This is a Seated Brunch, with a mocktail hour followed by a four course meal with paired beverages, featuring 4 chefs and several craft beverage makers. We are thrilled to be joined by Asheville Drag Brunch for a lively performance during the mocktail hour! All beverages for this event will be zero proof/non-alcoholic. Youths 16 and over are able to attend–ticket purchase required.
Menu sneak peek! These talented chefs are cooking up an exciting selection of dishes! Menu options being discussed are: burrata with garlic crostini, Moroccan braised lamb, spicy tomato baked eggs, avocado gazpacho, summer melon salad with mint whipped ricotta, late summer parfait and more to come!
Our humanity calls us to uplift each other during difficult times. Let’s honor our humanity with honest and informative discussions about mental health and its impacts–including within our culinary and LGBTQ+ communities. During this event, we will gather together over a delicious shared meal to lift each other up! With each course, we’ll hear important stories of how mental health awareness intersects with those who work within our foodways and our communities, and how we can create and sustain healthy and healing spaces.
Speakers: Steve Palmer – Ben’s Friends; Alan Yeck – Veterans Healing Farm, Jeremy French – Making Whole, Ashley & Heather Tolbert – From the Ashes Cultural Arts & Counseling, Tina White – Blue Ridge Pride Center
Featured Chefs/Restaurants: Paul Cressend – Paulieboy Enterprises, Tyler Slade – Bargello/District 42, Mark Bolchoz – Indigo Road Hospitality Group
Featured Beverage (all Zero Proof/NA): The MerTails, Shanti Elixirs, Savor Shrub, Matcha Nude, Pisgah Coffee Roasters, Cultivated Cocktails Distillery (mocktail), Seedlip, Buchi, Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Company, Devil’s Foot Beverage Company, Mountain Valley Spring Water, Sarilla Sparkling Tea, Blue Ridge Mountain Water sponsored by Biltmore
Makers Market: Botanical Bones, Loom Imports, Matcha Nude, Provisions Mercantile, Organic Growers School, Goddess Ghee, Embrew Tea, Red Fiddle Vittles
Event Sponsor: BlueCross BlueShield of NC
Venue Sponsor: Smoky Park Supper Club