credit: Native Sub Natural Food Market
The Farm to Table Tour was created to highlight farmers markets around the country and the benefits they offer their communities, and to celebrate the food produced by each market’s farmers and vendors.
This event will pair local chefs with local farmers to prepare special tastings showcasing their partner farm’s fresh ingredients and visitors will have the opportunity to sample the chefs’ creations while also learning more about the market vendors, their products, and how to buy and eat seasonally. Chefs will serve samples from 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Here are the participating chefs:
- Michael McKinney of Chew Restaurant
- Eddy Escriba of Uptown Market
- Nick Robson of Eleven South
- Sam Efron of Taverna
- Eric Fritsche of Pastiche
- Richard Nunn of News 4 Jax
- Damon Burch of Biscottis
- Brian Vandenburg of Burrito Gallery
- Brian Siebenschuh of Orsay
- Floyd Slyman of Café Du Marche
- Rodrick Smith of Sweet Pete Catering
- Tom Gray of Bistro AIX
Sam Efron of Taverna, one of the chefs, will be a guest on Urban Jacksonville Weekly Tuesday night at 5:30. We’ll talk about Sam’s new San Marco restaurant, his involvement in the the Farm to Table Tour and the importance of buying and eating seasonally. Read Taverna reviews on Yelp.
In addition to free tastings, visitors will have the opportunity to select potted culinary herb plant starts at the Mobile Garden Highlander Hybrid, and can also enter for a chance to win a unique culinary prize package. Toyota will also provide interested market goers with the opportunity to take a ride in the 3rd Generation Prius or a 2009 Highlander Hybrid and take home a John Boos cutting board as a thank you gift.
Toyota is dedicated to using eco-friendly materials throughout the tour and will be purchasing carbon credits through TerraPass to offset the impact of the tour’s carbon footprint. In addition, to further support the market, Toyota is making a financial donation to the Riverside Arts Market, LLC, the organization that brings the Riverside Arts Market to life each week.
