Pig Out Festival Returns with Guest Chef Dinner and new Pig Out Trails Wine Tour
OLIVER, B.C. (March 27th, 2026): The Pig Out Festival, Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country’s signature food and wine celebration, returns May 1st – 3rd, 2026 with a full weekend of culinary events and experiences.
Kick start the festival on Friday May 1st, with the Pig Out Guest Chef Dinner at Sweetgrass Restaurant at Nk’Mip Cellars in Osoyoos, where Chef Shawn Cheer welcomes guest Chef Javier Blanc of Vancouver’s Casa Molina, alongside Canadian Butcher team member, Ronnie Keely and B.C.’s inaugural Best Butcher Michael Hecken. Together, they’ll serve a multi-course, locally sourced, family-style feast paired with wines from local vineyards. Guests can watch live cooking and butchery demonstrations while enjoying sweeping vineyard views. Tickets are $129.99 + tax.
On Saturday May 2nd, the popular Pig Out Festival returns to Cellar Door & More in Oliver. With the theme “Let’s Feast” and supported by B.C. Meats for B.C. Families, guests can savour unlimited, delicious bites and dishes from B.C chefs and producers, enjoy BBQ and cooking demonstrations, sip local wines and meet local winemakers and producers, enjoy live music and entertainment, and shop at the local artisan market, all surrounded by magnificent vineyard views.
Sixteen talented chefs, BBQ pitmasters, butchers and producers are already confirmed to showcase their talents at culinary stations during the festival, with more to be announced.
Chef-led stations include: Chef Adair Scott from Terrafina Restaurant at Hester Creek Estate Winery; Chef Javier Blanc with Vancouver’s The Paella Guys; Chef Ian Stilborn from Ward’s Wine Country Kitchen; Chef Shawn Cheer from Sweetgrass Restaurant at Nk’Mip Cellars; Chef Steeve Ray from See Ya Later Ranch Kitchen; Chef Olivier Mainville with Pit Stop Smokery; Chef Kelly Adams withHighway 97 Brewery; Chef Tim Wheeldon from Giant’s Head Brewing; and legendary BBQ Pitmaster, Brian Miskoof House of Q BBQ.
Butcher and producer-led stations are: Stuart Rolland, Rollands Meats; Ronnie Keeley,KamLake Meats; Michael Hencken,Konig Meats; and teams from Fraser Valley Specialty Poultry, Traeger Grills, Johnston’s, Two Rivers Meats; and Rangeland Meats.
Pig Out Festival tickets are $109 + tax for adults, $45 + tax for youth (13-18) and free for children 12 and under. Transportation from Oliver, Osoyoos and Penticton is available for $25 per guest. VIP tickets are now sold out.
Rounding out the weekend on Sunday May 3rd, join the brand new Pig Out Trails wine tour and visit four of the region’s acclaimed wineries, to taste library wines and new releases, meet the team and discover winemaking secrets offers, and stock your home cellar with B.C. wines for the summer entertaining season. Traveling in comfort by bus from pick up points in Oliver, Osoyoos or Penticton, it’s the perfect way to end the weekend. Tickets are $45 + tax, seats are limited.
Tickets for all events are available at www.oliverosoyoos.com/pig-out-festival. Guests can turn the weekend into a full South Okanagan getaway with special rates at Coast Oliver Hotel, Holiday Inn Osoyoos, and Four Points by Sheraton Penticton. Save up to 20% off when booked though oliverosoyoos.com.
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About Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country
Uncork the Sun in Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country and encounter colourful characters, award-winning wineries, and stunning scenery which all give this decorated region its unique glow. Situated at the very southern tip of British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley, in one of the warmest areas of Western Canada, the region’s wineries have won more accolades than any other wine region in Canada. The sunny slopes of Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country are also the perfect place to enjoy fine-dining with vineyard views, the opportunity to stay on a winery and wake up surrounded by vines, and to enjoy award-winning wine and food events and experiences, such as the Half Corked Marathon, Pig Out Festival Weekend and Savour the Sun wine dinners. For our full list of winery members, visit oliverosoyoos.com/category/wineries
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