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You can still participate in the auction!Local Food Throwdown 2022
Our annual fundraiser to support & celebrate local food with
Local Chefs - Mixologists - Ingredients - Silent Auction
Taste - Enjoy - Vote - Bid - Repeat
Come enjoy locally-sourced Appetizers, Entrees, Desserts, and Cocktails prepared by twelve of Northeast Indiana's finest chefs and bartenders and vote on your favorites in this friendly competition highlighting local ingredients from our region's farms.
Guests will mingle with chefs and bartenders to learn about their culinary and mixology creations each made with local ingredients and the local farms that produce them. The evening will include music performed by the Farmland Jazz Band and our local food-themed silent auction with unique local food items & experiences.
Tickets are $150 per person or gather your friends and reserve a Table for 8 for $1,000. Sponsor opportunites available.
Rudisill Hall at The Summit is located at 1025 W. Rudisill Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46807. There is plenty of free parking and guests should enter through Door G.
Proceeds from the Local Food Throwdown benefit the Northeast Indiana Local Food Network, a 501(c)(3) organization that works to grow and connect our region's local food economy, so we can bring more local food from Our Land to Our Tables.
Local food focused auction preview available - more items being added daily so check back often!
Local Food Throwdown Schedule
Monday, September 26th, 5:00 - 9:00 PM
5:00 pm Doors and Bars Open
5:30-6:30 pm Best Locally-sourced Appetizer - Selections from 3 local chefs
6:45-7:45 pm Best Locally-sourced Entree - Selections from 3 local chefs
8:00-9:00 pm Best Locally-sourced Dessert - Selections from 3 local chefs
Introducing our 2022 Local Food Throwdown lineup:
Aaron Butts - Copper Spoon
Andrew Smith - Junk Ditch Brewing Company
Bo Gonzalez - Bravas
Cassie Hoskins - Ambrosia Orchard, Cidery & Meadery
Corey Bowers - Chance Bar
Grace Kelly May - GK Baked Goods
Jasmin Ehrlinspiel - Copper Spoon
Jason Brown - One Ten Craft Meatery
Johnny Perez - Mercado
Samantha Yim - True Kimchi
Spencer Maule - Mercado
Trevor Scovel/Sam Albertson - Penny Drip
More information at NEIFood.Org
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Help us grow and connect our local food system so together we can bring more local food from Our Land to Our Tables in homes, schools and restaurants across Northeast Indiana.
2022 is bringing the Northeast Indiana Local Food Network new opportunities for growth and your gift will allow us to expand the reach and impact of our work.