Los Angeles Food and Wine
#1 Food, Wine & Hospitality Event (up from #10)
In 2012, Los Angeles Food and Wine festival, presented by Food & Wine magazine, returned for the second year to L.A. Live and other locations around town. After resigning from the Puck-Lazaroff Charitable Foundation last year (and splitting with the foundation’s 30-year-old American Wine & Food Festival), Wolfgang Puck was a part of the buzzy festival along with organizer Coastal Luxury Management, AEG, and Dick Clark Productions. Last year’s inaugural event brought close to $5 million for the city’s economy, and $400,000 for charity beneficiary St. Vincent’s Meals on Wheels. New executive director Caryl Chinn led the event this year. Next: August 2013
In 2012, Los Angeles Food and Wine festival, presented by Food & Wine magazine, returned for the second year to L.A. Live and other locations around town. After resigning from the Puck-Lazaroff Charitable Foundation last year (and splitting with the foundation’s 30-year-old American Wine & Food Festival), Wolfgang Puck was a part of the buzzy festival along with organizer Coastal Luxury Management, AEG, and Dick Clark Productions. Last year’s inaugural event brought close to $5 million for the city’s economy, and $400,000 for charity beneficiary St. Vincent’s Meals on Wheels. New executive director Caryl Chinn led the event this year. Next: August 2013
Photo: Barnaby Draper
1. Oscars
#1 Entertainment & Media Event
The Academy Awards are likely to own the top spot in town in perpetuity. The town buzzes with events from the ceremony’s own glittering production at the Hollywood & Highland Center, to the army of related parties it spawns—including bashes for Vanity Fair and the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Next: February 24, 2013
The Academy Awards are likely to own the top spot in town in perpetuity. The town buzzes with events from the ceremony’s own glittering production at the Hollywood & Highland Center, to the army of related parties it spawns—including bashes for Vanity Fair and the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Next: February 24, 2013
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'Vanity Fair' Oscar Party
Vanity Fair took its annual A-list event back to the Sunset Tower hotel, which was bathed in colorful lighting that matched the host's brand. Inside, the hot-ticket viewing dinner got an understated look.
Photo: Christopher Polk/VF12/WireImage
