Eat drink Rhode Island festival will have a Grand Tasting on Saturday April 30th from 12-4pm Rhode Island Convention center. 

The Grand Tasting features samplings of over fifty locally produced beer, wine & spirits, as well as an abundance of local food artisans in Hall B of the Rhode Island Convention Center. During the Tasting there will be all-new Local Food & Drink Presentations featuring Rhode Island’s top chefs paired with a local farmer to wow attendees with some of the best food in the country, all included with admission to the Grand Tasting.

– Nicks On Broadway’s Chef Derek Wagner and Walrus & Carpenter Oysters’ Jules Opton-Himmel
– GraciesProv’s Chef Melissa Denmark with Ellie’s Bakery’s Chef Sara Reilly and Baffoni’s Poultry Farm’s Don Baffoni
– Easy Entertaining Inc.’s Chef Kaitlyn Roberts and Blackbird Farm’s Ann Marie Bouthillette
– more to be announced

12:20 p.m. – Nicks on Broadway‘s Chef Derek Wagner and Walrus and Carpenter Oysters‘ Jules Opton-Himmel
1:20 p.m. – Little Bitte Artisanal Cocktails‘ Willa Van Nostrand and Indie Growers‘ Lee Ann Freitas
2:05 p.m. – Easy Entertaining’s Chef Kaitlyn Roberts and Blackbird Farm‘s Ann Marie Bouthillette
3:05 p.m. – Gracie’s Chef Melissa Denmark with Ellie’s Bakery‘s Chef Sara Reilly

Tickets are $75 and maybe purchased online
Rhode Island Convention Center
1 Sabin St, Providence, Rhode Island 02903