SEED Food & Wine Festival Austin 2025 TACO THROWDOWN

The SEED Food & Wine Festival the nation’s first conscious plant-based week-long festival announces their Texas debut with the SEED Food & Wine Festival Austin taking place the week of October 22 - 26 at various locations throughout the city. After almost a decade of hosting the wildly successful SEED Food & Wine Festival in Miami SEED is thrilled to find a new home in Austin a city that boasts a dynamic mix of local farmers food artisans and innovative chefs who are passionate about sustainable and health-conscious living. Named the Top Three Food and Wine Festivals in the country by USA Today SEED promises a culinary experience unlike any other showcasing the best in plant-based foods wines spirits chefs restaurants authors athletes and visionaries from Texas to every corner of the country. Attendees can expect an exciting array of events and activations throughout the week including a plant-based taco competition cooking demonstrations wine tastings celebrity chef dinner craft beer and spirits tastings live music fitness + body care yoga a kid zone and so much more. SEED Austin has also announced that they have officially partnered with the Central Texas Food Bank for their inaugural fest and will be donating proceeds from their ticket sales as well as the contributions from an online auction to the food bank. Tickets are currently on sale and can be purchased here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seed-food-wine-austin-plant-based-food-festival-tickets-1138466878079?aff=PressRelease. For more information please see seedfoodandwineaustin.com.

On Thursday Oct. 23 SEED Austin hosts the first-ever 2025 SEED TEXAS TACO THROWDOWN at The Domain (located at 11410 Century Oaks Terrace Austin TX 78758) where talented Texas chefs will battle it out to claim the coveted Golden Taco and the title of America's Best Plant-Based Taco. Competing chefs include Sergio Tamez (Nissi Vegmex) Jay Huang (Lucky Robot Nomade) Jonah Levy (Ezov) Lydie Joli de Trejo (Veracruz All Natural) Thandisizwe Jackson-Nisan (Vegan byy Nature) Marlon Rison (Community Vegan) Noah Stephenson (Maiden) and more to be announced. Texas Monthly’s Taco Editor Jose Ralat will be judging the competition alongside other celebrity judges to be announced. In addition to tasting the tacos attendees will enjoy craft cocktails decadent desserts live music and get to vote for which chef will receive the Critics' Choice Award and People’s Choice Award. It’s a celebration of bold flavors creativity and plant-based brilliance that can’t be missed. The event is from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. VIP and GA tickets are available for purchase. VIP tickets are $90 and include one hour early entry at 5:30 p.m. and complimentary valet parking. GA tickets are $65.

Host or Publisher McKenna Ray Sefcik