Cuisine and art will come together next month to benefit a farm-to-school program.
Dinner in the Field, an annual farm-to-table charity event hosted by Slow Food Baton Rouge, will take place at the Baton Rouge Gallery, 1515 Dalrymple Drive, this year.
225 Dine reports the nonprofit is hosting the event on May 1 in conjunction with Baton Rouge Gallery’s “Before the Fork” exhibit, on view May 1-26.
Dinner in the Field will kick off with a Cocktail 90—an extra half-hour spin on the classic cocktail hour—and continue with a six-course meal and wine pairings featuring cuisine from six chefs who locally source their ingredients.
The dinner tables will be set up on the lawn behind the gallery, Slow Food board member Robert Munson says. Guests are free to roam the gallery throughout cocktails and dinner to view the exhibit.
“Each year we try to do something new or different or exciting, and this year our partnership with the gallery is that thing,” Munson says. “It was a no-brainer to have it there with the exhibit. It’s beneficial to us and the gallery, and the guests get a little something extra with the art.”
The exhibit is a collection of works by artists Frankie Gould, Diane Hanson, Ross Jahnke and David Scott Smith examining everything from farm life to GMOs.
The event will feature local chefs Aimee Tortorich of Table Kitchen & Bar, Ryan André of City Pork, Aaron Brown of Lasseigne’s American Grill, Tanner Purdum of Magpie Cafe, Chris Wadsworth of Goûter and Nathan Gresham of Beausoleil. Jessica Torres of Beausoleil will provide cocktails.
“Frankly, it’s the best of the best,” Munson says, adding that the organization always tries to partner with chefs who have a passion for slow food.
All profits from Dinner in the Field benefit Baton Rouge’s only comprehensive farm-to-school pilot program, Greauxing Healthy Baton Rouge.
Cocktail 90 tickets and dinner tickets can be purchased online.
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