Tickets for the  second annual Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival are now on sale. The festival is taking place this Columbus Day weekend (Thursday, October 8th – Sunday, October 11th 2009) with proceeds benefiting Food Bank For New York City and Share Our Strength.

If you’re at all interested in attending, check out the schedule now as some of the most popular restaurant chef and food network star events and parties are already sold out. There’s still lots of to choose from, including  lectures, tastings, grand tastings, meals, parties, culinary demonstrations samplings, and more…

Tickets range from $10 for  Buzzin’ With The Bee Man! (David Graves from Berkshire Berries will teach kids about the lives of BIG CITY honey bees – who in the big apple!  Suggested Ages: 4+.) to $500 for the Grand Tasting Headliner Party, with lots in between.

You’ll find offerings from Martha Stewart, Rocco DiSpirito, Ming Tsai, Tony Abou-Ganim, Alicia Silverstone (Yes, the one from Clueless), Paula Dean, Guy Fieri, Frank Bruni, Anthony Bourdain. Bobby Flay, Gabriel Kreuther, Alton Brown, Rachael Ray, Giada De Laurentis, Tyler Florence and many others.

I will be attending, so you can do so vicariously through my upcoming TidBite postings. Stay tuned.

You can see all the events and buy tickets at www.nycwineandfoodfestival.com or call 866.969.2933