The First Montclair Food and Wine Festival is a Fest for Local Tastes Now Montclair has one: The inaugural Montclair Food and Wine Festival takes place on June 1 and 2 at the Woman's Club of Upper Montclair, with a "grand tasting" the first night and a gala dinner the second. The dinner will be a six-course tag-team effort by Mitchell Altholz of Highlawn Pavilion; Zod Arifai of Blu and Next Door; Michael Carrino of Pig and Prince; Ryan DePersio of Fascino; Ariane Duarte of CulinAriane; and Francesco Palmieri of the Orange Squirrel. Amanti Vino, a Montclair wine store, will coordinate wines. Tickets cost $165. Mrs. Kettle acknowledged that the chefs were not all from Montclair. The Orange Squirrel is in Bloomfield. And Highlawn Pavilion, in Essex County's Eagle Rock Reservation, is divided between West Orange and Montclair, she said. The tasting night will represent the "diverse gastronomic scene in the area," Mrs. Kettle, 33, of Montclair, said. Participants include local spots like Samba Montclair and Le Salbuen as well as Bobolink Dairy and Bakehouse in Milford and Gary's Wine and Marketplace, which has locations in Bernardsville, Madison and Wayne. Tickets cost $95 (or $110 including an hour's early admission). The two evenings will raise money for several causes, including a culinary-education scholarship for a local high school student. Anyone who watches the Food Network knows that chefs can be volatile. But the six participating in the gala have been easygoing, Mrs. Kettle said. "They've all played really nicely together in the sandbox," she said. The Montclair Food and Wine Festival, June 1 and 2 at the Woman's Club of Upper Montclair, 200 Cooper Avenue, Montclair. For tickets and information: montclairfoodandwinefestival.org or (973) 223-0439.