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 The American Institute of Wine & Food (AIWF) is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization established in 1981 by the late Julia Child, the late Robert Mondavi, the late Richard Graff and others to provide a forum for the study and enjoyment of gastronomy. The AIWF is one of the few national organizations with the unique combination of dedicated wine and food enthusiasts and professionals. Wine and food enthusiasts get to meet and learn from renowned chefs, winemakers, authors, culinary historians, and food producers, while industry professionals have the opportunity to know and understand their core consumers. We recognize Heidi Barrett, Michael Chiarello, Michael Escoffier, Tyler Florence, Gale Gand, Michel Richard, Gail Simmons, Rick Tramonto, and Roy Yamaguchi as AIWF ambassadors carrying on the legacies of our founders and promoting The AIWF.
Winemaker dinners, exclusive wine tastings, gala auctions, cookbook signings, artisan food gatherings, picnics, garden tours, culinary cruises, golf tournaments, chocolate tastings, salmon fishing, BBQs - everything from black tie and gala dinners to cowboy boots and ribs - AIWF has something for everyone! And, we do more than just have fun; our events have an educational element as well, so you can learn, taste and socialize all at the same time. Local chapters and the AIWF Foundation award culinary and enology scholarships, and over 20,000 adults and children nationwide have been reached with The AIWF signature program Days of Taste® which teaches underserved elementary school students that eating healthy tastes good. Culinary researchers and food enthusiasts are welcome to visit the University of California, San Diego’s AIWF Collection that includes more than 6,384 volumes and is housed in the Mandeville Special Collections Library and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University - Schlesinger Library Culinary Collection that includes close to 15,000 titles. Both collections include works by Julia Child, M.F.K. Fisher, Eleanor Lowenstein and Andre Simon.
The AIWF is a sponsor of Julia Child’s Kitchen at The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. The exhibition features Julia’s actual kitchen including the cabinets, appliances, cookbooks, kitchen table, and hundreds of utensils and gadgets. The exhibition gives visitors a peek into the working kitchen of one of the world’s best known cooks, and explores how her influence as an author and host of several television series changed the way America cooks.
With 22 chapters in major cities across the United States and over 3,000 members, you will find people who love good food and great wine in your local chapter area or when you are traveling for business or pleasure. We welcome you to join us. Members may attend events in any chapter and national events.
Bon Appetit!
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