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September 13th-14th: The 5th Annual Food Lab
September 13, 2019 @ 6:30 pm - September 14, 2019 @ 5:00 pm
The FOOD LAB at SBU Southampton welcomes the top chefs, wine makers, brew masters, distillers, mixologists, farmers, fishers, butchers and bakers, food writers and food media stars, and especially, YOU, the FOOD LOVERS. 
In a tasty collaboration of the Food Lab with the East End Food Institute and Edible Long Island and East End, The 5TH Annual Food Lab Conference – a premier celebration of the bounty of our food, wine and spirits — will be held on the Southampton Campus of Stony Brook University on September 13-14, 2019.
The conference will bring together the people, food and drink that will give us the opportunity to learn about and experience a region steeped in a history of culinary diversity, innovation, entrepreneurship and globally recognized excellence. This is a place to be for Food Lovers, especially at harvest time.
On stage, you’ll see, hear and meet …… major food stars from Long Island and beyond, in conversation with your favorite food writers and journalists.
Lidia Bastianich, Chef, Restaurateur,
Emmy and James Beard Award winning TV chef and Author
and Adored Godmother of the Italian Table
In Conversation with
Adam Gopnik, Author, journalist and staff writer at the New Yorker
All talks and tastings will take place on the beautiful Southampton campus of Stony Brook University, overlooking Shinnecock Bay and Southampton’s amazing ocean beaches (only a few minutes drive from campus). Talks will be presented in Duke Lecture Hall (feel like a student again!) and tastings will be continuously offered al fresco and in the South Fork Kitchen from East End Food Institute.
Events include Taste the Terroir– an opportunity to taste and learn about wines, beers and spirits from all across Long Island, from Montauk Brewery and Wolffer Estate Vineyard in the east to Matchbook Distillery, Paumanok Vineyards and RGNY on the North Fork.
Interactive Tasting and Taste Memory – learn all about How We Taste as we bring together chefs, food and wine writers, sommeliers and mixologists, together with experts in biology, anthropology and practitioners of mindful eating to share the tools for a deeper appreciation of what we eat and drink.
Early Bird Special until August 31, 2019 (Save $50) Tickets range from $50- $150
