Chef-to-Chef Local Food Learning Days
The Heartland Food Network is devoted to providing restaurant owners, executive chefs, kitchen staff, waitstaff and related professionals in food service the tools needed to use and promote local food in their establishments.
HFN has received funding from the USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture Minnesota Grown Program to host training and technical assistance workshops for chefs and restaurant owners in Minnesota.
If you are a food service professional looking to use more local food, please join us for our professional development events. The dates and locations will be announced soon! To get on the waiting list, please contact Annalisa at ahultberg@mnproject.org.
To see notes on the first workshop held March 22, 2010 at the Craftsman, click here. To read an article from Heavy Table on the event, click here.
These workshops are meant to provide all the necessary steps to help you begin successfully using local food in your establishment. You will learn about lists of farmers interested in selling to restaurants, sample menus, sample spreadsheets for tracking local purchases, and more.
Topics may include:
- Working with farmers
- Working with seasonal foods: what grows in Minnesota, sample dishes, menu planning
- Buying local foods on a budget
- Building support for local food with management and wait staff
- Marketing your use of local food to your customers
- Menu design and signage- sample menus will be provided
- Regulations and rules about using local food
- Working with distributors who source local
Who should come?
- Chefs and restaurant owners who want to start using local food, but have questions about getting started
- Any food service professional who wants tools that will help them integrate local food into their menu
Speakers may include:
- Chefs with experience using local food
- Minnesota Department of Agriculture to address food regulations and laws
- Farmers who sell to restaurants
- Distributors that sell local foods to restaurants
For more information, please contact:
Annalisa Hultberg
Heartland Food Network Coordinator
ahultberg@mnproject.org
651-789-3328 |
