SoBe Fest: Follow the Celebrity Chefs on Twitter

The South Beach Wine & Food Festival kicked off yesterday and chefs from around the country (and the globe) are flocking to Miami to engage in four days of eating, drinking, and general debauchery. After all, the festival is dubbed, Spring Break for chefs" with good reason. If you're planning...

By Laine Doss

February 20, 2015

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The South Beach Wine & Food Festival kicked off yesterday and chefs from around the country (and the globe) are flocking to Miami to engage in four days of eating, drinking, and general debauchery. After all, the festival is dubbed, Spring Break for chefs" with good reason.

If you're planning on going to the festival (or just want to stalk your favorite chef from home), let social media be your guide. You might even be the person to give Andrew Zimmern a good tip for the latest hole-in-the-wall dining gem.

Here's a list of some of the biggest names at the festival who are ultra-active on social media. Be sure to follow @Short_Order and use hashtag #SOBEWFF for all things SoBe Fest-related.

Anne Burrell @chefanneburrell
Scott Conant @conantnyc
Robert Irvine @RobertIrvine
Spike Mendelsohn @chefspike
Rachael Ray @RachaelRay
Rev Run @RevRunWisdom
Lee Brian Schrager @Lee_Schrager
Art Smith @chefartsmith
Martha Stewart @marthastewart
Geoffrey Zakarian @gzchef
Andrew Zimmern @andrewzimmern

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Laine Doss is the former food editor of Miami New Times. She has been featured on Cooking Channel's Eat Street and Food Network's Great Food Truck Race. She won an Alternative Weekly award for her feature about what it's like to wait tables.

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