2008 Vineyard Farmer's Market
Events:
Chefs at the Market| Book & Print Signing |
Fig Fest | Christmas at the
Market
Chefs at the
Market Gumbo Throw Down!
1st Place -
Chef's Table
2nd Place -
Trelio
3rd Place - Pangea
Saturday
February 2, 2008 10 Am to 12 Noon
$5 for a Sample
Ballot, $5 for a Bowl of Gumbo
Participants
Include: Bistro Rustico, Chefs Table, Cracked Pepper Bistro, Downtown
Club, Pangea, and Trelio!
Mardi Gras comes to the
Vineyard Farmer’s Market at Blackstone & Shaw with a Gumbo Throwdown, a
mask-making booth and bead sales!
The Vineyard Farmer’s Market
has invited six of its Market
Chefs to “Throwdown” in a head to head competition of culinary skill.
Not only will you get to sample gumbo from six of Fresno’s most
innovative chefs but also get into the Mardi Gras spirit with bead sales
and mask making hosted by New Orleans native and graphic designer Rowena
Bowman, M.Ed.
10 to 11 AM Gumbo
Throwdown:
each chef serves up samples of their best Gumbo. There are six
restaurants participating.
How it works: For $5 attendees receive a ticket/ballot good for one sample of gumbo
per booth. The ticket/ballot will list each of the participating
restaurants, and is marked off with a sharpie at each station.
The ticket/ballot will have a space on the bottom to indicate a
favorite.
Once the attendee has sampled each gumbo they drop off their
ticket/ballot in a centrally located ballot box.
11 AM to 12PM:
Any remaining gumbo is sold by the bowl until gone or 12PM, whichever
comes first.
12PM: Gumbo Throw Down Winner announced and does a victory
lap around the market!
All proceeds will benefit the Vineyard
Farmer’s Market Association, a non-profit corporation. Brought to you by
The Vineyard Farmer’s Market and Heineken.
November
29th through December 24th
(Wednesdays 3 –6 PM,
& Saturdays 7 AM – 12PM)
Applications available in July
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Nina's
Mushroom's: From the Pyramids to the Pizza Parlors
Book Signing Sat
Dec 8, 2007
10:00 AM - Noon
Chefs at the Market
Locally Grown Cooking Series
Saturdays Oct through Nov 2008
The Vineyard Farmer's Market will highlight some of the local
chef's that regularly shop at the market in this seven week cooking
series free to the public!
Christmas at the
Market
Fine
Art, Giftware and
Traditional
Handmade Crafts offered for sale!
Wednesdays & Saturdays
November 24 thru December 22, 2007
Download applications here:
Christmas at the Market
(new updated reduced fee structure as
of Sept 12, 2007)
Fig Fest
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Fig Fest is a celebration of figs
sponsored by the California Fig Advisory Board is a benefit for Slow
Food Madera and the Community Food Bank.
Held previously at the Vineyard
Farmers Market the event moves to Fresno State this year.
Saturday
August 9, 2008
Gourmet Food Samples from
seventeen of the Central Valleys fine dining restaurants, live jazz,
fresh fig sales, and fig tree sales make this the food event not to be
missed!
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