This is a Seated Brunch, with a cocktail hour followed by a four course meal with paired beverages, featuring 4 chefs and several craft beverage makers.
Menu sneak peek! These talented chefs are cooking up an exciting selection of dishes! Menu options being discussed are: fried corn with lime butter + pistachios, corn macque choux hoecake with succotash, smoked pork, pickled corn relish + smoked corn sauce, corn + cardamom mazamorra with pickled blackberries and peaches, sweet corn diplomat cream with buttermilk and vanilla sweet corn cake inside a white chocolate shell with bourbon caramel sauce and butter ice cream, mini buttermilk tarts with caramelized corn and more to come!
Join us for a bluegrass brunch with Whitewater Bluegrass that dives into the heritage and flavor of a-maize-ing corn! No single ingredient migrates across multiple cultures and time periods more than corn. The humble maize is transformed into hundreds of different cuisines but also makes appearances in the form of hundreds of everyday products and consumables, from popcorn to bourbon to biofuel. Speakers and Chefs will engage in conversation with each course to celebrate the diversity of corn in its many cultural forms on the table and honor the sacred vegetable’s important role in feeding people and animals around the world for thousands of years.
Speakers: Tyson Sampson + Amy Walker - Bigwitch Indian Wisdom Initiative, Sheri Castle - food writer, cooking teacher and host of The Key Ingredient
Featured Chefs/Restaurants: Luis Martinez - Tequio Foods, Tie Whittaker - Buttermilk Boutique, Dano Holcomb - Root Down Food Truck, Iris Rodriguez - Little Chango Hispanic Craft Kitchen
Featured Beverage: Cultivated Cocktails Distillery, Vidl Cellars, Pernod Ricard, Dobra Tea, Mixologist Darren Fallon - The Restoration Hotel, Highland Brewing, New Belgium Brewing, Noble Cider, Beam Suntory, Devil's Foot Beverage Company, Mountain Valley Spring Water, Sarilla Sparkling Tea, Blue Ridge Mountain Water sponsored by Biltmore
Makers Market: Botanical Bones, Matcha Nude, Carolina Mountain Woodturners, Better Thymes LLC, Organic Growers School, Diamond Brand Gear, WNC Farmers Market
Event Sponsor: First Bank
Venue Sponsor: Highland Brewing Company
This is a Seated Brunch, with a cocktail hour followed by a four course meal with paired beverages, featuring 4 chefs and several craft beverage makers.
Menu sneak peek! These talented chefs are cooking up an exciting selection of dishes! Menu options being discussed are: fried corn with lime butter + pistachios, corn macque choux hoecake with succotash, smoked pork, pickled corn relish + smoked corn sauce, corn + cardamom mazamorra with pickled blackberries and peaches, sweet corn diplomat cream with buttermilk and vanilla sweet corn cake inside a white chocolate shell with bourbon caramel sauce and butter ice cream, mini buttermilk tarts with caramelized corn and more to come!
Join us for a bluegrass brunch with Whitewater Bluegrass that dives into the heritage and flavor of a-maize-ing corn! No single ingredient migrates across multiple cultures and time periods more than corn. The humble maize is transformed into hundreds of different cuisines but also makes appearances in the form of hundreds of everyday products and consumables, from popcorn to bourbon to biofuel. Speakers and Chefs will engage in conversation with each course to celebrate the diversity of corn in its many cultural forms on the table and honor the sacred vegetable’s important role in feeding people and animals around the world for thousands of years.
Speakers: Tyson Sampson + Amy Walker - Bigwitch Indian Wisdom Initiative, Sheri Castle - food writer, cooking teacher and host of The Key Ingredient
Featured Chefs/Restaurants: Luis Martinez - Tequio Foods, Tie Whittaker - Buttermilk Boutique, Dano Holcomb - Root Down Food Truck, Iris Rodriguez - Little Chango Hispanic Craft Kitchen
Featured Beverage: Cultivated Cocktails Distillery, Vidl Cellars, Pernod Ricard, Dobra Tea, Mixologist Darren Fallon - The Restoration Hotel, Highland Brewing, New Belgium Brewing, Noble Cider, Beam Suntory, Devil's Foot Beverage Company, Mountain Valley Spring Water, Sarilla Sparkling Tea, Blue Ridge Mountain Water sponsored by Biltmore
Makers Market: Botanical Bones, Matcha Nude, Carolina Mountain Woodturners, Better Thymes LLC, Organic Growers School, Diamond Brand Gear, WNC Farmers Market
Event Sponsor: First Bank
Venue Sponsor: Highland Brewing Company
Martinez (he/him) was born in Santa Catarina Loxicha, Oaxaca, Mexico, in a small Zapotec pueblo. Based in Asheville, NC, Luis is combining his love for cooking with his passion for social justice. He is dedicated to working alongside indigenous communities in overcoming and flourishing, despite difficult economic challenges and dangerous political encounters. By combining his experience in community-building with his experience as a chef, he is leveraging a deep commitment to the roots of Mexican cuisine with the promotion of Oaxacan gastronomy.
×Tie (she/her), owns her boutique pastry company located in Clayton, NC, specializing in luxury hand-crafted pastries, cakes, and plated desserts that showcase southern flavors with breathtaking presentation and design. Tie has been recognized for her sweet talents with features in VoyageRaleigh, NC Agriculture Stove Side Chats, Bustld Weddings, and Our State Magazine. She was a competitor on Food Network’s Guy’s Grocery Games as well as NCRLA’s Chef Showdown’s 2021 Pastry Chef of the Year and 2019 People’s Choice Best Pastry
×Dano (he/him) is a Cook County, IL native who developed a keen palate for Southern food. Dano moved to New Orleans to attend culinary school and pursue his dream of cooking. Dano worked and staged in some of NOLA's finest kitchens, learning essential qualities of classic Creole, French and Southern cuisine.
×Rodriguez (she/her) was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. With a Puerto Rican father and a Cuban mother, Rodriguez is passionate about Hispanic food. When she moved to the US in 2011, she had been working in the banking industry. In 2016 she moved to Asheville, NC, and attended the Culinary Arts Program at AB Tech Community College and made a much-needed career change. Her passion for the culinary arts became her new career and she hasn’t stopped cooking since. She has worked and/or managed renowned restaurants like Curate, Nightbell, Button & Co.
×A member of the Deer Clan, Amy Walker (she/her) grew up eating out of the Appalachian forests; a wildcrafter and a farmer, she farms traditional Cherokee foods, mostly growing traditional medicine, corn, beans, and squash. She is a retired social worker, and an indigenous traditionalist.
×Mx. Tyson Sampson (he/they) is an Eastern Band Cherokee Indian ( ᎠᏳᏫᏯ ᎨᏯᏔᎯᎤᏁᏉᎳᏗᏍᎩ).Tyson is a two-hearted and -spirited individual descended from the local indigenous matriarchy called the ᎠᏂᎩᎶᎯ (A-ni-gi-lo-hi). Over 20+ years, they have documented endangered language, held mindful presence, and shared Cherokee wild food practices and cultural sensibilities. They are cultivating an apothecary for ethnobotanical accessibility and a collective to support traditional ecological knowledge through the Bigwitch Indian Wisdom Initiative.
×Sheri Castle (she/her) is the host of The Key Ingredient, a cooking show from PBS. She is also an award-winning professional food writer, recipe developer, and cooking teacher known for melding stories, humor, and culinary expertise. She is a Contributing Editor for Southern Living. The Southern Foodways Alliance named her one of 20 Living Legends of Southern Food. She grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains and now lives in Pittsboro, NC. She’s fueled by farmers markets, great stories, a deep love of nature, and the occasional cocktail.
×Celebrating our Mountain Heritage through Music, Song and Dance! For over 35 years The Whitewater Bluegrass Co. has captivated audiences throughout the Southeast with their blend of Bluegrass music, country ballads, mountain swing and down-home humor. With Whitewater, mountain culture is a celebration of music, song and dance.
×Highland Brewing Company was founded in 1994 as Asheville’s original craft brewery. Family-owned with a focus on sustainability, Highland is committed to brewing quality and innovative beers. Highland’s hilltop brewery is home to its Taproom as well as an industrial-chic Event Center and Rooftop bar, both of which are available for private events.
×Through many different treatments, vessels, and fermentations, we’ve created a diverse portfolio of wines that reflect our passion as both drinkers and makers. These truths we hold self-evident: fruit is life, fermentation is alchemy, and wine is vīdl.
×Since 2015, our family distillery has been crafting award-winning spirits and taking them one step further. Cultivated Cocktails blends legacy with innovation, art with science. We age our spirits with care, choice oaks and unique flavors.
×Conviviality is about how we do business – bringing our passion to work every day and living by our values of openness, simplicity, collaboration and entrepreneurship. We are constantly innovating to ensure our customers have the right spirit to match every moment of conviviality.
×We were born on a bike. The rest is history. For almost 30 years we have crafted beers while proving that business can be a force for good.
×Eastern tea rooms serving responsibly sourced and authentically prepared teas as well as sweet and savory offerings.
×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!
×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.
×Located on Patton Avenue, across from Pritchard Park, this new downtown Asheville boutique hotel is inspired by the free-spirited culture of the local community. The Restoration Asheville is a canvas for authentic exploration of our city—and ourselves.
×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.
×When you choose Sarilla, you are also making positive change in the world! A fun, healthy and nonalcoholic beverage that is naturally energizing with a base of camellia sinensis tea leaves. We use a whole leaf brewing technology so not only are you getting a great-tasting beverage, but you are also benefiting from the antioxidants, amino acids, omegas and slow-release polyphenol naturally occurring in tea.
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Matcha Nude exists because finding organic, pure matcha that tastes good, is affordable + good for the planet is actually pretty hard to come by. We offer affordable premium grade organic, non-gmo matcha that is ethically sourced from Japan + is packaging in 100% compostable packaging. Our matcha is naturally soft and sweet in flavor and doesn't need additional sweeteners. We are on a mission to show the world the power of this incredible tea + the lifestyle that comes with it.
×Carolina Mountain Woodturners (CMW) is a 501(c)3 non-profit, educational Chapter of the American Association of Woodturners (AAW). We usually meet on the 3rd Saturday of the month – from 10 AM to 4 PM – at the Folk Art Center, on the historic Blue Ridge Parkway, just South of mile marker 382. We host a woodturning demonstration each month (except November) in the Center’s auditorium. This is a free demonstration, and it’s open to the public. Please join us!
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