A City Farmer, A Chef, and A Host is a New York City dine-around evening to benefit Just Food and The Sylvia Center. On Tuesday, July 24, 2012, fourteen concurrent dinners, each prepared by a top New York chef using produce from an urban farm and hosted in a private home, will bring together food enthusiasts, taste-makers and philanthropists for a common cause.

Co-sponsored by Edible Manhattan and Edible Brooklyn

Event Details

Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Number of Dinner Locations:  14
Number of Dinner Guests:  12-25 per location
Dinner Locations:  Private homes and meaningful food spaces
Dinner Preferences:  Guests choose their top three preferences when purchasing a ticket. Event organizers will do their best to match guests to their top dinner choice.
Tickets:  $500 per person

For more information, visit cityfarmerchefhost.org.
To purchase tickets, click here.

Dinner 1 (Upper West Side):
Farmer: Maggie Cheney, EcoStation: NY
Chef: Jeremy Bearman, Rouge Tomate
Host: Amy and Curt Middleton
Co-host: James Frey, Author

Dinner 2 (Upper West Side):
City Farmer: Eric-Michael Rodriguez, Weeksville Heritage Center
Chef: Laurent Gras
Host: Lili Lynton and Michael Ryan
Co-host: Leonard Lopate, Radio Personality

Dinner 3 (Battery Park City):
City Farmer: Annie Novak, Eagle Street Rooftop
Chef: Howard Kalachnikoff, Gramercy Tavern
Host: Frederic Rich
Co-host: Eric Sanderson, Author of Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City

Dinner 4 (Chelsea):
City Farmer: Abu Talib, Taqwa Community Garden
Chef: Peter Hoffman, Back Forty West
Host: Alison Schneider of Haven’s Kitchen
Co-host: Joan Gussow, Professor, Author, Food Policy Expert

Dinner 5 (Upper West Side):
City Farmer: Tai Gilbert, Loisaida Hydroponics Studio
Chef: Angel Ramos, Candle 79
Host: Katja Goldman and Michael Sonnenfeldt
Co-host: To be announced

Dinner 6 (West Village):
City Farmer: Karen Washington, La Familia Verde
Chefs: Andrew Carmellini and Ron Rosselli, Locanda Verde
Host: Joanne Wilson
Co-host: Ben Leventhal, Eater.com Co-Founder

Dinner 7 (Brooklyn Heights):
City Farmer: Yonnette Fleming, Hattie Carthan Community Garden
Chef: Dan Kluger, ABC Kitchen
Host: Laura Walker
Co-host: Dan Zanes, Musician

Dinner 8 (Murray Hill):
City Farmer: Zachary Pickens, Riverpark Farm at Alexandria Center
Chef: Sisha Ortuzar, Riverpark
Host: The Farm Table at Riverpark Farm 
Co-host: Dar Williams, Singer Songwriter

Dinner 9 (Soho):
City Farmer: Heather Warren-Donbrowa, Bissel Gardens
Chef: Kevin Lasko, Park Avenue Summer
Host: Nina Bernstein Simmons
Co-host: Matt Lee, Food Writer, Cookbook Author

Dinner 10 (Upper West Side):
City Farmer: Molly Culver, Floyd Bennett Farm
Chef: Bill Telepan, Telepan
Host: Sarah and Victor Kovner
Co-host: Ellie Krieger, Food Network Host

Dinner 11 (Harlem):
City Farmer: Classie Parker, Five Star Garden
Chef: David Waltuck, ex Chanterelle
Host: Kurt Giehl and Jeff Ragovin
Co-host: Jonelle Procope, President and CEO, Apollo Theater

Dinner 12 (Soho):
City Farmer: James Casey, The Truck Farm
Chef: Dan Silverman, The Standard Grill
Host: The Tasting Table Test Kitchen & Dining Room
Co-host:  The Beekman Boys

Dinner 13 (East Hampton):
City Farmer: Scott Chaskey, Quail Hill Farm
Chef: Jason Weiner, Almond
Host: Hilary Leff
Co-host: Brian Halweil, Publisher, Edible Manhattan and Brooklyn

Dinner 14 (Upper West Side):
City Farmer: Lily Kesselman, Friends of Brook Park
Chef: Juan Carlos Landazuri, Alison Eighteen
Host: Jenifer Lang
Co-host: Dorie Greenspan, Cookbook Author