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He describes the festival as ideal for people who "love to explore the world through the lens of film as they also satisfy the cravings of their belly."įurther testament to the event's burgeoning reputation is the scheduled appearance of Anthony Bourdain, a celebrity chef turned food writer and journalist.īourdain is an award-winning CNN television host acclaimed for his food travel series "Parts Unknown" and "No Reservations," as well as his best-selling book "Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly." "There's a growing appetite for chefs and food in the media," says Howell. Workshops ran the gamut between food and film-centric, ranging from lessons on butchering a pig and using foie gras, to how-to instructions on writing a food blog and pitching to the Food Network. What ultimately sets Devour apart though, says Howell, are the accompanying events, which include educational workshops, dining sessions and experiential tourism adventures. While the festival's final lineup will be announced this September at the Toronto International Film Festival, Devour will screen about 50 films submitted from around the world, ranging from shorts to feature-length productions, both educational and entertaining, all inspired in some way by food and wine.

But there hasn't necessarily been culinary tourism." "What we think that Devour is doing is putting (Wolfville) on the map as a great place to explore the intersection of food and art and culinary tourism," says Howell.

This year, 8,000 people are expected to descend with cinematic and gustatory gusto on the town of hardly more than 4,000 when the five-day festival kicks off on Nov. "Our vision is to create the Sundance of food films," says Michael Howell, the festival's executive director.Ī longtime chef and restaurateur, Howell founded the Slow Motion Food Film Fest in 2009 as part of the slow food movement to celebrate traditional and regional cuisine.įrom an initial showing of 1,000 people, the festival's popularity, which saw attendance numbers double every year it was held, led organizers to rebrand the event in 2013. Located in the idyllic Annapolis Valley, Wolfville is set to further cement its reputation as a culinary destination as it prepares to welcome a slew of world-renowned chefs and film directors to the fourth incarnation of Devour! The Food Film Fest.

Foodies and film fans alike will have common cause to celebrate this fall as a small community in the heart of Nova Scotia's wine country gets ready to host what organizers are billing as the world's largest food and film festival.
