It's home to The Chef's Garden (which grows specialty produce for discriminating chefs all over the country), Veggie U (which supplies classroom garden kits to elementary classes), and Earth to Table Dinners.
What are these dinners all about, you ask? If you've never been to one, you're in for a truly fantastic surprise!
Each month, CVI hosts a themed dinner featuring a nationally renowned guest chef.
Some amazing past menus have included:
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Is your mouth watering yet? Mine is!
The concept of these dinners is to have the visiting chef come in and create a unique menu based around a theme. And the dinner is meant to be very interactive. In fact, guests are openly encouraged to come into the kitchen and watch, or better yet, help out.
"We have a three-minute rule," says owner Farmer Lee Jones. "If you're in the kitchen for more than three minutes, we put an apron on you and put you to work. The dinner is all about having fun; it's entertainment. We want people to feel like they are at home at The Culinary Vegetable Institute."
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| Farmer Lee Jones (left) and guests |
You can even sign up for their "Chef for a Day" experience, where you'll spend the whole day in their state-of-the-art kitchen alongside the hosting chef and help prepare their dinner for the evening.
- May 18 with the chefs of The Driftwood Group
- June with Chef Tyler Florence - cancelled
- July 20 with Chef Tony Dee
- August 17 with chef and author of "Cook Yourself Sexy" Candice Kumai
- September 14 with Chef Regan Reik of Pier W (who's in my book)
- October 26 with Chefs Richard Gras and Antonio Bachour of the St. Regis Bal Harbour
- November 17 with the chef teams from OSU and the University of Michigan
- December 14 with Chef Jonathon Sawyer of The Greenhouse Tavern (who's also in my book!)
So pick a date...or two...or three...and sign up today! You're gonna love it. Absolutely no doubt about it.
Until next time,
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