Saturday Savor ~ Georgia Food + Wine Festival *21 & over event*
Saturday ~ March 22, 2025
• 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: JIM R. MILLER PARK ~ 2245 CALLAWAY ROAD
MARIETTA, GEORGIA
An unbelievable afternoon of sumptuous food and drink, with some of Georgia’s best chefs, restaurants and more offering a variety of delicious bites. Tickets include a souvenir wine glass for unlimited beverage tastings of wine, beer and spirits, along with 10 culinary credits (5 Tokens) good towards purchase of gourmet bites and plates from a variety of restaurants and specialty food companies. Samples from the culinary and beverage tasting stages will be available for the first 50 people seated in attendance at the Georgia Celebrity Chef Cooking Demo Stage. Several live music stages, presented by Superior Plumbing . will be located throughout the festival. Stroll the artisan market and Georgia Grown Member Village with an assortment of unique items showcasing food products, handmade gifts, artwork, and more. Make sure you check out the Silent Auction as well, with PROCEEDS BENEFITTING SAFEPATH CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY CENTER
**If you would like to donate an item for the auction, please contact: HanaLaine.Safepath@cobbcounty.org
Tickets per person: $59 Early Bird | $79 Winter Rate (Jan/Feb) | $99 March/Gate
- Your ticket includes an exclusive GF+WF souvenir glass, access to our artisan market, live music, celebrity chef demonstrations and 400+ beverage tastings from our spirits, wine and beer participants, as well as the Bubbles & Brews.
Event Type: Indoor/Outdoor, Rain or shine.
Attire & Info: Casual attire, 21 years and over.
This event will also feature the Cobb Bubbles & Brews Alley, presented by Cobb Travel & Tourism
Cobb breweries and distilleries can fill out the form at the bottom of this page, or click here.
“Georgia Celebrity Chef Stage”
Sponsored by Publix
Georgia’s most celebrated chefs will present cooking demonstrations throughout the day, with demo recipe tasting bites for the first 50 people in attendance.
SATURDAY SCHEDULE:
1:15 – 2:00pm ~ Chef Nick Leahy, VICE Kitchen
2:15 – 3:00pm ~ Chef Jernard Wells
Jernard Wells is an award-winning TV host, celebrity chef, and bestselling cookbook author. He is the host of New Soul Kitchen and New Soul Kitchen Remix on CLEO TV and is best known from numerous Food Network shows. Wells is also a contributor on The Best Things I Ever Ate on Cooking Channel and Food Fantasies on Oprah Winfrey Network. He has worked with Tyler Perry, TV One founder Cathy Hughes, NBA Allstar Brandon Ingram, Tom Joyner, Bobby Brown, and Bel Biv Devoe, to name a few. He has been featured on/in TODAY, People magazine, The Steve Harvey Morning Show, Rickey Smiley Morning Show, ESSENCE, Daily Blast Live, Hallmark Channel, Lifetime, HLN, and more. The James Beard House Honored Chef is a 2-time Telly Award winner and Taste Award winner. Wells is affectionately called “The Family Chef.”
3:15 pm – 4:00 pm
Georgia Grown Chef Stage
1:15~
2:30 ~
Official Music Sponsor:
Superior Plumbing
Main Stage ~ 1:00-4:00 Scott Thompson & Brother Mojo
Get ready to have the time of your life! Scott Thompson and Brother Mojo , will have you moving and grooving all night long. This 8 man band knows all of your favorites; from Jazz to Funk, Blues to Soul and Rock and Roll; these guys love to have a good time. Scott’s smooth, textured vocals combine with guitars, horns and a rhythm section to create an unparalleled Big Band sound that will have you out of your seat and hoping the night never ends.
Plaza ~ 1:00-4:00
Incorporating a variety of styles and influences from every genre of music from rock and blues to country, Lance Price has been bringing his signature guitar and vocal sounds to the Atlanta music scene for the past ten years. Whether playing dazzling melodic lines on his electric guitar with a band or delivering a powerful solo performance on his acoustic guitar, Lance brings a blend of sonic alchemy to a gig that commands attention.