Corks & Chefs: A Taste of Birmingham

Birmingham has been garnering notoriety as a hot food city in America. Thanks to the exciting restaurants and bars that have called it home and others that are planting their roots here, Birmingham is reaping the benefits of a rich flavor tapestry that both pays homage to our city’s culinary past while also creating an incubator for southern taste innovations of the future.

Corks & Chefs (C&C) looks forward to spotlighting the many tastes of Birmingham April 26 & 27, 2025, as part of Magic City Art Connection’s 3 day art-filled, Spring weekend at Sloss Furnaces full of hundreds of talented visual artists from around the country, live performances, Imagination Festival kids workshops, installations, and so much more.

Birmingham’s first tasting event of its kind, C&C welcomes 600-800 daily patrons on the Saturday & Sunday of the Arts Festival, all eager to sample the latest from the city’s evolving taste landscape.  A unique line up of restaurants, chefs, and dishes are showcased each day. Wineries, breweries, distilleries, cocktail bars, and distributors are ready to show off their best too, generously adding to the diverse mix of tasting opportunities available to attendees.

If you need a more intimate tasting experience, the Center Room at C&C is the place to be. It offers engaging, seated seminars and special, guided tastings, presentations, demos, and competitions. They are always fun, educational, delicious, and fill up fast. So, while you taste your way through C&C, be sure to check out one of these enhanced experiences. The VIP ticket guarantees your seat for one of these popular guided tastings and demos. VIP ticket holders also get first dibs on open seats in additional seminars.

We hope you'll join us for art, food and toasts at the 28th annual Corks & Chefs the last full weekend in April.