Does living on a budget mean that you can’t eat healthy? What about a busy lifestyle? Take a tour around the store with Healthy Eating Specialist Curtis Whitwam and learn valuable tips for shopping smart and staying healthy. This class will be held in the store café. Please register by the exit lobby or by emailing Curtis.Whitwam@wholefoods.com.

The 3rd Annual Tampa Bay Veg Fest will feature local restaurants with vegetarian and vegan food, live music, fun and games for kids, healthy-living and eco-friendly exhibitors, info on local nonprofits, animal adoptions, and well-known national and local guest speakers. Visit the Whole Foods Market booth to taste some of our most popular vegan items! *Please note that this is event is NOT held at Whole Foods Market.

Parmesan, mozzarella, blue cheese, gouda, brie, goat, cheddar… who doesn’t love cheese? Learn the basics of cheese with our cheese experts in the Specialty Department. You’ll also sample a few wines paired with the cheeses to bring out their flavor and richness. This class will be held in the store café. Please register by the exit lobby or by emailing Maria.Gumina@wholefoods.com.

Considered by many as the "mother" of gourmet raw food, Cherie Soria founded the Living Light Culinary Institute, the premiere raw culinary school, and taught many of the world's top raw chefs. As part of the Raw Food Revolution Tour, she visits Whole Foods Market Tampa to share the benefits of a raw food diet and the delicious recipes that make raw foods fun and easy! This class will include a food demonstration with samples in the store café. Please register by the exit lobby or by emailing Curtis.Whitwam@wholefoods.com.

More and more people are eliminating gluten from their diets, but many think this means they have to say good-bye to some of their favorite foods.  In fact, there are more delicious Gluten-Free alternatives than ever, like pasta, breads, cookies, chips, cereals, and more! Taste some of our most popular Gluten-Free products at this free event.  No registration necessary.

Venturing out of the produce department into the world of packaged products can sabotage your healthy eating success unless you know some very simple tips for how to understand the labels. Join Healthy Eating Specialist Curtis Whitwam as he shows you the 3 steps that take only 5 seconds to determine if a product is a winner or needs to stay on the shelf. For more information and to register for this class, please contact Curtis.Whitwam@wholefoods.com.

As the weather starts to change and we feel the cool breeze of Fall, it’s the perfect time to curl up with a cozy dark Porter… Taste the spectrum of Porters, and learn what they pair best with, during our monthly Beer Tasting. For a $5 donation to the Whole Planet Foundation, enjoy more than a dozen different beers as well as light appetizers. This tasting will be held in the store café. Please register by the exit lobby or by emailing Maria.Gumina@wholefoods.com.

It’s time to clean out the closet and donate those pairs of shoes that you never wear! Soles4Souls collects new and gently worn shoes and distributes them to people in need. Bring in shoes to donate between 5 and 7pm on October 26^th and get free a free gift! We’ll also be sampling Crispin Natural Hard Cider and Fox Barrel Cider, so come in to try some tasty hard ciders and help support a great cause! No registration necessary.

Bring your kids in costume and collect tasty treats all throughout the store! We’ll even have healthy snack alternatives that kids will love just as much as their candy. No registration necessary.