2025 Naples Winter Wine Festival’s all-star chef roster includes really big name

Diana Biederman | Naples Daily News

Emeril Lagasse.

Nancy Oakes.

Charlie Palmer.

Bryan Voltaggio.

Those prominent names comprise merely four of America’s most recognizable celeb chefs secured by The Naples Children & Education Foundation (NCEF) who are heading our way for the Foundation’s 25th Naples Winter Wine Festival set for Jan. 24 to 26.

But wait, there’s more
Other top toques on this all-star power roster joining the Festival’s honorary “Chef de Cuisine” Angelo Auriana of The Factory Kitchen and Brera Ristorante include Michelin-star winners, food TV personalities and James Beard Foundation (JBF) Awards winners and finalists.

Angelo Auriana is ‘Chef de Cuisine’ for the Naples Winter Wine Festival’s 25th anniversary.
Josiah Citrin of the two Michelin-starred Citrin and Mélisse in Santa Monica, California.
“Chopped” Grand Champion Stephen Coe of Dangerous Eats and The Early Bird Café in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
JBF’s Best Chef in the Southeast Award finalist Cassidee Dabney of The Barn at Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennessee.

Read the rest of the list of power chefs who will be at the 2025 Naples Winter Wine Festival on naplesnews.com.