Come With Us To Eat and See EVERYTHING at the 2025 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival

It’s finally here! Put on your chef hats and practice your best “bon appétit” because the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival is BACK for 2025.

2025 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival

This is one of, if not THE most, popular Disney festivals of the year, and for good reason. This year, the festival takes place from August 28th through November 22nd and features over 35 Marketplace Food Booths (plus specialty items at additional locations). There are so many delicious offerings to try and so much to experience at this festival, sometimes it can feel overwhelming. That’s why we’re here, though — here’s your FULL guide to the festival this year!

When we arrived at EPCOT for the first day of the festival, things were BUSY. Just take a look at these crowds!

We Were NOT Expecting These Crowds at Disney World on the First Day of the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival https://t.co/gYvV81urkY pic.twitter.com/mcuTuTZ9Md

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 28, 2025

But we braved those crowds because we’ve got things to see, do, and eat!

Festival Passport

The first thing we did when we got to EPCOT was pick up a festival passport. This passport is available at various retail locations throughout EPCOT and is your guide to the festival. For starters, it lists all the food booths and corresponding menus.

The first few pages of the 2025 Food & Wine Festival Passport at Epcot is finally here!! pic.twitter.com/maWgsd0uBA

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 28, 2025

The passport also has information about other festival activities, including details about Emile’s Fromage Montage, the festival’s cheese crawl.

FIRST LOOK at the 2025 EPCOT Food and Wine Festival Passport

Festival Displays and Decor

You’ll see fun festival displays and decor all over EPCOT.

EPCOT Food & Wine Festival display

Even the trash cans got a festival glow-up.

Look at the details for the 2025 Food & Wine Festival at EPCOT! Even the trash cans have a cute design 🤩 pic.twitter.com/bPm867oBWa

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 28, 2025

The Tiny Train Town in the Germany Pavilion is also celebrating the festival. There are festival banners up all over the town!

Tiny Train Town

Be sure to keep an eye out for these special festival touches.

Festival Merchandise

Okay, so the first thing we did was go shopping! The EPCOT Food & Wine Festival features festival-exclusive merchandise that you can ONLY get during the festival. You’ll find just about everything: pins, Spirit Jerseys, ears, apparel, and more.

Some of the adorable merch items for EPCOT’s 2025 Food & Wine Festival!

Chef Mickey Spirit Jersey ($79.99)
Chef Mickey Ears ($34.99)
Chef Figment Hat ($34.99)

All are limited 2 per transaction pic.twitter.com/42nCU9k1br

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 28, 2025

You’ll find merchandise throughout EPCOT at the Creations Shop, as well as specific EPCOT Food & Wine merchandise kiosks.

FULL LIST: All the NEW Souvenirs at the 2025 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival

Remy’s Ratatouille Hide & Squeak

The festival also brings some fun in the form of a scavenger hunt called Remy’s Ratatouille Hide & Squeak. You can purchase a map from various locations in EPCOT. Then you’ll have to hunt down hidden Remy figures throughout World Showcase and use the corresponding sticker on the map when you find them.

You NEED To Pay Attention in Every World Showcase Pavilion During the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival – Here’s Why https://t.co/q2qb3VTdSt pic.twitter.com/h9xmrqtHd7

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 28, 2025

Once you have all the stickers on the map, you can turn it in for a prize. This year’s prize is your choice of one of four fun bento boxes.

Remy’s Ratatouille Hide and Squeak prizes

This could be the cutest prize yet!

You NEED To Pay Attention in Every World Showcase Pavilion During the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival – Here’s Why

Marketplaces

There are 35+ Marketplaces to experience this year, and all combined, they have dozens upon dozens of tapas/small plates from all over the world. We make it our mission to try out each and every booth, so you can make your “must-try” list before you head to the festival. We’ll be reviewing EVERYTHING, so be sure to follow DFB all day long. Here’s the full list of food booths and their menus.

The Remy Milkshake!!! 🤩 An iconic milkshake for an iconic character 😏 pic.twitter.com/QzEaq9l018

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 28, 2025

We tried SO many different menu items — some of them winners, others not so much.

REVIEW: This UNIQUE Snack at the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival Is Making People Do a Double Take https://t.co/8gE5ohzcQ0 pic.twitter.com/7zNsC1wLvM

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 28, 2025

The Mexico Booth in particular was a standout this year, as it almost always is, in our experience!

New items at Mexico booth for the 2025 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival!! 😆✨

Tostada de Carnitas ($8)
Flan de Cajeta ($6.75)
Clarita Margarita ($13.75)
Strawberry-Pomegranate Margarita ($13.25) pic.twitter.com/nac2PpOd93

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 28, 2025

There were also some returning items that we think are total hidden gems that you won’t want to miss!

REVIEW: If You See Us Dining at This Food & Wine Booth for the ENTIRE EPCOT Festival, You’ll Understand Why. https://t.co/bGJ0v6IYBM pic.twitter.com/m3vcxxC4MO

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 28, 2025

If you love cheese as much as we do, this is a booth you don’t want to miss!

REVIEW: EPCOT Is Serving a Cheesy Noodle Dish to Make Your Flavor Dreams Come True https://t.co/g69iOCDNCg pic.twitter.com/40BW0KcWST

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 28, 2025

And the France Pavilion was…and adventure this year, to say the least!

REVIEW: The France Pavilion Has the BEST, the WORST, and the HIDDEN GEM of the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival https://t.co/P7CyVFrLsa pic.twitter.com/HHJo8TtKj8

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 28, 2025

Of course, we can’t forget about Canada, which also had some real winners this year!

REVIEW: There Are 3 (!!!) Reasons You NEED To Go to the Canada Booth in EPCOT, Eh!
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— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) August 28, 2025

We spent the day trying ALL the food and drinks during the festival, so if you want to read up on our reviews, check here. Also, be sure to check out our favorite food and drinks from this year’s festival.

Emile’s Fromage Montage

We also ate a lot of cheese (yeah, like you had to twist our arm…) so that we could take part in Emile’s Fromage Montage. This is a cheese crawl where you have to order five cheese dishes from a list in the festival passport. When you order those dishes, you get stamp in your passport.

Emile’s Fromage Montage

Once you’ve got five stickers, take your passport to Shimmering Sips to get your prize: Key Lime Soft Serve. ANOTHER SNACK!

The prize!

So basically, eat a lot of cheese and get a treat!

Living with the Land

During the festival, Living with the Land gets a fun EPCOT Food & Wine Festival overlay. We managed to grab a ride FIRST THING to check out the changes for ourselves.

Living With The Land

You’ll want to make sure to make time for this ride if you’re visiting EPCOT during the festival.

Eat to the Beat Concert Series and Dining Packages

All through the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival, bands across all genres from the ’70s through the ’00s perform at American Gardens Theater in the American Adventure Pavilion to share some great music during the Eat to The Beat Concert Series. These concerts are free with EPCOT admission and happen three times each evening of the festival (at 5:30 PM, 6:45 PM, and 8PM). We got to see 4NRS Journey LIVE during the first day of the festival.

Eat to the Beat

You can also book an Eat to the Beat Dining Package that gives you a reservation for breakfast, lunch, or dinner at participating EPCOT restaurants, as well as reserved seating for the concert of your choosing that evening. Check out the whole lineup of this year’s artists right here!

We’re live at the festival all day, so be sure to stay tuned to DFB for all the latest Food & Wine news!

Trying to plan the PERFECT trip to the 2025 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival? We’ll be keeping you updated on all of the latest. Click our links below for the information you need to know:

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Learn EVERYTHING We Know About This Year’s Food & Wine Festival Here!

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