Chow Chow: TAKING CARE

This is a Seated Brunch, with a mocktail hour followed by a four course meal with paired beverages, featuring 4 chefs and several craft beverage makers. All beverages for this event will be zero proof/non-alcoholic. 

Mental health awareness and its impacts have been heightened during the pandemic, across all industries. During this event, we will gather together over a delicious shared meal to lift each other up. With each course, we'll hear important stories of mental health and its intersections with our foodways from high-pressure restaurant kitchens to farming as therapy, and how communities can create safe, healthy and healing spaces. 

Speakers: Steve Palmer - Ben’s Friends; Alan Yeck - Veterans Healing Farm, Jeremy French - Making Whole, Ashley & Heather Tolbert - From the Ashes Cultural Arts & Counseling

Featured Chefs/Restaurants: Paul Cressend, Pauliboy Enterprises, Tyler Slade - Bargello/District 42, Matthew Raiford - The Chefarmer 

Venue Sponsor: Smoky Park Supper Club