Manhattan Beach Food & Wine Chef Lineup Announced
- Jose Martinez

- Jul 22, 2025
- 2 min read
The participating chef lineup for this year’s Manhattan Beach Food & Wine two-day extravaganza has been announced and it features a who’s who of culinary luminaries. The second annual South Bay fest will take place on Friday and Saturday, September 12 and 13 at Manhattan Village. See you there!

The Manhattan Beach Food & Wine 2nd Annual All-Star Chef Lineup includes:
Chef Erik Ackley: Fishing with Dynamite – Manhattan Beach, CA
Chef Vanda Asapahu & Cathy Asapahu: Ayara Thai – Westchester, CA
Chef Jose Acevedo: Mercado – Manhattan Beach, CA
Chef Noah Clark: BOX Chicken – West Los Angeles, CA
Chef Brendan Collins: Boa Steakhouse – Manhattan Beach, CA
Chef Chris Cosentino: KOAST – Maui, HA
Chef Shaun Dry: BrewCo Social, Rock’N Fish – Manhattan Beach, CA
Chef Chris Feldmeier: Love & Salt – Manhattan Beach, CA
Chef Mary Sue Milliken & Susan Feniger: Alice B., Border Grill, Socalo – Palm Springs, Santa Monica, CA
Chef Steven Fretz: Coast Range – Solvang, CA
Chef Jason Fullilove: Saint & Second – Manhattan Beach, CA
Chef Ray Garcia: – Los Angeles, CA
Chef Jeffray Gardner: Marsatta Chocolate – Old Town Torrance, Pasadena, CA
Chef Ray Hayashi: Ryla – Hermosa Beach, CA
Chef Jayro Martinez: Top of the V – Anaheim, CA
Chef Joel Hammond: Uchi West Hollywood – West Hollywood, CA
Chef Dennis Horton: California Surf Club, BeachLife Festival, BeachLife Grotto – Redondo Beach, CA
Chef Stephanie Izard: Girl & the Goat – Chicago, IL, Los Angeles, CA
Chef Thomas & Vanessa Tilaka Kalb: Agnes Restaurant & Cheesery – Pasadena, CA
Chef Antonia Lofaso: Black Market Liquor Bar, Scopa Italian Roots, DAMA – Los Angeles, CA
Chef Raphael Lunetta: Lunetta – Santa Monica, CA
Chef David LeFevre: Fishing with Dynamite, MB Post, The Arthur J, AttaGirl – Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, CA

Chef Alice Mai: AttaGirl – Hermosa Beach, CA
Chef Chris Park: The Strand House – Manhattan Beach, CA
Chef Michael Reed: Poppy + Rose, Poppy & Seed – Downtown Los Angeles, Anaheim, CA
Chef Frank Ryan Saporito: Wife and the Somm – Glassell Park, CA
Chef Warren Schwartz: Magpies Softserve – Highland Park, Silver Lake, Tarzana, CA
Chef Alex Seidel: Mercantile Dining & Provisions, Fruition – Denver, CO
Chef Jimmy Shaw: Loteria Grill – Los Angeles, CA
Chef Bret Thompson: Pez Cantina, Pez Coastal Kitchen – Downtown Los Angeles, Pasadena, CA
Chef Dustin Trani: J. Trani’s, Trani’s Dockside Station – San Pedro, CA
Chef Sherry Yard: Bakery by the Yard – Manhattan Beach, CA
And, more…
Manhattan Beach Food & Wine will take place on Friday and Saturday, September 12 and 13 at Manhattan Village, located at 3500 N. Sepulveda Boulevard. This is 21+ event.






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