This event will be held in a large covered, open air pavilion.
Event Style: Flights & Bites
This event will feature each Chef preparing 2-3 delicious bites for your enjoyment, as well as an array of beverage samples.
The forests of Appalachia can host an incredible diversity of delicious foods, making our region ideal for the practice of forest farming--a sustainable production system which helps keep a forest healthy by introducing more biodiversity. This practice introduces cultivated crops into forest settings by integrating trees and shrubs, offering up inventive ingredients to the food system while also offering environmental, economic and social benefits. Almost any plant or fungus that needs shade can be grown in a forest farming system. Join Chow Chow for mouth-watering tastes of the forests as you learn from Craig Mauney, local forest farmer and paw paw ambassador, and Bill Whipple, of the Acornucopia Project and Asheville Nuttery.
Featured Chefs/Restaurants: Tyler Slade - Bargello/District 42, Adam Bannasch - Copper Crown, Susannah Gebhart - OWL Bakery, Tony Franco - Food Experience, Eric Morris - Cultura
Event Sponsor: SEVENYA HEALTHCARE
Venue Sponsor: HICKORY NUT GAP FARM
This event will be held in a large covered, open air pavilion.
Event Style: Flights & Bites
This event will feature each Chef preparing 2-3 delicious bites for your enjoyment, as well as an array of beverage samples.
The forests of Appalachia can host an incredible diversity of delicious foods, making our region ideal for the practice of forest farming--a sustainable production system which helps keep a forest healthy by introducing more biodiversity. This practice introduces cultivated crops into forest settings by integrating trees and shrubs, offering up inventive ingredients to the food system while also offering environmental, economic and social benefits. Almost any plant or fungus that needs shade can be grown in a forest farming system. Join Chow Chow for mouth-watering tastes of the forests as you learn from Craig Mauney, local forest farmer and paw paw ambassador, and Bill Whipple, of the Acornucopia Project and Asheville Nuttery.
Featured Chefs/Restaurants: Tyler Slade - Bargello/District 42, Adam Bannasch - Copper Crown, Susannah Gebhart - OWL Bakery, Tony Franco - Food Experience, Eric Morris - Cultura
Event Sponsor: SEVENYA HEALTHCARE
Venue Sponsor: HICKORY NUT GAP FARM
Bannasch has been cooking for over 20 years. He and his family settled in Asheville in 2004, and he was executive chef of Zambra. In 2015, He and his wife opened Copper Crown in East Asheville. Adam has always been a staunch supporter of local farms and producers and sources locally.
×Driven by a similar passion for food and entertaining, founder Tony Franco (he/him), Executive Chef, and Co-Owner, Matthew Macon, launched Food Experience in 2007. Tony and Matthew create custom menus for Weddings, Rehearsal Dinners, Corporate Events. They have opened a Smoked BBQ Take-Out Program at their Kitchen Headquarters in West Asheville. Food Experience has partnered with Asheville Poverty Initiative's 12 Baskets Cafe and the West Asheville Branch of ABCCM at Sonrise to help feed those who experience food insecurity in our community.
×Susannah's (she/her) education in baking began under the tutelage of a fourth generation baker of Spanish and Italian descent where she learned old world techniques and came to know the dance of production baking. She bakes with a rigorous eye, inquisitive palate, exacting standards, and a desire to bring her customers products that feed both the spirit and the body. At OWL Bakery she blends a formal education in food anthropology, a passion for improving her craft, and her experiences abroad, in the kitchen, and in the garden.
×Chef Eric (he/him) is an incredible and passionate human being who dedicates his heart and energy to supporting his team and strengthening his community. Eric has been cooking professionally for more than two decades, including as chef de cuisine for the critically acclaimed Nightbell in Asheville and Pearl & Ash in New York City. In 2021, Chef Eric Morris launched the Cultivated Community Dinner Series at Cultura. This dinner series provides a platform for Asheville chefs who are a positive force for change within our community.
×Chef Slade is the mastermind behind the creation and execution of both restaurant’s menus and seasonal offerings, utilizing Asheville’s abundance of fresh produce to craft delicious dishes that keep guests coming back time and time again. Previously, Chef Slade spent six years as Sous Chef at Posana in Asheville, preceded by his time in Beaufort, South Carolina, where he opened 3 Sisters Pizzeria and 10 Market, a chef’s kitchen which received local recognition including Best Overall Restaurant, Best Fine Dining, and Best Chef.
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Craig Mauney has worked for the NC Cooperative Extension for over 25 years.His special interests are woodland botanicals and unusual edibles like pawpaw. He now has a small forest farm in Zirconia, NC – Shady Hollow Farm.
×Bill Whipple began his agricultural career at the age of 18 picking apples in Washington state. He implemented two edible parks in Asheville and founded The Acornucopia Project.
×Farm-To-Can Craft Soda. We pride ourselves on working with Organic Roots & Fruits to create a healthier, more flavorful non-alcoholic experience for everyone in our communities.
×There is no water purer, healthier, or better tasting than our Le Bleu Ultra Pure Water. 11% hydrogen, 89% oxygen. Nothing more, nothing less.
×Founded in the new 'Craft Brew Mecca' of Asheville and North Carolina's apple country, Noble brings together a rich local history of agriculture with this region’s exciting craft beverage industry. We make a variety of things...mead, spritzers, wine, and cider of course!
×Kat Savage (she/her) is a WNC native, passionate naturalist & foodie. SAVOR makes NA mixers in an homage to herbal & European traditions of bitters & shrubs. She has been involved in herbalism for 20 years & has her BS in Natural Health. Formerly co-owning & formulating for a respected herb school & tincture company, she has taught about health around the southeast. SAVOR’s mission is to encourage clients to drop in & savor life’s little moments with better bitters.
×The Times Bar is a craft cocktail bar and coffee shop nestled in the heart of downtown Asheville, located in the historic S&W Cafeteria building. The team here specializes in both seasonally inspired + classic cocktails, craft coffees, and offers rotating local beer + import wine.
×Hillman Beer is a small, family-owned business located in Asheville, NC. With an emphasis on quality beer and a focus on classics and comfort, we hope that our beer and pub atmosphere keep you coming back to Hillman Beer.
×As a world leader in premium spirits, Beam Suntory is inspiring human connections. With a vision of Growing for Good, we're driving growth through quality craftsmanship, consumer connections and entrepreneurial spirit.
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