The Snowmass Culinary & Arts Festival brings foodies, wine connoisseurs, and art lovers alike together in a premiere visual and delectable feast. It features celebrity chefs, a juried art exhibit with regionally and nationally recognized artists, food & presentation expert panels, and a Palette of Pairings featuring specialty foods with wines & spirits, all set in the scenic mountain splendor of Snowmass Village, Colorado. Extend your stay and set out to explore easy or extreme hiking and biking trails, take in a free & festive Thursday night concert on the Hill, and visit world-renowned Aspen and its cultural delights right next door.

Below are the 2012 Featured Chefs.
More to be announced soon.

Chef Richard Sandoval: Restaurateur of the Year by Bon Appétit in 2006, one of the Best Chefs of 2003 by New York magazine, and Mexican Chef of the Year by the National Toque d'Oro in 1992.

Jenna Johansen: Co-owner of Dish! in Edwards, Colorado. Recently, Jenna competed in Bravo's Around the World in 80 Plates, which took the adventurous chef on a culinary tour of the world and competed against 12 other chefs for $150,000. Jenna is currently a member of the chef-driven culinary group FIVE.

Chef Rost: National culinary, entertaining and home improvement programming on PBS affiliates nationwide and on CREATE TV.  Chef Rost is also the author of The Family Table and Where's My Spatula?, and the host of the syndicated television program Just Like Home.

Diane Henderiks: Diane is contributing chef/RD for Prevention Magazine and regular on-air contributor for ABC's Good Morning America Health. She is also consulting nutritionist for TrueLemon and Camp Shane and has been expert contributor for The New York Times and Shape Magazine.

Mark Fischer has been a James Beard Foundation Best Chef Southwest semi-finalist for the last 5 years. He's received accolades from around the country including features in The New York Times, Gourmet, Bon Appetit, the Wall Street Journal and Food & Wine magazines.