Charleston Wine + Food "Cheers to Charleston" opening at the Gaillard Center
Svetlana Pavlova offers wine glasses to guests as they arrive.
The Official Cocktail of the 2016 festival, Bon Vivant, by Iouli Burroughs of Fish
FIG chef Jason Stanhope’s "The Vanderhope Blini Shoppe: Blini Assortment, The Ordinary Style"
Jason Stanhope, Fig - "The Vanderhope Blini Shoppe: Blini Assortment, The Ordinary Style"
Adam Close & Brandon Rushing, Blossom "Lump Crab with Bacon Remoulade"
Craig Deihl & Bob Cook, Cypress - "Beef Tartare"
Jacques Larson, Wild Olive & The Obstinate Daugher - "Salami Cotto with Sea Island Peas"
Ken Vedrinski, Trattoria Lucca & Coda del Pesce - "Local Scungilli Scaloppine with Cauliflower
The Art Institute of Charleston
Nico Romo, Fish Restaurant & Patrick Properties - "Friend Quenelle with Curry Crab Veloute & Crawfish"
Charleston Food and Wine Executive Director, Gillian Zettler and Frank Lee from "Slightly North of Broad"
Janeka Reaves, Nashonda Hunter, and Johnny Caldwell with the Gastronaut
Nate Whiting, 492 "Holy City Farms tomatoes with pistachio, vanilla, and Valrhona Chocolate white chocolate"
Jennifer Purezo, Twenty Six Divine - "Key Lime Pavlova"
Scott Lovorn, Circa 1886 - "Sorghum + Brown Butter Twinkies"
Kelly Chu, Cirsea Ice Cream - "Toasted Black Sesame & Honey Bourbon Salted Caramel"
Kelly Chu and Deidre Schipani
Tim Richardson & Graham Dailey, Hank's Seafood Restaurant & Peninsula Grill, "Seared Rare Tuna"
Mickey Bakst
Michelle Weaver, Charleston Grill - "Shrimp Noodles with Thai Fish Broth"
Jonathan Banta, The Atlantic Room - "Grouper Brandade"
Sean Brock, McCrady's - "Lowcountry Crab Rice"
Franke Lee, Russ Moore, Matthew Niessner, Shawn Kelly and Forrest Parker - Hall's Restaurant Group - "Seared Scallops"
Mike Perez, Indaco
Sydney Edwards, Jean Remy Kapaneau, Tessa Hahn, Susan Fuller and Paul Chevalier
Sheyna McCallister and Tyler Hochsprung
Callie Wamsley, Diana Barton, Hallie Deyton and Lindsey Walker
Jeremiah Bacon, The Macintosh & Oak Steak House
Mark Feches, Katie Powers, and Michael & Phyllis Gates
Jeremiah Bacon, The Macintosh & Oak Steak House - "Country Pate with Manchester Farms Quail & Pistachios"
Karla Farrar, Kenneth & Joan Gold, and Marilyn Maurralo
Matthew & Kristin McKeown, and David & Fernanda Nilson
Tim Richardson & Graham Dailey, Hank's Seafood Restaurant and Peninsula Grill - "Seared Rare Tuna"
Andrea Upchurch - Magnolias, Cypress and Blossom - "Banana semi-freddo with chantilly cream, bittersweet fudge sauce and vanilla wafer
Christopher Ryan - Charleston Place Hotel, Charleston Grill and Palmetto Cafe - "Chocolate Stout Cake"
Christine Waggoner, Paige Crone, Laurie Tarleton, and Bob Waggoner
Craig Deihl and Bob Cook - Cypress - Beef Tartare
Randall Davis, Royce Sampson, William and Gerri Greenwood