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Saturday, June 7, 2025
The Black Food & Wine Experience returns to Oakland on Saturday, June 7, 2025, and it's bigger and bolder than ever! Founded by Chef Mimi, its mission is to provide a space where hospitality and Black excellence are cultivated, celebrated, and explored by all. Indulge in a delightful fusion of flavors, rich heritage of foods, wine, and cocktails inspired by the Diaspora.
This year, we’re bringing you more of what you love—and what you’ve asked for! Alongside a lineup of incredible food, wines, and cocktails, we’re adding a variety of mocktails and vegan options so everyone can join in on the fun. Then, turn up under the stars for the ultimate cooking competition and live deejay spinning old school HipHop and a tribute and cheers to Frankie Beverly to cap off an incredible day of food, culture, and community!
Prepare to meet the talents behind the flavors, including winemakers, cocktail curators, top restaurateurs, and celebrated chefs, all gathered for one unforgettable experience.
The Black Food & Wine Experience will take place at The Bridge Yard on Saturday, June 7. Event starts at 5:30 PM but doors will open at 5:15 PM.
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About the Black Food & Wine Experience
Founded by Aminah “Chef Mimi” Robinson-Briscoe, the Black Food & Wine Experience, a mission-driven event created to bridge food, beverage, education, health, and Black culture. Its mission is to provide a space where hospitality and Black excellence are cultivated, celebrated, and explored by all. Through its Black Food & Beverage Summit, the Black Food & Wine Experience invests in educational programs and initiatives to support Black & indigenous-owned Food & Beverage entrepreneurs to create the next generation of hospitality leaders. Since 2016, the Black Food & Wine Experience has supported more than 150 Bay Area businesses, impacted over $1 million in sales, created and placed over 50+ Jobs, provided structure to new businesses and revenue to the City of Oakland through hotel stay, airfare, transportation, restaurant visits, wine tastings.
About Chef Mimi
A proud Oakland native, Aminah “Chef Mimi” Robinson-Briscoe is the founder of the Black Food & Wine Experience. She is passionate about bringing Black culture and food together for the most amazing culinary experiences. For more than a decade, she has focused on the often-overlooked intersection of food, social justice, and entertainment. In her article “Black Girls Don’t Eat Avocados: A Holistic View of Food Disparities in the Black Community,” Chef Mimi shares her own personal food journey and the philosophy that informs her work.
Through Chef Mimi LLC, Chef Mimi has brought to life three distinct brands: The Black Food & Wine Experience, an interactive annual event that bridges food, beverage, education, health, and Black culture, "Bringing It to The Table," the first culinary competition show highlighting the talent and passion of Black chefs, and Chef Mimi Catering, a boutique catering company that services Bay Area tech companies such as Facebook, Slack, Twilio and Lyft as well as non-profits and cultural events like the Coalition of Black Excellence and ESSENCE Festival.
A graduate of the California Culinary Arts Academy in San Francisco, Chef Mimi is an active board member of the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce and Diablo Valley College’s culinary and wine program. Most recently, she was recognized on the list of 2021 Forbes Next 1000, which highlights entrepreneurial heroes who are redefining what it means to build and run a business today.
