Disney Reveals First 2026 EPCOT Food & Wine Merchandise: Chef Ears, a Pocket Tee, and a Churro Tote
Disney Parks shared four photos of the 2026 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival merchandise collection on X, and the linked Disney Parks Blog preview names a white pocket tee, a chef-hat ear headband with a moveable rolling pin and whisk, a sweatshirt, and a baseball cap. A churro that turns into a tote bag, a festival wine glass, and a pastry-lid mug are teased without detail. No prices or on-sale date have been announced.
Disney Parks has posted the first look at merchandise for the 2026 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival, and the collection leans hard into the kitchen: a chef-hat ear headband with a working rolling pin, a pocket tee, a sweatshirt, and a baseball cap, all in blue, orange, yellow, and purple. Three more novelties are teased but not detailed, including a churro that opens into a tote bag. Disney has announced no prices and no on-sale date.
Key Details
- What was revealed: a first look at the 2026 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival merchandise collection, in four photos
- Where: the Disney Parks account on X on August 5, 2026, linking to a Disney Parks Blog festival preview posted the same day
- Named outright: a Food & Wine tee, a chef-topped ear headband, a sweatshirt, and a baseball cap
- Teased, not detailed: a churro that transforms into a tote bag, a wine glass sized to the festival tray, and a mug topped with a pastry lid
- Festival dates: August 27 to November 21, 2026 at EPCOT
- Not announced: prices, artist credits, and the date the collection goes on sale in the park or on shopDisney
- Source: https://x.com/DisneyParks/status/2085063792359039417
What Disney posted
The Disney Parks account on X published four photos of the collection on August 5 under the line "Uncorking a look at EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival merchandise," with a link back to the festival preview on Disney Parks Blog. The post is a reveal, not a shopping list. It carries no prices, no item numbers, and no word on when the pieces reach shelves.
The written detail sits in the linked Disney Parks Blog post, which walks the lineup item by item. Disney describes the collection as "popping with playful colors like blue, orange, yellow, and purple," covering "sweet apparel, bright accessories, kitchenware, and more."
The pieces Disney named
Four items get a name and a description in Disney's own preview. Everything else in the collection is shown or hinted at without being itemized.
EPCOT International Food & Wine tee
A white shirt with the festival logo on the front pocket. Disney calls it "clean, bright, and easy to style," the kind of tee that works between marketplace stops or in a ride queue. It is the plainest thing in the collection, which is likely the point: the rest of the lineup is loud enough to need something to sit under.
EPCOT International Food & Wine ears
The headline accessory, and the one doing the most work. The ear headband is topped with a small chef hat, splashed with color, and carries Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse alongside a moveable rolling pin and a mini whisk mounted on the ears. Disney's line for it: these ears "will have you saying 'Yes, Chef!' in no time."
Food & Wine sweatshirt
A pullover layer pitched at the back half of the festival, when EPCOT evenings finally cool off. Disney frames it as the go-to for sipping, snacking, and walking World Showcase on a chilly day, which is a fair read of a festival that runs into late November.
EPCOT International Food & Wine baseball cap
Described by Disney as a festival staple with a foodie twist: stylish, colorful, lightweight. No print or embroidery detail beyond that has been published.
The novelties Disney only teased
The preview closes with three items Disney names but does not photograph individually or price. A churro that "magically transforms into a tote bag." A wine glass that, per Disney, happens to fit the Food and Wine tray, which is the sort of detail that matters to anyone who has tried to carry a drink and two small plates across World Showcase at once. And a mug topped with a sweet pastry lid.
Disney's phrasing is that this year's collection is "full of cute, colorful surprises," which suggests the four photos are a slice of the lineup rather than the whole of it. Festival collections at EPCOT typically expand across the run, and Disney has said more details are coming as opening day gets closer.
What Disney has not said
Three gaps are worth naming, because they are the questions guests ask first. There are no prices attached to any item in the reveal. There is no on-sale date, either for the park locations or for shopDisney, where the 2026 Food & Wine collection has no listings yet. And no artist or designer credit has been attached to the artwork, unlike some past festival collections. Anything circulating with a dollar figure on it right now is not coming from Disney.
The festival the collection is built for
The 2026 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival runs August 27 to November 21, an 87-day run that starts before Labor Day and finishes the week of Thanksgiving. Disney has confirmed three returning marketplace items so far: Street Corn-style Dumplings at Gyozas of the Galaxy, a Grilled Bushberry-spiced Shrimp Skewer in Australia, and a Kirschwasser Torte in The Alps. Full menus and marketplace opening dates land later in the Foodie Guide, and some booths open in phases rather than all at once.
Emile's Fromage Montage returns, collecting passport stamps at cheese dishes across select marketplaces for a festival treat at the end. So does Remy's Ratatouille Hide & Squeak, the scavenger hunt that sends guests through World Showcase after a hiding Remy with a purchased map and sticker set. Eat to the Beat plays the America Gardens Theatre at the American Adventure Pavilion, with multiple shows most days, seating first come first served, and festival dining packages available for a guaranteed seat.
Two additions sit outside the marketplaces. Starting September 18, CommuniCore Hall gets an interactive exhibit called "Cheers to Cheese!" built around the history and trivia of cheese. And Disney PhotoPass adds a new Waiter Mickey Mouse Magic Shot across five World Showcase pavilions, Mexico, China, Italy, Japan, and France, alongside returning shots for the Giant Empanada, the Leaning Tower of Cheeza, the Swedish Chef, and Chef Figment.
What this means for guests planning a fall EPCOT day
Festival merchandise at EPCOT moves on its own clock: the ear headband is almost always the piece that sells through first, and Disney has given no restock guidance and no release date to plan around. Anyone with an EPCOT day in the first weeks of the festival should treat the ears as a day-one stop rather than a last-day souvenir, and should expect the shopDisney listings to appear closer to opening. Festival dates and details are on the official event page at DisneyWorld.com: https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/events-tours/epcot/epcot-international-food-and-wine-festival/