Gather together for the OPENING EVENT of our 2021 Farm-to-Table Dinner series, featuring:
Chef Jessica Arends
of Six Friends Cabernet
At the beginning of July, we start to hit the full stride of the season here in WNY with warm days and the first taste of summer veggies from the gardens. Color is bursting forth everywhere and things feel lush and green and alive.
All we want to do is play outside, right?!
Well, how about a delicious multi-course meal outdoors amongst the trees, birds and beauty?
Step into another time and place at Crown Hill Farm where the evening seems to last forever until the fireflies come. Sit down to a luscious meal where the food is so fresh, you just saw it in the garden right before it appears on your plate!
Join us at Crown Hill Farm for a beautiful Farm-to-Table Dinner!
Be greeted to the farm by Missy Singer DuMars along with her goofy flock of heritage geese, ducks & chickens as she gives you a tour of her beautiful sustainable farm & gardens.
Discover the interesting history of Crown Hill Farm and how Missy is returning the property to it’s farming roots. Learn about the unique heirloom varieties of produce grown at Crown Hill and the importance of diversity in our food systems and the exciting ways that our local restaurants utilize the gifts of food from our region.
Then, sit down to a physically distant, (yet socially fun) meal prepared by Chef Jessica Arends of Six Friends Cabernet, who brings us a menu inspired by the bounty of local, seasonal foods available in Western NY and the pleasure of eating a meal straight from the farm. Enjoy your meal amongst the fullness of the apple orchard, gardens, surrounding hay field & vineyard with a view of Lake Erie on the horizon.
The meal’s seasonal focus will feature produce from Crown Hill at the peak of its season paired with sausage made by B.A.B.S Artisan Meats (Jessica & her husband Stephen’s newest venture) featuring locally raised meats so that you can enjoy the full experience of flavor and variety WNY has to offer. In order to work with what is at its best, the full menu will not be finalized until soon before the dinner.
Take in the beauty of the early evening light as Chef Jessica shares about the delicious, seasonal menu she prepared for you in addition to the regional wine pairings she’s chosen for the evening’s meal.
Bring along your friends or family to sit together (appropriately distanced from other groups) to dine on this multi-course Farm-to-Table meal and enjoy the optional add-on wine pairings hosted by Kim from Six Friends Cabernet.
COME PLAY OUTSIDE WITH US!
Finally, relax as the sun sets over the lake, feeling the pleasure of deep nourishment with a satisfied body and full heart.
$95 INCLUDES:
Multi-Course Farm-To-Table Dinner & Farm Tour
Sunday, July 11th, 3:30-7pm @ Crown Hill Farm, Eden, NY
AN ADDITIONAL $30 TO ADD-ON WINE PAIRINGS
***Note: When you order tickets, please have one person order for your entire party. You will be seated with your party at a seperate table in order to adhere to COVID-19 restrictions and safe distancing. Groups need to be 2 or more. We don’t want to exclude single folks! Please message us if that is your case. More details will be sent via email closer to the event.
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About Jessica Arends: Jessica graduated from Paul Smith's College with a bachelor's degree in culinary arts and service management in 2008. During her time at Paul Smith's she attended the Marco Polo Institute in Italy for 3 months on a culinary internship. After graduation she went to work as a pastry chef at the Michelin Star rated restaurant The Cliff House Hotel in Ireland. She then went on to Mexico to work as a personal chef in Quintana Roo. When she returned back to the states, she went on to Nashville to work at several locations including the 5 diamond property The Hermitage Hotel and the prestigious Richland Country Club. She is the executive chef at Six Friends Cabernet, a new wine bar in Lancaster, NY that focuses on NYS wines and ingredients. Jessica and her husband, Stephen, recently launched B.A.B.S Artisan Meats creating small-scale sausages using locally raised meats and custom, farm-fresh flavors.