About Sunset in the Sunflowers: A Dinner with Charlie Granquist of Slough Farm
Join Charlie Granquiest of Slough Farm for a can’t-miss dining experience in the middle of the Farm’s one-acre sunflower field. Enjoy three courses of Katama-grown dining including meat and vegetables raised and grown by our partner Slough Farm. Beer & wine included. Music by Darby Patterson and Sam.
Menu to be announced.
Please e-mail Lindsay Brown if you are seeking a vegetarian entree or with any other food accommodations and dietary restrictions.
About Charlie Granquist
Charlie Granquist grew up in New Haven, Connecticut and started his life in food working with a fishmonger on Martha’s Vineyard during his high school and college summers. After graduating from Bates College in Maine, he enrolled at the Institute for Culinary Education in NYC. After culinary school, Charlie cooked in several notable New York City kitchens including Savoy Restaurant and Fleur de Sel before settling down at Blue Hill NYC. It was at Blue Hill’s Greenwich Village restaurant and opening Blue Hill at the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture that he developed his passion for local and sustainable food practices.
After restaurants Charlie moved on to Food Network. He spent several years cooking, food styling and producing for various Food Network talent, before moving to new business development. As the network’s Director of Culinary Development he managed foodservice related projects including the creation, opening and operation of Food Network branded restaurants.
Upon leaving the Food Network, Charlie worked at Dickson’s Farmstand Meats in Chelsea Market helping develop their prepared food offerings and charcuterie.
He eventually made it back to his alma mater and spent two and a half years as a culinary instructor at New York’s Institute of Culinary Education.
This is a weather-dependent program and will not run in inclement weather. You will be notified by 4pm day of by e-mail if this program will not run.
Program Refunds/Cancellations: In the event that a program is cancelled due to severe weather, low enrollment, or other circumstances, we will notify you as soon as possible by email and issue you a full refund within 14 days of the cancellation. If you cannot attend a program as planned, contact thefarminstitute@thetrustees.org at least 7 days prior to the start of the program to receive a full refund or transfer to another date/class. Refunds and/or class transfers will not be granted for registration cancellations placed fewer than 7 days before the start of the program. There are no refunds for missed programs.
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