HGTV Design Star named to kick-off Epcot Food & Wine Festival speakers

A Disney publicity photo of the Food & Wine Festival

The HGTV Design Star has been crowned and now we know who will be the first special speaker during the 2012 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival.

Danielle Colding, 36, an interior designer from Brooklyn, N.Y., was named the season seven champion of the hit reality competition HGTV Design Star. 

Here is the list of other HGTV stars appearing at the Food & Wine Festival.


Oct. 5-7:  Casey Noble – “Design on a Dime”
Oct. 12-14:  Alison Victoria – DIY Network’s “Kitchen Crashers”
Oct. 19-21: Brian Patrick Flynn – HGTV.com, “Design Happens” contributor
Oct. 26-28: Meg Caswell – “Meg’s Great Rooms”
Nov. 2-4: Marianne Canada – HGTV.com, “Design Happens” contributor
Nov. 9-12:  Emily Henderson – “Secrets From a Stylist”