”

Look for Panamanian chef Mario Castrellón of Maito on the golf course. He plans to play several rounds of golf between cooking appearances this year. “I'm looking forward to getting back to Pebble Beach,” he says. “It's such a magical place with a great vibe and excellent produce to cook with.”