Culinary Village Exhibitors

Thank you for your interest in participating as an Exhibitor at Charleston Wine + Food’s Culinary Village, the festival’s largest sampling experience. Our dedicated Exhibitor booths enhance the three-day Culinary Village experience by providing our attendees the opportunity to discover + engage with local + regional brands.

In order to maximize the brand experience, we intentionally curate Exhibitor offerings with sensitivity to category-exclusivity and non-competing footprints. We are also proud to offer all participating South Carolina-based food and/or beverage Exhibitors a complimentary booth.

To ensure your brand gets the most out of its CHSWF experience, and to ensure we are also a good fit for your brand, we’d like to get to know you a little better! Please complete the application form in its entirety by December 1, 2023. CHSWF will review all applications on a rolling basis and we will reach out to your brand regarding acceptance after reviewing.

2024 EXHIBITOR APPLICATION Open Now

Booth Types + Pricing

Artisan Market in partnership with Garden & Gun

This year we are thrilled to be partnering with our friends at Garden & Gun to curate some of the most talented artisans in Charleston and the South. They will be bringing Fieldshop by Garden & Gun to life creating a unique shopping experience inspired by the pages of the magazine. You’ll be in good company with other vendors who are creating everything from handmade knives, jewelry, ceramics, to exquisite chocolates, bowties, and more. The Charleston Wine + Food Culinary Village hails food lovers from near and far, these epicurious consumers are not only educated about the culinary and beverage world, but excited to support it.

$2,000 booth fee; Exhibitor keeps 100% of sales

 

Wine, Beer, Cider, and Non-Alcoholic Beverage Sampling

$500 booth fee*

 

Liquor Sampling

$1,800 booth fee*

 

*Please note that we have several grants for South Carolina-based brands to receive a complimentary booth. In order to qualify, your business must be privately held and not publicly traded, based in the State of South Carolina with no other headquarters outside of the State, and your owners (50% majority) live within the state. Please note your request for a grant-based booth on your application.

Grant-Based Booths for SC Brands

We are thrilled to share that – new in 2024 – South Carolina based brands who are sampling food and/or beverage can apply to receive a complimentary booth for all three days of the Culinary Village. Charleston Wine + Food is a homegrown event and we’re excited to showcase your brand and boast about the many great products, businesses, and ventures we have right here in Charleston and the state of South Carolina.

Guidelines + Resources

  • 2024 Culinary Village dates

    The 2024 Culinary Village dates are:

    Friday, March 8 – Saturday, March 9 from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM

    Sunday, March 10 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM

  • What Charleston Wine + Food provides

    CHSWF will provide a dedicated 10′ x 10′ booth space, standard tenting + flooring, a front table or bar, a back table, standard overhead signage with brand notation, appropriate linens, and two Culinary Village working credentials.

  • Additional booth items Exhibitor may purchase

    At an additional cost, Exhibitors are able to purchase up to two electrical outlets (120 volts each), two 40 lb bags of ice per day in a cooler, one dump bucket, one beverage dispenser, and one ice scoop.

  • General liability insurance

    Exhibitors must maintain a comprehensive General Liability Insurance of at least one million dollars (general aggregate) and $500,000 each occurrence. Charleston Wine + Food must be named as a Certificate Holder. A copy of your General Liability Form must be submitted to CHSWF no later than January 31, 2023. If you do not maintain this level of insurance, Exhibitors are able to purchase the ability to be added as additionally insured to Charleston Wine + Food’s policy at an additional cost of $85 for necessary coverage through the festival.

  • Training

    A representative from your company that will be on-site during the festival must attend at least one in-person or virtual Exhibitor training session in advance of the festival. Dates to be determined.

  • If serving food / beverage

    We are excited to showcase your product to our 5,500 attendees per day of the Culinary Village. Sales of alcohol are NOT PERMITTED.

  • If selling artisanal goods

    We are excited to showcase your product to our 5,500 attendees per day of the Culinary Village. Exhibitors selling artisanal goods must hold and share a copy of their South Carolina business license and North Charleston business license with CHSWF.

  • Compostable materials only

    All serving / sampling materials must be 100% compostable. Serving on non-compostable materials will result in a charge for compostable replacements onsite.

  • Children + pets

    All festival events are 21 and older. No children or infants (even in strollers or carriers) are allowed to attend any festival event. Pets, emotional support, therapy, or companion animals are not permitted at any Charleston Wine + Food event.

    Service animals are permitted throughout the festival. They must be properly trained and under proper care of their owners; remain by the handler’s side at all times and be harnessed, leashed, or tethered; be housebroken and relieve themselves outdoors; and be up to date on all legally required vaccinations. Anyone bringing a service animal will be responsible for and liable for any damage or injury the animal causes.

  • On-site event staff

    All on-site event staff must be 21 years of age or older.

  • Health acknowledgment

    By participating in Charleston Wine + Food, you are confirming that you and all persons in your party will comply with our health + safety measures. Exhibitors who cannot confirm all of the below criteria must not enter Charleston Wine + Food events. If at any point during participation at Charleston Wine + Food Exhibitor does not meet all of the criteria, please contact your Charleston Wine + Food point of contact.

    + Are not experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19 (e.g. a fever of 100.4F or higher, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, chills, repeated shaking, muscle pain / achiness, headache, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, nasal congestion, runny nose, vomiting or diarrhea, fatigue, or any other symptoms associated with COVID-19 identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

    + Do not need to quarantine due to close contact with someone with confirmed or suspected COVID-19

    + Are not under any self-quarantine orders

  • Media release

    Through your participation in Charleston Wine + Food, you may be photographed or recorded. Participating Exhibitors hereby grant Charleston Wine + Food the right and license to publish, print, display, record and use (by photograph, film, tape, and any other method or device) the participating Exhibitor, and all of its credentialed employees’ and guests’, name, voice, image and likeness while at the festival (the “Recordings”), and use such Recordings for any and all purposes, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, including and not limited to social media.

  • Loss / theft

    Participating Exhibitors are solely responsible for the security of all goods, property, equipment, materials, product or any other items (“Participant’s Property”) that it or its agents, or other representatives bring to the Charleston Wine + Food festival. Charleston Wine + Food shall have no obligation or liability whatsoever for any loss, misplacement or theft of Participant’s Property unless such loss, misplacement, or theft directly arises from the Charleston Wine + Food’s willful misconduct.

Code of Conduct

PEOPLE FIRST. COMMUNITY. GOOD STEWARDSHIP.

These are the driving principles of Charleston Wine + Food…and we ask that they drive your own participation in our community gathering. We hope you will enthusiastically support our organizational code of conduct.

Be yourself, be genuine and kind! Participating authentically lends your uniqueness to the tapestry that is our festival. In addition to exhibiting individuality, we expect every participant in the Festival to be courteous and professional at all times. We have zero tolerance for harassment or discrimination. If you are a target of any harassment or discriminatory behavior, please let us know. Harassment and discrimination can include but are not limited to offensive comments or actions pertaining to race, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, national origin, or mental or physical disability.

 

Violence and threats of violence will not be tolerated; acting in the “heat of the moment” is not an excuse.

 

Deliberate intimidation, unwelcome sexual attention, and other similar aggressions will not be tolerated.

 

If you feel victimized in any way as a part of your engagement with Charleston Wine + Food, please report immediately to your Charleston Wine + Food point of contact. 

 

Charleston Wine + Food reserves the right to remove anyone from the Festival who engages in discrimination, harassment, mistreatment, aggressiveness, violence, intimidation or improper or unprofessional behavior, as determined by Charleston Wine + Food. In such case, tickets and participation in remaining Festival events may not be honored or allowed and refunds will not be issued

2024 Exhibitor Application

To ensure that your brand is able to get the most out of its Charleston Wine + Food experience, we’d like to get to know you a little better. Please complete the application form in its entirety by November 20, 2023. CHSWF will be reviewing all applications on a rolling basis and we will reach out to your brand on the status of your application after reviewing.

 

2024 EXHIBITOR APPLICATION Open Now