Thanks

Big Thank you to Paul & Randy, Barb, the servers and all at Mission Table

Great meal, good times

We'll do even better next year!

Should have photographed each course, but managed to break my camera last week

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Menu

venison tartar

sweet & sour cabbage, crispy parsnip, apple cider syrup

beet risotto

smoked lake trout, feta

roasted butternut squash soup

smoked chicken confit, pickled rutabaga, pumpkin seeds

mangalitsa pork belly

bosc pears, pickled onion, organic greens

lamb two ways

grilled loin, cherry reduction, braised shoulder, root vegetable gratin, swiss chard

dessert by Jehni Olsen (will be a surprise)

All proteins, produce, dairy and cheese supplied by Cherry Capital Foods from our local Michigan Farmers.

Beverages

Bowers Harbor Vineyard

2010

This year we are moving the event to Mission Table

We hope that with more seating, that we can include paying patrons

Last year, we received requests and comments that some, other than our providers, would like to pay to attend.

We also have received feedback that this may be a better location for our providers.

This is a work in progress and we hope to continue to improve.

Last Year

We tried this event last year at blu

From Cherry Capital Foods blog:

text from CCF Blog: 12/04/09
Thanks to all for a great evening Harvest @ blu (click on Harvest for the menu)

This was an experiment
Randy wanted to showcase what he does with what is available from our local suppliers, growers and harvesters.
We invited many of our top suppliers, and sorry to some had to cancel (although, from some comments, maybe not as sorry as they might be for missing this)

Promise : next year we'll do better, and be a bit more organized.

Big thanks to :
Black Star Farms, Bakers Green Acres, Halpins Land of Goshen, Zenner Farm, Pond Hill Farm, Mackinac Fish, Leelanau Coffee, Food for Thought, Friske Orchards, Still Point Farm, Earthy Delights, Werp Farms, Midema Produce, Will Bill’s Root Beer, Sanders Pork, Michigan Amish Butter, Charlie Wunsch & all the staff at Cherry Capital Foods.
Special Thanks to Dave Hovest for overseeing this whole affair!

2009 PR

On the evening of December 3rd, Chef Randy Chamberlain and Cherry Capital Foods will be hosting "Harvest @ blu" for three dozen of our grower/supplier, guests and spouses.

blu, 5705 South Lake Street, Glen Arbor, has been recognized by Travel and Leisure Magazine and received the Award of Excellence by Wine Spectator.

Randy:

"'Raised in the restaurant' is my proud response when asked where I attended culinary school. Beginning my culinary journey in my father's restaurants at a very young age I learned most importantly that you can never stop learning."

Randy and John Hoagland, of Cherry Capital Foods, hatched the idea for this special event this past summer.

The goal is to let Randy demonstrate for our growers and suppliers just what magic he does with the products they grow and harvest.

Randy enjoys working "from scratch" with what is at hand, and has been known to develop his evening menu as late as 4:30 in the afternoon. What is absolutely fresh that day?

As we are later in the season, some products, those with early seasons, will not be represented, but there are sure to be plenty of delicious preparations to be sampled. The likely ingredients range from freshwater caviar, whitefish and lake trout, to pasture raised chickens and llama, seasonal greens and squash, local cheeses and, of course apples, apples, apples and more apples

We expect to be enjoying parings with local wines.

Menu will be published after the event

About Cherry Capital Foods: We are dedicated to provide the best possible service in distribution of local foods and food products to local customers throughout Northwest Michigan

Our core service area is roughly a 100 mile radius around Traverse City.
We will deliver product outside of our core market, when such routes make business sense to us and our suppliers.

We believe that local and fresh are important factors, both to provide quality foods, and to help support the local economy.