After 13 years, the Vegas Uncork’d Culinary Festival will not return this year. It launched on Mother’s Day Weekend 2007, as a partnership between Bon Appetit Magazine and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. It remained centered around that May holiday for most of its 13 years, except for 2015 through 2017, when it was held in April.
Eater.com called it “the world’s most innovative culinary event”. Las Vegas resort partners over the years included, Bellagio, Caesars Palace, Wynn, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Venetian and Palazzo. Each year the event featured more than 80 celebrated chefs and over 25 events occurring over a spectacular four-day weekend.
Signature events over the years have included a poolside Grand Tasting presenting nearly 60 restaurants and more than 100 wines; an after-hours blackjack tournament; Masters’ Series dinners; a late-night sake tasting and celebration of contemporary Tokyo’s hip, urban culture; an interactive luncheon allowing guests to, with the guidance of top-tier chefs, prepare their own lunch; wine immersion seminars and a gala Fashion Feast.
There is no word, for now at least, on what that “next culinary adventure” might be in Las Vegas.
