Foodies, rev your engines! The biggest weekend in food is about to go down in the Bay Area, featuring dozens of top chefs and more food than you can (reasonably) consume in two days. Prepare to chow down.
Cherry Bombe Jubilee
New York–based food magazine Cherry Bombe brings its hit conference, Jubilee, to the West Coast to honor the best women in the Bay Area food industry. Local legend Alice Waters will give the keynote speech while big-name chefs like Gabriela Cámara, Dominique Crenn and Traci Des Jardins will be available for talks, meals cocktails and networking opportunities.
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3301 Lyon St (cherrybombe.com/tickets/jubilee-san-francisco). Oct 14 9:30am–5:30pm; $250.
Photograph: Drew Altizer Photography
Don your fanciest cocktail attire and head to the Ferry Building for an elegant reception and four-course feast. CUESA’s Sunday Supper celebrates the Bay Area’s vibrant food community and California’s rich agricultural bounty with 35 of the state’s best chefs, winemakers, bartenders and sustainable farmers. Proceeds go to CUESA’s education programs, which help farmers, kids and educators cultivate a healthy food system.
San Francisco Ferry Building, One Ferry Building (cuesa.org). Oct 15 5–10pm; $275.
Photograph: Flickr/The Tablehopper
San Francisco Street Food Festival
After taking a year off, the San Francisco Street Food Festival returns with more than 30 local chefs and restaurants slinging their finest fare. This year, Bay Area businesses will serve Mexican huaraches, Vietnamese pho, Southern fried chicken, Nepalese dumplings and much more. As always, all of the proceeds from the festival benefit the work of La Cocina to help low-income food entrepreneurs.
The Power Station, 420 23rd St (sfstreetfoodfest.com). Oct 15 11am–8pm; $5–$10.