About the San Diego Jewish Food Festival

What do you get when you mix tasty Jewish deli cuisine prepared from traditional family recipes, entertaining celebrity chef demos, incredible music, and bazaar filled with the sights, sounds and aromas of days long ago? San Diego's original Jewish Food Festival – The place to be on Sunday, April 22nd, 2012.

The San Diego Jewish Food Festival features food from around the world based on time-honored family recipes. Numerous food booths provide noshes ("try it you'll like it" size tasting samples) to accompany the wide assortment of deli delights from two delicatessens and bakeries. Bagels, lox, knishes, kugels and so much more. New this year, live celebrity chef demo stage showing you how they prepare their favorites. Enjoy an exciting live music program and, of course, activities for kids of all ages.

Whether to 'Nosh Around the World', watch celebrity chef demos, sit back and enjoy live music, or simply savor the aromas, sights, and sounds – The San Diego Jewish Food Festival has something for everyone!

Enjoy a fabulous day of dining, entertainment and shopping. Wander amoung the many booths Enjoy mouth-watering delights from Jewish cultures around the world including Israeli and middle eastern cuisine, tantalizing corned beef sandwiches, a wide array of traditional holiday food such as latkes, blintzes, kugels and popular deli menu items including knishes, gefilte fish, chopped liver, falafel, and, plenty of bagels, lox and cream cheese.

In addition to tasty treats, you will be entertained by some of the most talented singers and musicians in Southern Califonia performing a variety of traditional and contemporary Jewish music, ranging from top vocalists, duets and musicial groups to an exciting Klezmer band playing all your favorite jewish tunes.

Enjoy superb shopping for many items ranging from jewelry and judaica, crafts and linens to photography services and resources for Bar/Bat mitzvah and wedding party planning.

Booths at the food festival

Festival booths include food, desserts, beverages, holidays, crafts, shopping and entertainment.

Booths offering food include:
  • Delicatessen
  • Passover
  • Chanukah
  • Purim
  • Sukkot
  • Middle Eastern
  • Israeli
  • Lox, Knish and Chopped Liver
  • Desserts