When do Food and Wine ticket events get announced?

[Portia42]

We'll be going to Disney this Oct. during the food and Wine festival - when do the ticketed events get announced and when can you buy tickets? My folks went last year and they missed out on buying the tickets for the special events, and I know my mom (hi mom!) wants to get tickets for some this year.

 

[lrodk]

Last year they began taking private dinner reservations on 7/15. There was no advance warning, and many of the events sold out in a matter of hours. It's a very frustrating situation from our standpoint as guests.