Running from Jan. 14 through Feb. 21, 2022 – right in the midst of the eighteen month-long Walt Disney World Resort 50th Anniversary Celebration – the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts will showcase visual, culinary and performing arts from across the globe. This year, the chefs and mixologists have crafted items that aren’t just delicious, but truly works of art.
Get a glimpse of the 15 Food Studios featuring some returning favorites and soon-to-be hits taking the foodie stage for the first time, like the brand-new The Craftsman’s Courtyard. For some added fun, be sure to pick up a Festival Passport to try out the Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine, a returning food stroll featuring some true culinary masterpieces. As Guests travel throughout the Festival, they can collect stamps by purchasing five of these decadent dishes to redeem a special prize from Deco Delights to enjoy.
And now for the pièce de résistance – the Foodie Guide to the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts!
Pop Eats! (Near Port of Entry)
Food Items:
Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese
Tomato Soup with Bacon, Apple, and Brie Grilled Cheese (New)
Almond Frangipane Cake layered with raspberry jam and Belgian chocolate
Pop’t Art: Modern-designed sugar cookie with chocolate-hazelnut filling
Figment Premium Popcorn Bucket with Rainbow Popcorn (New)
Beverages:
Hazy IPA
Tomato Soup Can Bloody Mary
The Deconstructed Dish (Near Port of Entry)
Food Items:
Deconstructed BLT: Crispy pork belly, soft-poached egg, brioche, watercress espuma, and tomato jam
Deconstructed French Onion Soup: Beef broth ravioli, Gruyère espuma, onion bread pudding, and onion textures (New)
Deconstructed Key Lime Pie: Flexible Key lime curd, “Key lime” mousse, graham cracker cake, and meringues (Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine – Green) (New)
Beverages:
Deconstructed Apple Pie à la Mode: Apple-cinnamon gelato, cinnamon apple cider, apple pie filling, and streusel (non-alcoholic) (New)
Brown Ale
Deco Delights (Near Port of Entry)
Food Items:
Dulce Chocolate Mousse with chocolate crémeux and dark chocolate truffle (New)
Decadent Valrhona Chocolate with dark chocolate mousse, chocolate brownie, and cassis mousse (New)
Orange Mousse with lemon cake and raspberry meringues (New)
Beverages:
Strawberry Blonde Nitro
Vanilla Porter
Milk Stout
Neapolitan Beer Flight
The Craftsman’s Courtyard (near Disney Traders) (New)
Food Items:
Cast Iron-roasted P.E.I. Mussels with Sautéed Tomatoes, Garlic, and Fresh Herbs (New)
Cast Iron-seared Steelhead Trout with parsley salad, grape tomatoes, Kalamata olives, capers, and lemon aïoli (New)
Beverages:
Wheat Beer
Chardonnay
Rosé
Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine Flight
Refreshment Outpost
Food Items:
Plant-based Bratwurst with spicy turmeric aïoli, coffee barbecue jackfruit, and slaw (Plant-based)
Artist Palette Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookie
Beverages:
Blue Raspberry Blonde Ale
Nairobi Coffee Dark Beer
Brown Ale
Pastoral Palate (Germany)
Food Items:
Red Wine-braised Beef Short Rib with parsnip purée, broccolini, baby tomatoes, and aged balsamic
Wild Boar Cassoulet with duck confit, ham hock, and wild boar sausage (New)
Opera Cake: Almond joconde, coffee buttercream, and chocolate ganache
Beverages:
Rosé Hard Cider
Rosé Blonde Ale
Frozen Rosé
A Play on Rosé Flight
Old Vine Rosé
The Artist’s Table (America)
Food Items:
Beef Wellington: Mushroom duxelle, prosciutto, and puff pastry with red wine demi-glace and baby vegetables
Pan-seared Scallops with vanilla-butternut squash purée, brown butter cauliflower purée, and lime foam (Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine – Orange)
Pistachio Cake with cherry mousse and morello cherries
Beverages:
Sipping Chocolate Flight: White, milk, and dark chocolate (non-alcoholic)
White Ale
Amber Ale
Brown Ale
Pinot Noir
Symphony in Chocolate Flight: Cream liqueurs paired with Sipping Chocolates
Beer Flight
Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina (Morocco)
Food Items:
Carrots Three Ways: Berbere-spiced grilled carrots, pickled carrots, and carrot ginger purée (Plant-based) (New)
House-made Crispy Almond Phyllo Pockets with white chocolate pomegranate and milk chocolate orange (New)
Beverages:
Chai Tea Mint Mimosa: Twinings of London Chai Tea with Key lime sparkling wine and mint
Sangria Hard Cider
Chai Hard Cider
Berry Hard Cider
Cider Flight
Vibrante & Vívido: Encanto Cocina (Between Morocco & France)
Food Items:
House-made Chorizo and Potato Empanada with turmeric aïoli and annatto aïoli (Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine – Yellow) (New)
Spicy Ajiaco Soup with guajillo and árbol chili-spiced chicken, potato, avocado, corn, and crème fraîche (Gluten/Wheat Friendly) (New)
Passion Fruit Mousse with Dragon Fruit Jam (Gluten/Wheat Friendly)
Beverages:
Coconut and Passion Fruit Smoothie (non-alcoholic)
Frozen Piña Colada
Passion Fruit Daiquiri
Refreshment Port (Near Canada)
Food Items:
Gnocchi Poutine with red wine-braised beef, cheese curds, basil, and burrata (New)
Artist Palette Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookie
Beverages:
Blood Orange Cosmo: Vodka with blood orange, cranberry, and lime (New)
Hard Cider
Gourmet Landscapes (Canada)
Food Items:
Blood Orange-braised Beet Carpaccio with mustard vinaigrette, pickled clamshell mushrooms, golden beets, and crostini (Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine – Red) (Planted-based) (New)
Roasted Bone Marrow with onion marmalade, pickled mushrooms, mache lettuce, and bone marrow snow (New)
Wild Mushroom Risotto, Aged Parmesan, Truffle Shavings, and Zinfandel Reduction
Beverages:
German Lager
Cuvée Sparkling Wine
Merlot
Frozen Rusty Nail Cocktail
The Donut Box
Food Items:
Vanilla Donut with strawberry sugar, strawberry ice cream, fresh strawberries, and strawberry gele (Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine – Pink) (New)
Inside Out Donut: Vanilla donut with Bavarian cream (New)
Chocolate-dipped Donut with black and gold sugar sprinkles and chocolate buttercream ((New)
Beverages:
Rosé
Cold Fashion Coffee Cocktail
L’Art de la Cuisine Française (France)
Food Items:
Crème de Brie en Petit Pain: Warm creamy brie in a house-made bread bowl
Croissant à la Truffe Noire d’Hiver: Black winter truffle croissant served warm
Mousseline de Bisque de Homard Froide, Brioche Feuilletée à l’Aneth: Chilled lobster bisque mousse served with dill brioche (New)
Moelleux aux Noisettes et Chocolats Valrhona: Molten chocolate and hazelnut cake with pure origin Valrhona chocolates
Beverages:
Frozen French Martini: Vodka, black raspberry liqueur, pineapple, orange, and grape juice with lemon-lime foam
French Rosé Sparkling Wine
Cabernet Sauvignon
Sparkling Chardonnay
El Artista Hambriento (Mexico)
Food Items:
Huarache Verde: Cilantro huarache with cochinita pibil, fresh pineapple, and pickled onion (New)
Carne Asada: Seared beef tenderloin, grilled queso fresco, refried beans, scallion, and ranchera salsa (New)
Taco de Chocolate: Chocolate candy shell filled with Mexican chocolate mousse with a touch of chile topped with seasonal fruit (Gluten/Wheat Friendly)
Beverages:
Mexican Craft Beer: Crafted with citrus notes and made with Mexican Caribbean seawater
The Lily: Blanco tequila, violet essence Infusion, rose petal liqueur, cranberry, and lime juice
Smoky Raspberry: Blanco tequila, rosemary-infused mezcal, ginger cordial, lime juice, and rosemary aroma
Goshiki (Japan)
Food Items:
Chicken Kushiage: Breaded and fried chicken with yum yum sauce and vegetables (New)
Sushi Donut: Donut-shaped sushi featuring salmon, tuna, shrimp, cucumber, and sesame seed over a decorated plate of wasabi aïoli, sriracha, and eel sauce
Beverages:
Winter Ale
Sake in a traditional personalized wooden cup
Niseko Flurry: Sake, rum, white cranberry juice, blue curaçao, and lime juice (New)
The Painted Panda (China)
Food Items:
General Tso’s Chicken Shumai
Char Siu Pork Bun
Beverages:
“Panda” Bubble Tea: Classic milk tea with black and white boba (non-alcoholic)
Jasmine Draft Beer
Eastern Dynasty: Vodka, light rum, strawberry syrup, piña colada mix, soda water, and magic boba pearls
Kung Fu Punch: Vodka, triple sec, mango syrup, orange juice, and soda water
Sea Butterfly: Butterfly pea flower-infused cocktail with vodka, light rum, lychee syrup, magic boba pearls
L’Arte di Mangiare (Italy)
Food Items:
Arancini: Fried risotto balls stuffed with braised-beef and served with pomodoro sauce (New)
Ravioli alla Boscaiola: Sweet sausage ravioli, mushrooms, caramelized onions, and creamy Parmesan sauce (New)
Bomboloni: Chocolate-hazelnut Italian doughnut with powdered sugar (New)
Beverages:
Peroni Pilsner
Pinot Grigio
Chianti
Prosecco
Red Sparkling Wine
Moscato
Italian White Sangria with Prosecco
Italian Red Sangria with Cabernet Sauvignon
Italian Margarita with Tequila and Limoncello
Amaretto Bellini: Amaretto, White Peach Purée, and Prosecco
Bergamotto: Rosolio Liqueur, Prosecco, and Olive
Funnel Cake
Cherry Blossom Funnel Cake: Chocolate chip funnel cake topped with cherry ice cream, rainbow whipped cream, chocolate chips, and a maraschino cherry (New)
Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company World Discovery (Near Mission: SPACE) – Mocha Masterpiece Cold Brew: A sweet creamy cold brew topped with whipped cream and chocolate puffs Canada – Colorful Canvas Cold Brew: A sweet creamy cold brew topped with whipped cream and fruity cereal World Showcase (Near Disney Traders) – Cinnamon Swirl Cold Brew: A sweet creamy cold brew topped with whipped cream and cinnamon squares The American Adventure – Rainbow Dreams Cold Brew: A sweet creamy cold crew topped with whipped cream and colorful marshmallow crunch
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