After two years of postponements because of the pandemic, the Taste! Lancaster Festival of Food, Wine & Spirits finally returns to the Lancaster County Convention Center’s Freedom Hall Friday and Saturday, Nov. 11 and 12.

It’s a culinary free-for-all of chef demonstrations, food and beverage samples and lots of vendors selling food and cooking-related items.

Here are five things to know, or not to miss, at this weekend’s event.

Local ties, 3 sessions

Taste! is presented by a company run by Chris Myers of Ocean City, New Jersey, who is a Lancaster native and a graduate of Manheim Township High School. The festival is presented in three “Grand Market” sessions, all of which are filled with chef demonstrations, food and drink samples and a vendor marketplace. There’s one session Friday from 6-10 p.m. Friday; the two Saturday sessions run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4-8 p.m. Tickets for each session are $95 plus an online processing fee. You must be 21 to enter the festival. For information, visit phillytastefest.com (Philly’s Taste! festival — a sister event to Lancaster’s — was held in October). For tickets, visit lanc.news/TasteTix2022.

Follow your nose

The sweet smells of chefs preparing their signature dishes will fill Freedom Hall Friday evening and all day Saturday. Chefs and others from the food industry will be entertaining…