For each of the past eighteen years, The Colony on Longboat Key has celebrated the beginning of Stone Crab season by inviting this nation's leading chefs and vintners to join our guests for a long weekend of fabulous food and wine in a beautiful setting at the edge of the warm, blue-green waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

Our roster of past participants reads like a “Who’s Who” of the culinary world. Past festival participants have included chefs Jean-Louis Palladin, Bob Kinkead, Vincent Guerithault, David Burke, Michelle Bernstein, Kerry Simon, Larry Forgione and Dickie Brennan. Winemakers from many leading wineries such as Silverado, Swanson, Far Niente, Arrowood, Schramsberg, Clos Pegase, Biondi Santi and Hogue Cellars have been involved.

The intimate scale of the event presents a rare opportunity for those who attend to meet some of today's most famous chefs and vintners representing many of the world's most admired wines.