17th annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival by the numbers

The 17th annual Epcot International Food& Wine Festival kicks off at Walt Disney World from Sept. 28 to Nov. 12 with more than 270 chefs from across the country holding culinary demonstrations and tasting events and special VIP selections.

A Disney publicity photo for the event

HGTV stars will appear this year help out with party planning, catering and other food and beverage topics and musicians will be featured during the festival.

Disney has broken down the festival by the numbers:

1.5 million: Samplings of food.
360,000: Servings of beer
300,000: Wine servings 
100,000: Servings of dessert
33,000: Bottles of wine and champagne that will be available
5,000: Pounds of lobster for Linda Bean’s Perfect Maine Lobster Rolls and Linda Bean’s Lobster Claw Cuddlers at the Hops & Barley marketplace plus Lobster and Scallop Fisherman’s Pie at the Ireland marketplace.
600: Items to be tasted during VIP Chef Tours
500: Pounds of watermelon to be tasted at the 3D Disney’s Dessert Discovery parties.
300: The number of national and international wines that will be available and the number of wine and beer seminars t be held during the festival
160: Chefs participating
138: The number of  Eat to the Beat! concert performers
76: Kinds of international foods
46: The number of days in the festival
3-8: The amount in dollars each appetizer-sized portion will cost