Tickets are now available to Charlotte’s new BayHaven Food & Wine Festival
Editor’s note: This story was originally published on April 29 and has been updated to include the festival name change, which matches the name of the new BayHaven Restaurant Group.
BayHaven Food & Wine Festival, a three-day festival in Charlotte dedicated to celebrating Black foodways, is coming to Camp North End, and you’re going to want to go ahead and save the date now: October 22-24.
The festival is inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and will be a celebration of Black foodways, said Subrina Collier, who created the event with her husband, Greg Collier. You know the duo as the power couple behind restaurants Leah & Louise and the former Uptown Yolk.
The Harlem Renaissance was the development of Harlem, New York, in the 1920s and 30s, as it became a mecca of African American art, dance, fashion, literature, music and theater. The cultural and intellectual revival was called a golden age of Black culture. Expect the Charlotte festival to educate and entertain, Subrina said in a statement.
“We noticed a huge void in the festival scene that excluded Black chefs, Black food and Black culture,” she said. “Rather than telling other festivals to include us more, we decided to stop asking and create our own.”
Additionally, Greg and Subrina Collier have decided to form their own restaurant group: BayHaven Restaurant Group. “If the pandemic showed us anything, it showed us the blatant lack of diversity in the restaurant industry locally, regionally and nationally,” Subrina said. “We want to use our platform to highlight Black culinarians and help them become business owners while furthering our long-time mission: to offer a wider range of hospitality establishments through the Black lens.”
The festival lineup will continue to grow, but here are some of the people who have signed up:
- Chef/author Todd Richards
- Chef Ashleigh Shanti
- Chef Duane Nutter
- “Top Chef” alum chef Tiffany Derry
- “Top Chef” alum chef Chris Scott
- “Top Chef” alum chef Keith Rhodes
- Lindsey Williams of Davidson Wine Co.
- Chef Greg Williams and chef Jamie Barnes, co-owners of What The Fries
- Chef Whitney Thomas, who has appeared on “Beat Bobby Flay”
- Chef Michael Bowling of Hot Box Next Level Kitchen
Get your tickets
- Tickets went on sale at noon on June 19. Purchase them online via www.bayhavenfoodandwine.com while supplies last.
BayHaven Food & Wine Festival
Camp North End, 300 Camp Road (at the wedge between Statesville Avenue and North Graham Street)
October 22-24
This story was originally published April 29, 2021 at 11:56 AM.
