Local Food Fest. Wednesday, August 1, 2007. 4 to 8pm.
A ramble through the flavors of Rhode Island
The inaugural benefit for Farm Fresh Rhode Island at Castle Hill
An evening celebrating Rhode Island farmers, fishermen and food artisans. Live cooking from 4 to 8pm with a dozen local farmers, each teamed up chefs from the Newport Harbor restaurants, 3 Steeple Street, La Laiterie and Local 121. Plus, local wines, beers, a raw bar and a silent auction.
Open to the public. Tickets are available at the door. Tickets are also available online until 3pm the day of and at locations below. Tickets bought online are paperless; your name will be on the guestlist. Kids under 12 are free. Tickets include food as well as samplings of local wines and beers.
Tickets in the Providence area
- Armory Park Farmers' Market
Thursdays in Providence - Downtown Farmers' Market
Fridays in Providence - Hope High School Farmers' Market
Saturdays in Providence - Pawtucket Farmers' Market
Sundays in Pawtucket - Farmstead Cheese / La Laiterie
- Waterman Grille
Tickets in the Newport area
Farms and Producers in Attendance
- Baby Greens Exeter
- Bally Machree Middletown
- Bristol Bakery Bristol
- City Farm Providence
- Farming Turtles Warwick
- Farmstead Cheese Providence
- Greenview Farm South Kingstown
- Lydon Family Farm Tiverton
- Manic Organic Portsmouth
- Maplewood Farm Portsmouth
- New Harvest Coffee Pawtucket
- Red Planet Vegetables Providence
- Robin Hollow Farm Saunderstown
- Sakonnet Oysters Tiverton
- Simmons Farm Middletown
- Urban Edge Farm Cranston
- Wishing Stone Farm Little Compton
Chefs in Attendance
- Castle Hill
Jonathan Cambra - The Mooring Seafood Kitchen and Bar
Brian Mansfield - Smokehouse Café
Chris Ferris - 22 Bowen's
Kevin DiLibero - Waterman Grille
Mike Conetta - Blackstone Catering
Shawn Dutson - The Boat House
James Campagna - 3 Steeple Street
Lisa Champagne - La Laiterie
Terrence Geary and Liam Maloney - Local 121
Julia Moore and Dave Johnson

