Hold your horses, Central Florida foodies, because the 5th Annual Ocala Food & Wine Festival returns to the World Equestrian Center this weekend with global flavors and go-all-out competition that ends in a Sunday Champagne Brunch ($125 per person, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.).

Headlining this year’s activities: celebrity chef Duff Goldman, star of many Food Network offerings beginning with “Ace of Cakes,” which featured his own chop, Charm City Cakes.

It’s exceptionally exciting for WEC Complex executive pastry chef Yohann Le Bescond, who is also a veteran Food Network competitor and a 2025 James Beard Foundation Award semifinalist .

“It’s such an honor, because Duff was the judge on two of the Food Network shows I’ve done — ‘Summer Baking Championship,’ Season 1, and ‘Beat Bobby Flay’ — but it

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