Playing in the snow and meeting Santa can work up an appetite. Fortunately, Busch Gardens’ chefs are hard at work creating Christmas recipes and delicious holiday meals. Here’s an insider’s guide to eating dinner at Christmas Town.

Crown Colony Café

Location: Jungle Jubilee, right across from Cheetah Hunt

Viva la Musica ends this Sunday, May 6; it’s time to say goodbye to the Latin festival until next year. The last three Sundays have been filled with concerts from award-winning Latin artists, delicious food and beautiful artisan-made crafts. This week is no exception.

This week on the Busch Gardens blog, I wasinvited to attend the daily candy making process at Sultan's Sweets.

Hi, I’m Jen Devenport and I work in the Zoo Kitchen.

Preparing cuisine using only the season's freshest produce is a culinary trend for humans, but did you know, the animals at Busch Gardens Tampa also get to enjoy the freshest seasonal fruits and vegetables all year round?

Typically, during summer and fall seasonal foods are at their premium taste, nutritional content and usually larger in size.