Let’s celebrate the abundance of late summer with this dinner, featuring:
Chef Jessica Arends
of BABS of Buffalo
At the end of August we are full on into abundant harvests of all the lush fruits from the gardens. Color is bursting forth everywhere and things feel bountiful and alive.
Join us at Flat #12 Mushrooms
Get a tour of the urban mushroom farm and kitchens at Flat #12 Mushrooms and enjoy learning more about their mission to provide sustainable, gourmet mushrooms while supporting small food businesses in Buffalo.
Learn about how they’re at the hub of building food community both in the city and in support of area farms like Crown Hill.
After touring the Mushroom Farm, we’ll go into the garden-way for dinner. With a love of seasonal foods, passion for supporting local sustainable farms and her unique eye for creating beautiful dishes, Chef Jessica Arends brings us on a journey with her dishes through Crown Hill Farm’s gardens.
Sit down and prepare for your senses to be delighted with full summer flavors, beautifully presented to you in a multi-course dinner. Enjoy a bit of the farm-life atmosphere as Missy Singer DuMars shares about each dish and how it brings Crown Hill Farm to life on your plate.
Learn about heirloom and heritage foods grown there and what is fresh and in season at this time of the year. Discover how the market gardens are tended with no-till/low-till practices to preserve soil and support delicious, nutrient-rich foods.
Enjoy the beautiful meal prepared by Chef Jessica Arends, who brings us her passion for food to give you the pleasure of eating a meal straight from the farm.
Jessica’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 and custom artisan flavor so that you can enjoy the full experience of the variety WNY has to offer.
Take in the beauty of a community of food lovers as Chef Jessica delights our eyes AND taste buds with the menu she prepared for you in addition to the wine pairings chosen for the evening’s meal.
Bring along your friends or family to sit together and dine on this multi-course Farm-to-Table meal and enjoy the optional add-on wine pairings (for those over 21)
COME JOIN US FOR THIS CULINARY EXPERIENCE!
Relax into the evening, with the pleasure of deep nourishment, a satisfied body and full heart.
$95 INCLUDES:
Multi-Course Farm-To-Table Dinner & Mushroom Farm Tour
Sunday, August 28th, 3:30-7pm @ Flat #12 Mushrooms, Buffalo, 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 in order to be mindful of COVID-19 precautions of the time. 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 Chef 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.