Harvest Green - Add On to Your Chef Fest Fun

Bought your tickets to Chef Fest yet? Did you remember to add on to your fun with unique interactive experiences you can’t get anywhere else? There’s still time.

Tickets are still available for Chef Fest, which takes place noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 10, on our Village Farm, 8939 Harlem Road. General admission is $90 for adults and $20 for children and includes unlimited bites and five drink tickets.

Also available are VIP tickets that include one-hour early admission beginning at 11 a.m., an additional drink ticket, unlimited bites from all eight chefs plus additional food vendors and entry to our Soft-Serve Station. Cost is $135 for adults and $20 for children.

Add-on activities can be reserved for an additional fee. A limited number of these tickets are available, so you want to act fast. What’s on the menu? Take a look!

Kids’ Cooking Classes

Our kids’ cooking classes were so popular last year, we decided to offer even more. This year, there will be four opportunities for children ages 5 to 12 to experience the versatility of vegetables and herbs. Classes will be taught by Chef Fest alumni Jane Wild and Lindsey Fuquen. Kids will learn how to peel and chop spring vegetables to build their own delicious “tacos.” The chefs will also teach them how to use vegetables as natural, edible dyes for eggs, plus a few spring-time egg dishes. At the end of the class, kids will be given a tote bag of tasty treats and handy cooking tools.

If you have the next Food Network star living in your home, you won’t want them to miss this experience. The 30-minute classes start at 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Tickets are $25. You must have a ticket to Chef Fest to participate. Kids 8 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.

Soft Serve Station

Know what goes great with the tasty dishes being served up by our chefs? Ice cream! Our Soft Serve Station featuring unique flavors dreamed up by our farmers and five of our star chefs will be available to lucky ticket holders. Tickets are $10. You must have a ticket to Chef Fest to participate.

The station is being offered in collaboration with Fat Cat Creamery and Island Breeze Party Rentals. Here are the participating chefs and what they will be serving up:

• Harvest Green Village Farm: Paan 
• Chef Evelyn Garcia: Palm Sugar Soft Serve with Fish Sauce Caramel 
• Chef Angelo Emiliani,: Beet with Rose Ras Al Hanout and Citrus Jam
• Chef Alvin Schultz: Black Fermented Carrot
• Chef Paris Anton: Salted Date & Tahini
• Chef Victoria Elizondo.: Chocolate MiMole with Candied Chapulines

The Art of At-home Pickling
Not sure what to do with all those vegetables flourishing in your garden? Have we got an add-on for you! Chef Alvin Schultz will teach you the ins and outs of crafting versatile refrigerator pickles that can be made with, well, anything! You’ll also get to taste a wide variety of options. The class costs $15 and is offered at four different times throughout the day.

Sound good? These experiences are sure to be a tasty addition to your day. Get your tickets now.

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