Picnic at the Brick Works – An Event to Remember

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On Sunday, September 16, Evergreen and Slow Food Toronto co-hosted what some are calling the best food event in Toronto in years. Even the birds seemed happy, as over 1300 guests, chefs, local producers, community activists, and dozens of volunteers, banded together to celebrate local, clean, safe and fair food. It was a moment to applaud the hard work of Ontario’s farmers’ as they worked side-by-side with Toronto’s outstanding chef community to serve up a gastronomic feast that left no one hungry. We had wine producers from the Niagara Region and Prince Edward County, plus local brewers and coffee roasters, keeping our glasses full. The City of Toronto’s self-serve water truck also saw to it that we didn’t go thirsty, plus ensured that we didn’t use hundreds of disposable water bottles. It was also great to see so many people arriving by bike or taking the shuttle buses.

The words of Ted Zettel, President of the Board of Organic Meadows, helped to reinforce the themes of the day – that we need to support our local farmers to keep the economics in farming and to help sustain the culture of the family farm. Buying locally produced foods is one way you can do this through your neighbourhood farmers’ market, as is joining Slow Food Toronto or supporting the work of any of the organizations present in the Community Marketplace. Over the years to come, Evergreen Brick Works will continue to build its food programs and marketplace activities to help build this vital local food movement.

To everyone who helped make this day possible, Evergreen and Slow Food Toronto extend our heartfelt thanks. We welcome your thoughts on the day and suggestions on how we can make next year’s Picnic an even greater success.

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Join Slow Food Toronto and Evergreen for a gastronomic festival celebrating the best of culinary Toronto in true green fashion.Taste the bounty of local producers, award winning chefs, artisan winemakers and brewers.September 16, 12pm-5pm
Evergreen Brick Works
550 Bayview Avenue

• Tickets in advance $75
• After Labour Day $95
• Limited parking is $10
• 19 years and older
• Silent Auction

Take the Cheese Boutique’s free shuttle at Broadview station

Keynote speakers will discuss how we can feed ourselves in a manner that is both delicious and sustainable.

This event is now SOLD OUT.

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS, as of August 27 2007

Chefs / Restaurateurs

• Auberge du Pommier – Jason Bangerter
• AGORA – Anne Yarymowich
• CAVA – Chris McDonald / Doug Penfold
• Chez Victor – David Chrystian
• chezvous Dining – Ezra Title
• Corner House Restaurant – Herbert Barnsteiner
• Cowbell – Mark Cutrara
• Czehoski / Coca – Nathan Isberg
• Drake Hotel – Anthony Rose
• Eigensinn Farm – Michael Stadtlander
• en Ville Catering – Rui Cardoso
• EPIC at The Fairmont Royal York – Jean-Charles Dupoire
• Fat Cat Bistro – Mathew Sutherland
• Four Seasons Hotel Yorkville – Robert Bartley
• Gay Couillard
• George Restaurant – Lorenzo Loseto
• Globe Bistro – Ben Heaton
• guerrilla gourmet – Maria Solakofski
• Il Fornello – Owen Steinberg /Ian Sorbie
• Izakaya Restaurant – John Sinopoli
• Jamie Kennedy Kitchens – Jamie Kennedy / Tobey Nemeth
• La Palette French Bistro – Brook Kavanagh
• Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment – Brad Long
• Niagara Street Café – Michael Caballo
• Ontalia – Angelo Bean
• Oyster Boy – Adam Colquhoun
• Pangaea – Martin Kouprie
• Quince – Michael van den Winkel
• Reds Bistro & Bar – Michael Steh
• Scaramouche – Keith Froggett
• Soma Chocolatemaker – David Castellan
• Starfish Oyster Bed & Grill – Kyle Deming
• The Gladstone Hotel – Marc Breton
• The Stop Community Food Centre – Joshna Maharaj
• Veritas Local Fare – Deron Engbers
• Vertical Restaurant – Tawfik Shehata

Farmers / Producers

• Ace Bakery
• Chick-A-Biddy Acres
• Cookstown Greens
• Cumbrae’s
• Forbes Wild Foods
• Glencolton Farm
• Healthy Butcher
• Honey Wagon Farms
• Jim Giggie Trout Farm
• Kawartha Ecological Growers
• Kerr Farms
• Monforte Dairy
• Organic Meadow
• Paul Unruh-Heritage Pork Producer
• Quinte Organic Farmer’s Co-Operative
• Seldom Seen / Seldom Heard Farm
• St. John’s Bakery
• Vickie’s Veggies.

Breweries

• Great Lakes Brewery
• Mill Street
• Steam Whistle Brewing
• Wellington Brewery.

Coffee

• Merchants of Green Coffee
• Raymond Emes & Co., Purveyors of Fine Coffee

VQA Ontario Wineries

• Cave Spring Cellars
• Closson Chase Vineyards
• Fielding Estate Winery
• Flat Rock Cellars
• Henry of Pelham Family Estate Winery
• Lailey Vineyard
• Norman Hardie Winery
• Peninsula Ridge Estates Winery
• Southbrook Winery
• Stratus Vineyard
• Tawse Winery

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