SF Chefs. Food. Wine. announces an extraordinary Culinary Dream Weekend in San Francisco during the not-to-be-missed food and wine festival debuting on August 6-9, 2009. Thousands of food and wine lovers will converge on San Francisco’s historic Union Square and The Westin St. Francis hotel over the weekend, where a who’s who of star chefs will be featured in classes and events held at The Westin St. Francis Hotel, Restaurant Michael Mina and other surrounding venues.

Food and wine lovers can book their own Culinary Dream Package for two including a one night hotel stay at host hotel The Westin St. Francis for $129 (double occupancy, plus tax), plus two one-day VIP Day Passes to SF Chefs for $270 (includes rate of 10% off ticket price). Link to reservations and ticket package here or copy and paste http://www.westin.com/sffoodwine. Details: After guests book their hotel room on the site, they will be given a code to book the SF Chefs Day Passes per couple. Guests can also plus up the package for additional nights and classes or events. Note: Each one day pass includes one morning class, the Grand Tasting from noon to 3:30, and an afternoon class.

Entice your palate at SF Chefs. Food. Wine. – the ultimate experience to showcase San Francisco’s one-of-a-kind culinary scene, including the history, talents and successes garnered by sourcing the bounty of Northern California. “The Bay Area chef and wine community came together to create a program which reflects our creative spirit,” said award-winning pastry chef Emily Luchetti of Farallon and Waterbar and a chef-advisor for the event. For four days acclaimed experts including chefs, winemakers, mixologists, farmers, artisans, and visionaries will join forces to educate and entertain guests through classes, tastings and evening galas.

Evolving and current program and details can be found at http://www.sfchefsfoodwine.com/Schedule.aspx