SOBEWFF® 2023 Recap

The Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival presented by Capital One (SOBEWFF®) is a national, star-studded, four-day destination event showcasing the talents of the world’s most renowned wine and spirits producers, chefs and culinary personalities.

Each year, over 1,200 students gain invaluable real-world experience at the Festival. To date, SOBEWFF® has raised more than $34 million for FIU’s Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management.

100% of the net proceeds from SOBEWFF® benefit FIU’s Chaplin School!

Our students are the only ones in the country to help run the world’s premier wine and food festival, The Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival presented by Capital One (SOBEWFF®) and have access to major global corporations, such as:
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
The Walt Disney Company
Bacardi USA
Marriott International
Carnival Cruise Lines
Restaurant Brands International

The Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Florida International University (FIU) is ranked 6th in the U.S. and 31st in the world among top U.S. public universities for tourism and hospitality management.