Harvest Wednesdays 2010
The beloved local food series Harvest Wednesdays returns to the Gladstone Hotel for its fifth harvest season! To see the Harvest Wednesdays Event Schedule click here.
If you are a local producer or green organization we would love to connect with you! Showcase your materials alongside local farmers and producers on one (or four) of our Harvest Wednesday tastings! Please contact Paige Barclay for sign up information.
If you would like to download the media kit click here.
What is Harvest Wednesdays?
On Wednesdays each month, Chef Marc Breton offers urbanites farm fresh fare and an opportunity to experience the unparalleled flavour of foods harvested during our local growing season. Each month Chef Breton’s menu is inspired by the fresh produce harvested by farmer Sherry Patterson of Chick-a-Biddy Acres CSA (Community Shared Agriculture) as well as by the local meats, cheeses, wines and beers from our Harvest Wednesday Partners. Chef Breton’s preparations offer a simple flavour forward approach to enjoy this fresh food.
The harvest changes from month to month and so does the menu!
There are Two Ways to Enjoy Harvest Wednesdays:
Tastings:
Cocktail party style “Tasting” events kick off each month with tastes of the season in progress and an opportunity to meet with local producers and partners. Four Tasting events August through November include seasonal hors d’oeuvres, wine, and beer tastings and live music.
$19.95pp – 2010 tasting Dates August 18, September 15, October 13, November 10 – 2010
Farmhouse Dinners (Prix Fixe):
Bi monthly dinner starting with hors d’oeuvres, followed by the Farmhouse three course harvest dinner. Guests will enjoy their dinner at a large communal table where they will share large platters and get a taste of everything! Dinner will include not only a guest speaker from one of Harvest Wednesday’s participants but also live music.
$49.95 pp – 2010 Farmhouse Dinner Dates September 29, October 27 – 2010
Interested in receiving all the Harvest Wednesdays schedules and info? Please fill in your email below, click ‘Sign me Up’ and select the appropriate Harvest Wednesday mailing list and we will contact you only with info on Harvest Wednesdays.
HARVEST WEDNESDAYS ARE…
INSPIRED BY THE PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY SHARED AGRICULTURE
This event is inspired by the Gladstone’s investment in four ‘shares’ of a local Community Shared Agriculture Farm, Chick-a-Biddy Acres. Chef Breton’s menus are inspired by the weekly harvest delivered by the farmer. By extension all the guests of Harvest Wednesday support the farmer by attending the event.
What is Community Shared Agriculture (C.S.A.)?
Community Shared Agriculture is a concept that allows people to reclaim a connection to the production of food. It allows farmers to be supported locally and for people to eat food grown in their area, not shipped across the continent. C.S.A. farmers grow food for a predetermined group of consumers who pay an annual fee to purchase their ‘share’ of the harvest. It is a relationship of shared bounty and shared risks. At present there are over six hundred successful C.S.A.s across North America. C.S.A. members have access to a healthy alternative, one that allows them to eat what is in season.
ENRICHED THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS
Harvest Wednesdays draws on partnerships with local producers big and small to provide guests with the enhanced experience sampling local wines, meats, cheeses, and specialty foods as well as access to information about food advocacy groups, community partners and local musicians. The Gladstone delivers a full local experience!
ACCESSIBLE NOT JUST FOR THE ELITE
The pricing of this event is accessible for a reason. We want to introduce this food to everybody. The politics of this event strive to bring local and artisanal foods to everyone and facilitate connections to local producers.
Prices start at only $19.95 for our all inclusive Tasting events to the incredible value of $49.95 for the sit down Farmhouse Dinners.
FOCUSED ON SEASONAL, LOCAL AND FRESH
For many of us eating in season is a new experience. As we get to know the natural rhythm of the local growing season we are richly rewarded by the unparalleled flavour of food that was picked that morning.
Eating in season means you are getting the most nutritional value, the kinds of nutrients our bodies need, appropriate to the seasons. Harvest Wednesdays provides this enriched experience to urbanites, connecting city dwellers to the land that feeds
EAT GOOD! @ the Gladstone!
Gladstone Staff go to Chick-A-Biddy Acres from Gladstone Hotel on Vimeo.
Take a look at our previous Harvest Wednesday Menus
Final Harvest Table Dinner
- Wed Oct 21 MENU
- Seating at 6:30pm | Dinner at 7pm
- Come celebrate the end of the harvest season! Enjoy a casual communal dinner with dishes inspired by peak season produce. Share a table with some old friends or make some new ones as you pass along delicious platters. Enjoy! Talk! Eat!
