FIU hospitality students mingle and cook at the 2009 South Beach Wine & Food Festival

More than 60,000 people attended the 2009 South Beach Wine & Food Festival last month, an annual fundraiser hosted by Florida International University's (FIU) School of Hospitality (SOH). Here Online Tool Kit compiled some photos showing highlights of the four-day event.

(l to r) 2009 Barilla Best New Student Chef Award winner Arthur Mindermann, FIU SOH dean Joe West and celebrity chef Tyler Florence

FIU SOH students assist Food Network personalities Pat and Gina Neely during a cooking demonstration

FIU students prepare food for celebrity chefs for the festival's Bubble Q event

FIU SOH student Kevin Purdy assists cooking personality Rocco DiSpirito

NBC weatherman and chef Al Roker with FIU SOH student Pamela Burque at the Bubble Q

Photos courtesy of Mitchell Zachs/FIU School of Hospitality