Houston’s Chefs For Farmers Food & Wine Festival Begins Today at Autry Park
Houston’s Chefs For Farmers Food & Wine Festival opens today, Saturday, September 26, at Autry Park for its fifth consecutive Houston year. The two-day event continues Sunday, September 27, bringing chefs, restaurants, caterers, bakeries, and other food destinations together for a food and drink tasting experience centered on Houston’s culinary scene and connections between chefs and Texas farms.
The festival takes place at Autry Park, located at 3711 Autry Park Drive, Houston, TX 77019. The official Chefs For Farmers Houston page and FAQ list the event dates as September 26 and September 27, 2026.
A weekend built around Houston’s food scene
Chefs For Farmers describes the Houston Food & Wine Festival as an all-inclusive food, wine, and celebration event. The official ticket information describes unlimited food and drink tastings featuring local and global culinary and beverage talent.
Houston Food Bank says more than 50 restaurants, chefs, caterers, bakeries, and other food destinations are slated to participate. The published participant list includes Houston food names such as Blood Bros BBQ, Hugo’s, Musaafer, Original Ninfa’s, Loro Asian Smokehouse & Bar, Pier 6 Seafood, Saigon Hustle, Common Bond, Guard and Grace Houston, Local Foods, Crawfish & Noodles, JŪN and Belly of the Beast.
The weekend’s food and beverage offerings include unlimited bites, craft cocktails, premium wine and spirit pairings, and live entertainment.
Connecting chefs with local farmers
Beyond a restaurant tasting event, Chefs For Farmers highlights relationships between chefs and local farmers. The festival describes itself as a Texas culinary festival celebrating chefs and local farmers, with a farm program focused on local Texas farms and the relationships through which family-owned farms supply ingredients to chefs.
Autry Park’s event listing also describes the festival’s founding idea as connecting local chefs directly with farmers. The farm-to-chef focus gives the event a connection to local food production while bringing participating culinary businesses and attendees together around food.
The festival information does not identify specific farms paired with individual chefs or specific ingredients supplied by particular farms.
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Event times and weekend details
Chefs For Farmers Houston is a 21-and-over food-and-drink event, and attendees must show a valid photo ID for entry.
Saturday’s schedule lists VIP entry from 1–5 p.m. and General Admission from 2–5 p.m. The same schedule is listed for Sunday, with VIP from 1–5 p.m. and General Admission from 2–5 p.m.
The official ticket page provides additional event details for the September 26–27 festival.
Houston Food Bank and Empty Bowls Houston partnership
Houston Food Bank is participating again in the festival. Guests can purchase handmade bowls from Empty Bowls Houston, with proceeds benefiting the Houston Food Bank’s work addressing food insecurity in Greater Houston and its 18-county Southeast Texas service area.
The Houston Food Bank’s event information provides details about the organization’s involvement in the festival.
For those attending, the City of Houston’s special-events calendar lists associated street closures around the venue from September 23 through September 29. The records include a complete closure of Autry Park Drive between Marston Street and Buffalo Park Drive.
Chefs For Farmers Food & Wine Festival continues Sunday, September 27, at Autry Park, giving Houston diners another day to take part in the two-day event focused on chefs, restaurants, local farmers, and the city’s culinary community.
