Good food meets food security at 4th Annual Farm-to-Fork Feast

The Food Bank of the Hudson Valley will host its 4th Annual Farm-to-Fork Feast on Thursday, November 8 from 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at The Country Club at Otterkill (100 Otter Road, Campbell Hall, NY).

The Farm-to-Fork Feast is a 4-course dinner lovingly prepared by some of the region’s most talented chefs using the finest local ingredients. Dinner is preceded by a cocktail hour, with “Tasting Stations” featuring samples from the Hudson Valley’s top restaurants, wineries, bakeries, breweries and more.

The dinner will be prepared by:

  • The Country Club at Otterkill (1st appetizer)
  • Heritage Food + Drink (2nd appetizer)
  • Cosimo’s on Union (entrée)
  • Henry’s at the Farm (dessert).

Tasting Station vendors will include Benmarl Winery, Brotherhood Winery, Café Spice, Culinary Institute of America, Henry’s at the Farm, Hudson Ale Works, Local Artisan Bakery, Milanese Italian Restaurant, Newburgh Brewing Co., Switch Inn, and Tuthilltown Spirits.

Tickets for the event are $150 per person or $1,500 for a table of 10. Proceeds will help the Food Bank continue to alleviate hunger and prevent food waste throughout the region. For more details or to purchase tickets, please visit www.foodbankofhudsonvalley.org or call (845) 534-5344.

The 4th Annual Farm-to-Fork Feast is sponsored by: Events Unlimited, Wakefern Food Corporation, EMS Plumbing & Heating, Lakeland Bank, Manhattan Beer Distributors, Price Chopper Supermarkets/Market32, Rocking Horse Ranch, Sawyer Savings Bank, SplashDown Beach, Stop & Shop Supermarkets, BJ’s Wholesale Club, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Café Spice, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Company, Hannaford, Hudson River Fruit, Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Morgan Linen, Orange Regional Medical Center, Pepsi Cola of the Hudson Valley, Rhinebeck Bank, Russo Propane and Walden Savings Bank. Additional support comes from Jacobs Music Center, Package Pavement/Stormville Oil, PKF O’Connor Davies, R.L. Baxter Building Corp., Resorts World Catskills, Vivian Photography, and Williams Lumber & Home. Media sponsorship is provided by Hudson Valley Magazine and Luminary Media.

About the Food Bank

Working in partnership with the food industry, the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley collects surplus food and distributes it to charitable agencies feeding hungry people in a six-county region of the Lower Hudson Valley (Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, and Ulster). Last year, the Food Bank provided 16 million pounds of food to more than 124,000 people through 400 member agencies – including food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, day care centers, senior programs, rehabilitation programs and programs for the disabled.

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