Calling all culinary enthusiasts: The Food Network’s annual South Beach Food & Wine Festival is in full bloom; and this year’s line up has already earned rave reviews. Here’s a head’s up for what’s haute during the Food & Wine Festival, from hotels to events to the hautest eats.

Picking five of the hautest locales in any city isn’t easy. But Haute Living is making it a little easier, selecting the best spots in Miami, from mid-day meals to standout sushi to the liveliest locales after dark.

Rik Rak expands its luxury salon with a luxe café bar and terrace.

Tomas Maier, a high-ranking officer in the house of Bottega Veneta.

Our much-anticipated Haute 100 list is a compilation of influential individuals in business, entertainment, technology, fashion and other top industries. We don’t have to search far for the 100 most intriguing, trendsetting, and successful people in Miami; their influence is all around us. But with these movers and shakers constantly producing new products, shaking hands on new deals, and, yes, emerging as All-Stars—a yearly update is simply not enough. This month we proudly re-launched Haute100.com—a wealth of up-to-the-minute information on the most influential people in the world.

The 2012 Voices for Children Foundation “Be a Voice, Build a Dream” Gala at Mandarin Oriental Miami

Spring/Summer 2012 Etro Fashion Show Presented by Saks Fifth Avenue and Haute Living Miami

Audemars Piguet Global Brand Ambassador LeBron James Makes Appearance at Celine Dion Concert to Benefit Miami’s Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute

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