Chefs For Farmers Houston Food & Wine Festival celebrated another successful year this past weekend, September 27-28 at Autry Park, bringing together top chefs, farmers, artisans, and food lovers for a two-day culinary experience. This year marked the highest attendance ever in Houston, with more than 4,500guests across Saturday and Sunday. The festival highlighted the city’s diverse food scene, creative collaborations, and commitment to supporting local farms.

The weekend’s events featured almost 60 of Houston’s best chefs serving curated dishes with locally sourced ingredients. Standout bites included LORO’s Smoked Brisket Tostada from Chef Chris Beach, Field & Tides Southern Fried Chicken by Chef Travis Lenig, Chef Marcos Juarez of Hidden Omakase’s Masu Tom Kha, and Dan Dan Noodles from last year’s winner bāshì’s Chef Milo Lu, showcasing flavors that spanned cultures and cuisines. Additional local chefs were in attendance from popular restaurants such as Jūn, Azumi, Chardon, Latuli, Eunice, Brasserie19 and some future spots opening in 2026 like Kirkwood and Long Weekend.

Guests also enjoyed interactive spaces like Rosé Ranch, Tailgate Experience, Texas Love, and Artisan Alley presented by square, where they could shop from local small businesses such as Monarca Hats, Topped Off Co.’s bouquet bar, AG Leather handbags, and cookie dough from the Dough Dealer.

Adding to the excitement, Best Bite presented by Stella Artois honors went to TASTE Kitchen & Bar’s Big Chef Bowie for their Marinated Jerk Lamb Chops on Saturday and Chef Troy Guard of Guard & Grace on Sunday for their Oak Grilled Creekstone Farms Prime NY Strip served with Kabocha Squash Puree, Crispy Potato & Bone Marrow Salsa Macha, spotlighting culinary excellence and crowd favorites. Saturday’s second place bite was Leo’s River Oaks’ Shrimp Ceviche in Puri, Sunday’s was Azumi’s Crunchy Tuna Handroll.

The celebration kicked off Thursday evening, September 25 with the CFF x BMW “Surf & Turf Supper” hosted by Chef Aaron Bludorn at his restaurant Navy Blue with guest chefs Alberto Marcolongo (Benoit NYC) and Lamar Moore (Moore’s Burger). Guests enjoyed an exclusive multi-course tasting menu featuring dishes such as Lobster Ravioli with sweet potato pure, wild mushrooms and Filet Au Poivre served with shrimp, Japanese eggplant and a delectable peppercorn sauce, with locally sourced ingredients and expertly paired wines curated by 55Seventy.

This year’s event benefited the Houston Food Bank and Urban Harvest, raising enough to provide 17,850 meals through the Houston Food Bank’s Empty Bowls initiative. The organization was onsite during the festival, selling handcrafted bowls donated by local artists, with 100% of proceeds supporting hunger relief.

For more information, visitwww.chefsforfarmers.com/houston.