Outstanding in the Field Dining Series

From Callen Fairchild Zind – Director of Marketing & Events at Powell Gardens:

Missouri will be featured on this year’s Outstanding in the Field dining series for the first time ever! 

Chef Jonathan Justus of Justus Drugstore will be guest chef for an Outstanding in the Field event at Powell Gardens on Wednesday, July 29th.  To make your reservation at the table, please visit the Outstanding in the Field website. 

Outstanding in the Field is the wildly successful roving culinary adventure that travels North America during the harvest season. The experience begins with a tour of the location – typically a local farm – then guests join farmers, producers, culinary artisans, and share the seasonally fresh meal set at a long table. The table is located outdoors at farms or gardens, on mountain tops or in sea caves, on islands or at ranches. Occasionally the it is set indoors: a beautiful refurbished barn, a cool greenhouse or a stately museum. Wherever the location, the consistent theme of each dinner is to honor the people whose good work brings nourishment to the table. Ingredients for the meal are almost all local and most come from the host farm. Meals are generally prepared by a celebrated chef of the region. 

Outstanding in the Field has come a long way since 1999 when founder Jim Denevan first started convincing people it was valuable and interesting to dine ‘out in a field’ with the farmers. Even in the midst of economic difficulty, or perhaps even more so because of it, people want to get out there, take a look around, celebrate farmers and farming and sit together to share a meal.  Learn more at www.outstandinginthefield.com.