Visit South Lake Tahoe on Saturday September, 17 2016 and participate in the South Shore’s only Farm to Fork Festival: Sample The Sierra! Sample the Sierra brings together local chefs, artists and winemakers that honor the Sierra Nevada with their craft. 2016 will be the 7th year of this annual event, and it is sure to be another successful year.
When: Saturday, September 17, 2016
Where: Bijou Community Park (1099 Al Tahoe Blvd. | South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150)
Time: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Your $40 full tasting ticket will allow you taste local food, and sip on local wines as you walk through all the booths. Vendors come together and provide pairings to try, and you can vote on your favorite one. That is, if you can choose your favorite! While you are meandering your way through different booths, local musicians will be playing on the Sierra Chef stage. When you are well fed and want to relax, take a seat on the lawn and enjoy the music.
The big event of the day is the Sierra Chef Challenge. In this challenge, chefs battle it out over three different heats of two chefs cooking against each other. The participants are provided a mystery box of locally sourced ingredients, and have 45 minutes to create their dishes. To add their own personal touch, the chefs can bring three items from their restaurant to add to their dishes as well as a table with produce, dairy and dry goods needs. The dishes are then judged on their presentation and taste. The two chefs with the best dishes will then compete against each other for the Sierra Chef title!
In addition to the main even on Saturday, there is also a Pop-Up Dinner on Friday with Chef Clint Jolly. You may have seen Clint Jolly as a winner of Food Network’s Chopped: Impossible Restaurant Challenge. At the Pop-Up Dinner attendees can enjoy four courses of locally grown Sierra Nevada ingredients paired with local wines. Tickets are $75 per person. The Pop-Up dinner is on Friday, September 16, 2016 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Park Prime Steakhouse inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe.
Many of the local farms will have tours going on throughout the weekend. Pop in on your way in to Tahoe or on the way back home and see first hand where some of your food is sourced from.
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Wineries, Breweries & Distilleries
Cold Water Brewery & Grill
Sidellis Lake Tahoe Brewery & Restaurant
Mount Aukum Winery
Boeger Winery
Bella Grace Vineyards
Tahoe Blue Vodka
Narrow Gate Vineyards
Dry Diggings Distillery
Crystal Basin Cellars
Madrona Vineyards
Nello Olivo Winery
Auriga Wine Cellars
Story Winery
Everhart Cellars
Lava Cap Winery
Skinner Vineyards & Winery
Palissandro Vineyard & Winery
Grace Patriot Wines
Tahoe Moonshine Distillery & Speakasy
Findelton Estate and Vineyard
Great Basin Brewing Company
CG Di Aire Vineyard & Winery
Restaurants & Chefs
Cold Water Brewery & Grill
Blue Angel Cafe Lake Tahoe
Sweet Spokes
Riva Grill
Zephyr Cove Resort Lake Tahoe
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Primos Italian Bistro
The Getaway Cafe
Cafe Fiore
Jimmy’s
Off the Hook Sushi Bar
Tahoe Resort Hotel
Chimayo Street Grill
Tahoe Pan Ice Cream
MacDuffs
Artemis Lakefront Cafe
The Loft
Capsice
Farmers & Producers
Beal’s Orchard
Perez Farms
Rio De Parras Organics
Hooverville Orchards
Lattin Farms
Truckee Sourdough Co.
Heart Rock Herb & Spice Co.
Mountain Bounty Farm
Rainbow Orchards
Jacobs Family Berry Farm
Toscano Family Farm
Harris Tree Farm
Artists/Artisans
Listen Studios
Tahoe Bath and Candle Works
Lovin Lake Tahoe
Tahoe Mountain Soap Company
Bella Drops
DIA Yoga Clothing
Tamacino
Orysia Creates
Bona Fide Books
Bonita’s Paper Creations
Jamba Juice
Heart Rock Herb & Spice Co, LLC
Harris Tree Farm
Stonecrop Silverworks
Clay Body Millionaires
Reclaimed Tahoe
Aprons by Pam
Mosell Studio
If you are interested in visiting South Lake Tahoe during this time, call a Buckingham Reservation Specialist to assist you. One great thing about this event, is that it occurs on the slower season in Tahoe. This means that when you visit there will be less tourists, and better lodging rates at your vacation rental!
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